• BelieveRevolt [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    The original context for Xi being Pooh probably wasn’t racist either, unless there’s a similar connotation to yellow skin in Chinese culture. Therefore you could also dismiss the yellowface concerns because the original meme wasn’t meant to be racist.

    Of course we shouldn’t do this, and instead accept that the meme is now racist because it’s mainly used by Westerners who are well aware of the racist implications.