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Curious why you singled out that bit and not "Canada/Toronto love"? Turning Red is the first Pixar film solo-directed by a Chinese-Canadian woman Domee Shi (wh

Curious why you singled out that bit and not "Canada/Toronto love"? Turning Red is the first Pixar film solo-directed by a Chinese-Canadian woman Domee Shi (who also made the Academy Award winning Bao short). The film was inspired by her childhood in Toronto, hence the many Canadian references, and is told from a culturally and gender specific lens. It's a 2nd generation immigrant story. Remember, there are tons of Chinese people out there who have little or nothing to do with the authoritarian Chinese state. I should know. I'm one of them. This knee-jerk bias against anything Chinese is xenophobic and racist.

systemvoltage 5y ago
I could have but I noticed that Disney has been kowtowing to CCP since HK protests. So I see a clear link. I am gonna push back on you for this absolutely baseless accusation of racism. This seems to be a pattern to gain moral superiority over others. Find ways to accuse others of racism/bigotry, what have you. Little do you know, I've lived in Chengdu for 6 months and still have many friends. So kindly go f yourself.
- throaway425119 5y ago
  Living in China doesn't absolve you from holding what is absolutely a racist/xenophobic line of thinking. I don't say you are xenophobic, but your utterances absolutely are. This is not some attempt on my part to gain any kind of moral superiority but to speak out against what is clearly a baseless insinuation, associating a Pixar film made by a Chinese Canadian director with the CCP when there is no clear link. Asian Americans are currently targeted with verbal and physical violence because of pervasive undifferentiated narratives the likes of which you espouse.
  - systemvoltage 5y ago
    I am apalled. Not sure what to tell you as a person of Asian origin myself. I hope you find peace.
    - throaway425119 5y ago
      I am equally appalled. Your origin is immaterial. Before you insinuate anything in the future, step back and think -- is this true? Did I bother to investigate further? You made insinuations based on vague associations and no evidence at all. Insinuations are deadly because you don't even have to worry about something being true or not because once you've planted an idea, it's there. Comments like yours create seeds for narratives that get planted and reinforced. You might not care, but many of us have to live with those narratives thrust upon us.

systemvoltage 5y ago

I could have but I noticed that Disney has been kowtowing to CCP since HK protests. So I see a clear link. I am gonna push back on you for this absolutely baseless accusation of racism. This seems to be a pattern to gain moral superiority over others. Find ways to accuse others of racism/bigotry, what have you. Little do you know, I've lived in Chengdu for 6 months and still have many friends. So kindly go f yourself.

throaway425119 5y ago
Living in China doesn't absolve you from holding what is absolutely a racist/xenophobic line of thinking. I don't say you are xenophobic, but your utterances absolutely are. This is not some attempt on my part to gain any kind of moral superiority but to speak out against what is clearly a baseless insinuation, associating a Pixar film made by a Chinese Canadian director with the CCP when there is no clear link. Asian Americans are currently targeted with verbal and physical violence because of pervasive undifferentiated narratives the likes of which you espouse.
- systemvoltage 5y ago
  I am apalled. Not sure what to tell you as a person of Asian origin myself. I hope you find peace.
  - throaway425119 5y ago
    I am equally appalled. Your origin is immaterial. Before you insinuate anything in the future, step back and think -- is this true? Did I bother to investigate further? You made insinuations based on vague associations and no evidence at all. Insinuations are deadly because you don't even have to worry about something being true or not because once you've planted an idea, it's there. Comments like yours create seeds for narratives that get planted and reinforced. You might not care, but many of us have to live with those narratives thrust upon us.