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Just curious how many of you are cool with this deeply racist image being the header for one of your comms
Sorry, I'm not quite sure how a picture mocking a specific person for something other than race is racist, let alone deeply so.
when a majority white community mocks a chinese man by comparing his appearance to a yellow bear, it's a little weird
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.
The only times ive seen hexbear users show up is disingenuous trolling like this.
Yeah I guess it is racist to say a singular person defines an entire race, you should maybe try not being so racist
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?
china has outlawed depictions of whiney the poo
https://www.shanghaidisneyresort.com/en/entertainment/theme-park/characters-meet-pooh/
That's actually a mislabeled image of Grinny the Goo, an unrelated character.
~~also thought of Winnie the Pooh with Chinese Characteristics~~
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)
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
Ah, I see. So it's now considered "racist" to... checks notes have the ability to publicly disagree with the leader of your nation without risking imprisonment or execution.
Yeah, okay.
Try harder, and next time, try with less taste of boot. Authoritarians and their enablers are not welcome here.
