Just curious how many of you are cool with this deeply racist image being the header for one of your comms

Edit: SJW mods officially endorse racism. Suck off a liberal and a fascist cums

  • Susaga@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Sorry, I'm not quite sure how a picture mocking a specific person for something other than race is racist, let alone deeply so.

    • iie [they/them, he/him]
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      1 year ago

      when a majority white community mocks a chinese man by comparing his appearance to a yellow bear, it's a little weird

      • Susaga@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        The comparisons were first made in China, actually. The only reason we even know about the comparison is because he got so offended by them, and we keep doing it because he's upset by it. It's more about shape than colour, especially since Xi Jinping tends to wear trousers.

        • Bakzik [he/him, comrade/them]
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          1 year ago

          Hello Susaga! I'm going to repost a comment I made a few hours ago, in this instance:

          "Things can undergo a transformation, just because the original usage might have been innocent. If something starts being used by white racists or western imperialists in a racist way, would ya look at that, it’s racist.

          Also, it’s covert racism. It gives people plausible deniability. Like you are doing now.

          And there are historical precedents of this kind of racism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Peril"

          • Susaga@sh.itjust.works
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            1 year ago

            What racism? You have yet to explain what's racist about this picture. I am willing to accept that I'm wrong and I'm just not seeing it from the right perspective, but you have to be willing to explain why rather than just condemn.

              • Susaga@sh.itjust.works
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                1 year ago

                Alright, I can see that. Not deliberate, as they also tinted his suit red to heighten the comparison to Winnie the Pooh, who also has a yellow face, but I can see your perspective now you've actually given it. Deeply racist is absolutely a stretch, though, but "kinda racist" is absolutely correct.

                      • Susaga@sh.itjust.works
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                        1 year ago

                        I condemn you, actually. Yes, the picture is poorly thought out and needs revision, even though it was designed for reasons other than racism. That's what you should have said. But you didn't want to fix the picture, you wanted to condemn everyone on this site for not condemning the picture.

                        • AntiOutsideAktion [he/him]
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                          1 year ago

                          What a contemptible piece of shit instance we got federated with this time. Fuck this place. Look at this asshole. Acting all fucking wounded because they weren't coddled during the agonizingly slow process of them finally admitting that putting a world leader representing over a billion people in yellow face MIGHT be SLIGHTLY racist ON ACCIDENT. As if the feelings of the person committing the offense are the most important consideration in explaining their offense to them. The fucking entitlement.

                          I don't buy your bullshit. It's not only racist, it's deliberately racist and not only that but deep down you fucking know it as well. Just ask yourself: what's the fucking point of the caricature in the first place? To be insulting, right? It's an otherwise beloved childhood character though, isn't it? So why has the west latched onto it so strongly? To mock his appearance, right? It's a yellow fucking cartoon bear. Why are you acting coy about it? It's not about his weight. It's not that he has the facial features of a bear. No one makes pictures depicting him as Yogi or Baloo. It's his race.

                          • Susaga@sh.itjust.works
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                            1 year ago

                            They jumped in to defend themselves. That's what happens when you attack them. If you attack the thing and not the people, they don't get so defensive.

                            • booty [he/him]
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                              1 year ago

                              No one attacked anyone. OP asked how many of you were cool with this image. All you have to do is say "actually no, that image is fucked up" and suddenly you're not under attack. In order to interpret this post as anything remotely similar to an attack on your character, you have to first decide that you're cool with racism.

                      • ekky43@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                        1 year ago

                        We accept that this image can be interpreted as racist, if one is unaware of the origin and original meaning of said image.

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                      1 year ago

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  • PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS [he/him, they/them]
    hexagon
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    1 year ago

    Also someone please tell this smuglord that his instance isn't federated with ours and we can't see or respond to his comments, lol

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  • variants@possumpat.io
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    1 year ago

    Yeah I guess it is racist to say a singular person defines an entire race, you should maybe try not being so racist

  • sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    For context, the joke is that the authoritarian dictator of china has outlawed depictions of whiney the poo in relation to their leader after chinease people started saying he looked like the character.

    You can go to jail for wearing a poo bear t-shirt. A children's cartoon is now an icon of resistance, which is wild.

    This is no different than that LGBT Putin image that'll get you put in jail in russia.

    The yellow skin is, in my opinion, kinda fucked though. I know that the vast majority of people on here using it don't mean it that way but the effect would be kept while not changing the skin colour. The ears and red shirt are enough. Again though, the people using it are not necessarily racist for doing so.

    To pre-empt the enevitable user entirely disinterested in conversation trying to epicly own me as has been the entire post from OP, yes, I'm entirely ok with this. You can 'mark me down' as whatever you wish.

    For the hexbear users (or others) who want a conversation, out of curiosity, does your issue extend to the existance of this community on our platform? Is the issue only with the yellow skin? Does this, and if so how, make the people using it racist or would you say a non-racist person would never use this?

    • iridaniotter [she/her]
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      1 year ago

      china has outlawed depictions of whiney the poo

      https://www.shanghaidisneyresort.com/en/entertainment/theme-park/characters-meet-pooh/

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      • FunkyStuff [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        That's actually a mislabeled image of Grinny the Goo, an unrelated character.

        also thought of Winnie the Pooh with Chinese Characteristics

    • booty [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      the joke is that the authoritarian dictator of china has outlawed depictions of whiney the poo after chinease people started saying he looked like the character.

      Wow, that is a joke. It's not a very good joke. Who came up with it?

      (That literally never happened)

      • sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        People have been jailed for this

        Edit: better links. Radio Free Asia can't really be trusted

        https://www.axios.com/2020/01/23/china-arrests-university-minnesota-twitter

        https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/china-student-arrested-xi-jinping/

        https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-40627855

        For clarity, my first source: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/tweets-01232020164342.html

          • sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.works
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            1 year ago

            You are correct, that's a shit source. They've lied alot in the past, apologies for my failure here.

            Here are some better sources: https://www.axios.com/2020/01/23/china-arrests-university-minnesota-twitter

            https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/china-student-arrested-xi-jinping/

            https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-40627855

            You truly have epicly owned me, with facts, and logic even.

            • NormalC
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              1 year ago

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            • btbt [he/him]
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              1 year ago

              You can refer to the picture in iridaniotter’s comment for evidence countering the assertion that Winnie the Pooh is not depicted within China in any capacity. As for your claims about Luo Daiqing, the Axios article cites a court document that is written entirely in Mandarin and a Twitter account that has been suspended, while the article on the Daily Dot relies on the Axios piece, so unless you’re able to read Mandarin, you posted a source who’s validity you and most other people here have no way of confirming because it reinforced what you already believed.

              For the record, I am assuming that Luo was arrested and sentenced for the reason Axios alleges they were out of good faith, but your apparent inability to vet the sources you link, which is evidenced by both what I talked about above and the fact that you initially posted nothing but an almost comically transparent propaganda piece, is troubling nonetheless.

              EDIT: According to another Hexbear user who was kind enough to DM me to discuss some additional information, the court document linked by Axios states that Luo got in trouble specifically by attempting to impersonate other people through his Twitter handle and not simply because he was making fun of Xi Jinping, so take that as you will.

        • AntiOutsideAktion [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Free_Asia_(Committee_for_a_Free_Asia)

          Your citation is CIA propaganda.

          • sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.works
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            1 year ago

            You are correct, that's a shit source. They've lied alot in the past, apologies for my failure here.

            Here are some better sources: https://www.axios.com/2020/01/23/china-arrests-university-minnesota-twitter

            https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/china-student-arrested-xi-jinping/

            https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-40627855

            Thank you for the correction

            • AntiOutsideAktion [he/him]
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              1 year ago

              The first two articles are not about a ban on Winnie the Pooh in China which was the subject of the original claim, so I'll put a pin in that.

              Your BBC link isn't really a better source than RFA. Instead of a cutout it's just state media. And what's in that article is just a straight up lie.

              https://www.quora.com/Is-Winnie-the-Pooh-really-banned-in-China-or-is-it-Western-propaganda-Could-someone-living-in-China-answer-that-question

              You can talk to actual people in China. They can take photos with their cameras of the displays of licensed Disney products with Winnie the Pooh for sale. The idea that they banned Winnie the Pooh is cold war propaganda. And it can only be maintained in a bubble.

              • sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.works
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                1 year ago

                That is a quora link my dude, and is not a reasonable citation. Just some guy. To claim it's a lie with your proof being a random dude on quora, a site I frequent due to their insane conspiracy theories, nazi delusion and trump dick sucking, and obviously made up stories, is not convincing.

                You are correct though, the concept of winnie the pooh is not fully banned, just in refference to their authoritarian leader. As all critisism of their government is censored, or banned.

                Secondarily, these posts do speak on winnie the pooh.

                From the first article: *removed externally hosted image*

                Thirdly, I could give you a million links and they'd always be 'propaganda'. I need you to substantiate that for the BBC. Here's a few more: https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/winnie-the-pooh-china-ban https://wikiless.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Winnie-the-Pooh_in_China?lang=en https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/18/asia/china-pooh-censor-trnd/index.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/07/china-reportedly-bans-disneys-winnie-the-pooh-film-after-xi-compariso.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/07/china-bans-winnie-the-pooh-film-to-stop-comparisons-to-president-xi https://www.npr.org/2023/03/23/1165504942/winnie-the-pooh-xi-jinping-china-film https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/south-park-banned-chinese-internet-critical-episode-1245783/

                Lastly, I know many Chinese people, and talk to them frequently about this subject. The issue to you seems to be that I'm talking to the 'wrong' Chinese people. This 'if you just speak to these people' argument is never a convincing one. On either side, Chinese people arguing for or against either of our opinions on the subject does not provide proof for or against. Nearly half of Americans think that Joe Biden is a socialist. I hope we can agree that's dumb

        • booty [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          No they haven't, you cited one of the most transparent sources of lies currently active on Earth.

    • PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS [he/him, they/them]
      hexagon
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      1 year ago

      yes, I'm entirely ok with this. You can 'mark me down' as whatever you wish.

      Very well. I'll put you down as neutral on racism due to the nuanced take on the issue in your post

  • Sami@lemmy.zip
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    1 year ago

    Didn't the meme originate from Chinese social media lol? A bit of a reach

    • Bakzik [he/him, comrade/them]
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      1 year ago

      Reposting this one again:

      "Things can undergo a transformation, just because the original usage might have been innocent. If something starts being used by white racists or western imperialists in a racist way, would ya look at that, it’s racist.

      Also, it’s covert racism. It gives people plausible deniability. Like you are doing now.

      And there are historical precedents of this kind of racism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Peril"