• VictimOfReligion@lemmygrad.ml
    161·
    2 years ago

    Of course it’s racist. Don’t you remember the Winnie the Pooh thing? Where “haha yellow character chinese hahaha”?

    • SpaceDogs@lemmygrad.ml
      121·
      2 years ago

      The Winnie the Pooh thing was so confusing to me as I didn’t get the connection. I love Winnie and it blows he was used to be racist.

    • Beat_da_Rich@lemmygrad.ml
      9·
      2 years ago

      Didn’t the whole “Xi looks like Pooh” thing start out as a harmless meme from Chinese citizens though? Wasn’t it Western social media that co-opted it and turned it into a racist caricature?

      • VictimOfReligion@lemmygrad.ml
        5·
        2 years ago

        Maybe, but I’m taking about after this. And it’s sad, because Pooh is actually a very sweet and caring character, to be converted into that…

      • lssssj@lemmy.ml
        31·
        2 years ago

        At first it was used comparing Obama and Xi with a picture of Winnie and the tiger walking.