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[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

those damn Chinese citizens making racist memes of themselves!

(for those unaware, Xi Jinping as Winnie the Pooh originated from Chinese citizens making fun of their government)

[–] booty@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

a chinese person did not make that image of xi with his skin tinted yellow

[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not much is known about them, no, but they were born in China. Considering China's lack of diversity, chances are is that they are ethnically Chinese.

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

See this is racist as fuck. You have any idea how many ethnic groups exist in China?

What next you're gonna tell me that Africa isn't diverse just because there are mostly dark skinned people there?

This is the sort of unexamined racism people are pointing out to you and your only defense is "Nuh uh, I can't be racist because I never say slurs to people's face".

You people have a childlike interpretation of the world.

[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

See this is racist as fuck. You have any idea how many ethnic groups exist in China?

Mf, Han people makes up 92% of China's population. And almost all of them live in the eastern edge of the country. Let's not forget that they're even more resistant to immigration than Japan and South Korea. It's one of most ethnically homogenized countries in the world, quite possibly only beaten by North Korea in that aspect.

You're acting like you're a paragon of intellect, but this just proves you're anything but.

[–] Zuzak@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We're not talking about the original meme, we are talking about you changing the skin color of a Chinese person to be yellow. That's all you.

Just because someone makes a joke about a group they're a part of doesn't mean that you then get to take it way further and way more racial.

[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Of a Chinese person? You mean the Leader of China, not just a Chinese Person, a very powerful, very corrupt dictator.

If it is as racist you claim, why aren't any other Chinese people in these memes portrayed as whinnie the pooh? Why is it only Xi jinping?

Oh, that sounds like fun. What's the community called?