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• Susaga@sh.itjust.works ⁨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.

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  • Bakzik@hexbear.net ⁨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: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Peril"

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    • blazera@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Could you demonstrate that transformation with other examples from here? Other asian people being compared to other yellow characters? Or has it remained specifically one person compared to one character?

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• blazera@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Are bears a common racist stereotype for asians? I havent seen it

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  • harmonea@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It's specific to Xi Jinping. Chinese memelords started it in ~2013, and he was so offended by it that the Streisand Effect kicked in.

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