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Is Winnie the Pooh considered "racist" now or are .ml folks using it as an excuse to defend Xi Jin Ping?

Is Winnie the Pooh considered "racist" now or are .ml folks using it as an excuse to defend Xi Jin Ping? - Lemmy.World

In all the years I’ve been around, both on the internet & among friends and acquaintances from Asia (incl. Taiwan & China), WtP has been a symbol of resistance against Xi Jin Ping and authoritarianism in China. I know .ml is heavily tankie in general, but just need a double check from the more reasonable parts of the internet.

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Batmancer

I could see the yellow fur of Winnie the Pooh being viewed as a reference to Asian people being “yellow” skinned.

However, the likeness of Winnie the Pooh and Xi Jin Ping are so similar in some of the pictures I have seen that I think it’s a more innocent making fun of and not a racism making fun of.