Reddit actor gets angry at successful company. - Kotaku In Action 2

Reddit actor gets angry at successful company. (www.dailymail.co.uk)

posted 25 days ago by 0pressinator 25 days ago by 0pressinator +84 / -0

Simu Liu calls out bubble tea company for 'cultural appropriation'

The actor, 35, was furious that the creators 'took something that's very distinctly Asian in its identity' and failed to include where it came from in the pitch.

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– ger111 45 points 25 days ago +45 / -0

First of all he's from China and bubble tea is Taiwanese not Chinese so maybe he should stop culturally appropriating Taiwanese culture and trying to claim a culture that is not his. Also China is the king of cultural appropriation considering how many Chinese knock off products there are.

Second of all if he doesn't like cultural appropriation then he can start by not wearing Western clothes.

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– Stagecoach 18 points 25 days ago +18 / -0

Well he did say it's "distinctly Asian". I guess he can claim the entire continent as his identity as long as he's talking down to White people.

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– ernsithe 10 points 25 days ago +10 / -0

distinctly Asian

It's a trap. If they had marketed it as such, he'd claim "Orientalism" and demand they replace their executives with "appropriate" people. Saying something is "Asian" has very little meaning.

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