Extremely different in historical context, considering one is a stereotype of a victim of genocide, and the other is the leader of a nation perpetuating it.
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Cowbee@lemmy.ml 17 hours agoThat would be like saying depicting Netanyahu as a hook-nosed goblin is merely criticizing Israel. The reason it’s seen as racist to depict Xi as a yellow bear should not be difficult to put together.
Glide@piefed.ca 17 hours ago
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 17 hours ago
The only nation perpetuating genocide here is Israel in Palestine, but even if historical context is different, what remains the same is the basis of the insult in racism!
guycls@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
umbrella@lemmy.ml 11 hours ago
what’s racist about depicting jews as goblins?
that’s not how you worded it but how it sounds like.
guycls@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Again, I’m referring to one dude, you’re the one conflating it to an entire race of people.
Do better next time, and don’t be racist, okay?
umbrella@lemmy.ml 10 hours ago
racism is still racism if you target one person with it.
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 15 hours ago
I dunno, tell me why comparing a Chinese man to a yellow cartoon bear is funny to you.
guycls@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Because the dictator doesn’t like it. Duh…
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 14 hours ago
Racism is okay if the target doesn’t like it, got it.
arotrios@kbin.earth 17 hours ago
Winne the pooh is racist now? Dude - the whole reason it became a meme is because someone made a cute comparison of how Xi looks like Pooh (which he objectively does) and the whiny little bitch threw a hissy fit and created his own personal Streisand effect. It has nothing to do with the Chinese people and everything to do with a thin-skinned dictator.
Remove your head from your ass before you speak. You'll sound a lot smarter.
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 17 hours ago
No, Xi does not “objectively look like Winnie the Pooh.” I understand that you may not have intended on being racist from the outset, but do you really need to be explained why depicting a Chinese man as a yellow cartoon is racist?
arotrios@kbin.earth 17 hours ago
Sure he doesn't...
By your logic, the Simpsons are racist against Chinese because they have yellow skin. Again, you keep talking, but all that comes out is incoherent bullshit.
pleiades@lemmy.ml 9 hours ago
Gotta be honest man, I really don’t see it. This comparison is forced af
queermunist@lemmy.ml 17 hours ago
You’re a racist.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
The Simpsons writers have openly apologized for their depiction of South Asians on a number of occasions
antonim@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
They really don’t look alike, though. Where’s the similarly, they have broad faces, or? I don’t think the comparison is racist, because it doesn’t make enough sense to be racist in the first place. Insisting on it this hard is just weird.
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 17 hours ago
I do not see the resemblance. Is there really no other way to make fun of Xi Jinping?