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

  • 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]@hexbear.net
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      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"

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        Also reposting

        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?