Mercedes Benz removes ad after Chinese complained about model looking too Asian.

[BushidoBrown]

lol they want a pawg

Pawgs undefeated on the global stage

 

[Cadillac]

I'm guessing that want a more natural look from an Asian.

Asians have low key been hating how they get depicted in media with exaggerated eyes , yellow skim and other caricatures

As well as semi typecasted or limited to roles of stereotypical Asian roles, sidekicks or only ever starring in leads in Kong full movies etc

There can be a whole thread on this topic really. But coli just gon boil it down to them "c00ning"

lol they want a pawg

It's not that either.

 

[Gold]

for the same reason when you look at the very first thread posted of Lupita on this forum you find a plethora of brothers who were fully convinced that "white people were mocking us by elevating her"

"it was an inside joke"

all the weird accretions people had about her being called beautiful and exemplary of a Black beautiful woman.

people who have low self worth tend to over compensate and be very triggered. self hate is fully a form of mental disease

This post making alotta goould points. I think some of those threads need to be revisited... i may bump

 

[MischievousMonkey]

Could it be that they thought the make-up was exaggerating her Asian features in a racist way?

Like most of us don't like bright red lipstick on Black women because it can look like a caricature.

 

[Premeditated]

How do you hate yourselves that much where you would bush a fine ass woman because she looked too Chinese?


I thought those han nationalists were on to something but nah

lol

the Chinese government maybe anti west, but I bet most chinese and hans people still worship cacs, why do you think their government are banning mad shyt or passing laws that are trying to recondition them from western worshipping?

east and southeast asians are by far the most self hating out of any group of people

they also didn't like who was casted to play the shang-shai. they thought he looked too stereotypically chinese

 

[Monsanto]

All roads run through...

Power

 

[Benjamin Sisko]

The worlds next superpower wants to be white. This really isn’t a good look for black people (Africans)

 

[Inokja]

for the same reason when you look at the very first thread posted of Lupita on this forum you find a plethora of brothers who were fully convinced that "white people were mocking us by elevating her"

"it was an inside joke"

all the weird accretions people had about her being called beautiful and exemplary of a Black beautiful woman.

people who have low self worth tend to over compensate and be very triggered. self hate is fully a form of mental disease

They were the same types who didnt understand the initial success of sudanese models, and saw it as the industry propping up "novelties" and ignoring their definition of "mainstream black repesentation" (which does have some basis with respect to the fact that the industry seeks out what it sees as unique looks/exotic in general). Those skeptics thought Lupita (a Kenyan) was a continuation of this, combined with the unprecedented levels of praise that hollywood rarely voiced for any black woman. This was the root of their skepticism.

But there was also like you said saying things like it was a inside joke, and a mockery that devalued any skepticism, and revealed not just that they thought hollywood was being disengenuous, but a deeper reality that they thought she was undeserving. And that it was they that found her unrelatable.

Those earlier figures like Alek Wek, grace jones, etc paved the way for the likes of Lupita( which she herself gave credit to) and further fed into people like Anok Yai, etc.

 

[skokiaan]

They dont want an exotic model appropriating their culture while advertising an exotic car

 

[Hey_zeus]

That's how y'all look doe

 

[Afrodroid]

Born asian brehs...


Self hate mfs, 2nd class cac minions forever

 

[Inokja]

Theres also a context of western brands being foreign, so they will often use european faces in their ads, either alone or in mixture with asian faces. And this is expected. The foreign face is seen as part of the foreign brand.
If they use an asian face which they normally do these days, usually there is no issue, but it is not unheard of for the situation the thread is about to occur, or the Dolce and Gabanna ad type of controversy.

The reverse isnt true. Unless it is distinctively a cultural product, Asian companies in the west often downplay their asianess. So there is still a unequal relationship between east and west in that respect. Though this is starting to change more and more with respect to cultural mass media, IPs, and a broader range of consumer goods.

 

[R=G]

I like how Asian eyes look....sad how much they want to live as white. They're actually much smarter than whites and have had great contributions to technology..smartphones, video games, etc. Real sad.

 

[R=G]

I'm guessing that want a more natural look from an Asian.

What is that supposed to mean??

 

[spencerforhire]

What is that supposed to mean??

Too much makeup the Asian look is exaggerated.