Original sentence: " The climate of the East Asian region provides optimal growing conditions for rice.(A possible exception is if used in the second manner listed above).Coupled with the popularization of Americanized Chinese food which has globalized East Asian dishes and culture, this word has associated itself with a racial group in the same way pasta is associated with Italians, i.Hence the term "rice burner.The term originated as a result of the heavy use of rice in East Asian cuisine and muscle car enthusiasts' jokes that cars from Japan used engines powered by rice alcohol.While some people claim "ricer" is an ethnic slur, this is not necessarily true
Edited sentence: Coupled with the popularization of Americanized chinese food which has globalized East Asian dishes and culture, this ethnic slur has associated itself with a racial group in the same way pasta is associated with Italians, i.Hence the term "rice burner".The climate of the East Asian region provides optimal growing conditions for rice.The ethnic slur originated as a result of the heavy use of rice in East Asian cuisine and muscle car enthusiast's branding that the cars from the orient ran off of rice.While some people claim "ricer" is an ethnic slur, this is generally true (A possible exception is if used in the second manner listed above)