How is comparing him to Winnie the Pooh racist? It started in China, then got popular in the west because of how ridiculous censoring it is. Classic Streisand effect. To jump to the conclusion the people in the west use it because they think an orange bear, which they most certainly have never related to Asians before this, is comparable to the skin colour of Asians... you really can see racism everywhere if you just try hard enough.
Do people compare Obama to Tigger because he only has some black stripes, indicating that he is barely black?
Things can undergo a transformation, just because the original usage might have been innocent. If something starts being used by white racists in a racist way, would ya look at that, it’s racist.
You literally just came up with "bear yellow -> chinese yellow" and then accused everyone of being racist without having any evidence. Now you went from "it is racist" to "there are a few racists who could think about it in some racist way". Don't waste your time making up some weird fantasies and use it for something worthwhile. And care about real problems.
I'm an Asian guy, and I promise you if someone called me Winnie the Pooh, my first thought would be they're calling me kinda pudgy, not be that they're being racist. But no one would ever call me Winnie the Pooh, because there's no context for anyone here to call me or any other given Asian person Winnie the Pooh. It's not the n word for Asian people, it's not any of those established slurs that are otherwise innocuous but in the context of Asian people turn extremely racist, it's not calling me Chang or whatever because my eyes are a little slanted, it's not accusing me of bringing coronavirus to America and then intimidating or assaulting me. The context for this is "a world leader is a little too sensitive about a meme and John Oliver (or his writers) thought that was funny and now so do libs who have a knee jerk negative reaction to China". No violence is being done towards Asian people as a whole when someone calls Xi Winnie the Pooh. It's just libs doing their cringey Trump = Voldemort thing, except for a different guy. There's Sinophobic and broader orientalist ideas that translate into legitimate instances of modern day "subtle" anti-Asian racism. This is not one of those instances.
Tell me if I got this right: If Chinese social media comes up with a meme about some politician by comparing him to a fictional character with yellow skin, fur, scales, whatever, and this spreads to the "western" internet, sharing it becomes racist? I am glad that you fight real world issues and don't pick battles that mostly exist in your head.
Ah yes, because it’s totally impossible to point out racism while also thinking, talking, and doing other things. You’re so right. Also, you’re here arguing with me? Don’t you have revolutionary work to be doing, why are you engaging in arguments on the internet??
Weird hill you’re choosing to die on by fighting so hard to be able to call Xi Winnie the Pooh, go off I guess.
How is comparing him to Winnie the Pooh racist? It started in China, then got popular in the west because of how ridiculous censoring it is. Classic Streisand effect. To jump to the conclusion the people in the west use it because they think an orange bear, which they most certainly have never related to Asians before this, is comparable to the skin colour of Asians... you really can see racism everywhere if you just try hard enough.
Do people compare Obama to Tigger because he only has some black stripes, indicating that he is barely black?
Things can undergo a transformation, just because the original usage might have been innocent. If something starts being used by white racists in a racist way, would ya look at that, it’s racist.
You literally just came up with "bear yellow -> chinese yellow" and then accused everyone of being racist without having any evidence. Now you went from "it is racist" to "there are a few racists who could think about it in some racist way". Don't waste your time making up some weird fantasies and use it for something worthwhile. And care about real problems.
Lol, calling an asian person the name of a fictional character with yellow skin is racist, fuck off
I'm an Asian guy, and I promise you if someone called me Winnie the Pooh, my first thought would be they're calling me kinda pudgy, not be that they're being racist. But no one would ever call me Winnie the Pooh, because there's no context for anyone here to call me or any other given Asian person Winnie the Pooh. It's not the n word for Asian people, it's not any of those established slurs that are otherwise innocuous but in the context of Asian people turn extremely racist, it's not calling me Chang or whatever because my eyes are a little slanted, it's not accusing me of bringing coronavirus to America and then intimidating or assaulting me. The context for this is "a world leader is a little too sensitive about a meme and John Oliver (or his writers) thought that was funny and now so do libs who have a knee jerk negative reaction to China". No violence is being done towards Asian people as a whole when someone calls Xi Winnie the Pooh. It's just libs doing their cringey Trump = Voldemort thing, except for a different guy. There's Sinophobic and broader orientalist ideas that translate into legitimate instances of modern day "subtle" anti-Asian racism. This is not one of those instances.
Yellow fur*
Tell me if I got this right: If Chinese social media comes up with a meme about some politician by comparing him to a fictional character with yellow skin, fur, scales, whatever, and this spreads to the "western" internet, sharing it becomes racist? I am glad that you fight real world issues and don't pick battles that mostly exist in your head.
Ah yes, because it’s totally impossible to point out racism while also thinking, talking, and doing other things. You’re so right. Also, you’re here arguing with me? Don’t you have revolutionary work to be doing, why are you engaging in arguments on the internet??
Weird hill you’re choosing to die on by fighting so hard to be able to call Xi Winnie the Pooh, go off I guess.
let's not take our personal frustrations out on Xi or any other jolly lovable fictional characters