greentea

greentea OP wrote

I agree with the points raised by TW and lL. It's also something I am not too knowledgable so will do more research, but I also felt a bit uncomfortable scrolling through private adoption companies who profit off this as middlemen. Some of those sites gave me moralistic religious feels mixed with a dose of capitalism. @NoWhiteSaviors on instagram also often posts about the adoption industry, especially when foreign white people adopt African babies. I think those critiques would apply to white South Africans adopting babies of color.

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greentea wrote

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Cool, these look awesome. I think Jack Halberstam in the Queer Art of Failure wrote how a lot of Pixar children's films are essentially queer anarchist (I think they maybe used different words though). I think these included Fantastic Mr Fox, Chicken Run, Robots, and some others.

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greentea wrote

Reply to comment by d4rk in by !deleted22135

I hope it's ok if I butt in! I've spent the last five years in and out of China, so very interested in this topic!

One one: I agree with Deathdirge about Han chauvinism. I think there's also a bunch of other layers of racism. One source is seen in advertising and media (Wolf Warrior II, that ad where a black man becomes light skinned in the wash are some examples, almost every teen movie I've seen that has a muscle black man who chases the protagonist). I've encountered a lot of hate towards blackness from people on the streets outside big famous city centres. Most Africans I have met outside say Beijing have told me about experiences of verbal and physical harassment. On Chinese forums, I have also widely seen the sentiment that since China gives so much aid to Africa, it should at least benefit from being a colonial power. I think the politically correct narrative is against racism, but I think China is very anti-black. I have also seen an eviction notice targeted only at Africans and seen loads of job ads that specify they're for whites only (I think there are more examples but my mind is a little fuzzy now). On three: There's increasingly been a movement to make sure foreigners also will be affected by social credit. This is primarily being applied to foreign teachers. Also, when I was in China last year, I noticed I - not a teacher - had a Sesame credit score on my Alipay. I think even though its not state owned, it still counts as social credit, because it calculates the score based on criteria that include your online behaviour, social networks, etc.

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greentea wrote

Reply to comment by !deleted8445 in by !deleted22135

An anecdote of possible relation: I seem to remember that a few years ago, if you ordered something on Taobao (Chinese amazon) to Taiwan, you had the option to choose "Taiwan" or "Chinese Taipei" as choice of delivery. If you chose the former it was drastically cheaper, as incentive to get Taiwanese people to identify with PRC.

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