Posted on 04/09/2019 9:07:38 AM PDT by EdnaMode
Burger King has removed an advert which shows western people trying to eat a burger with oversized red chopsticks following criticism on social media.
The advert for a new Vietnamese burger in New Zealand has sparked a debate over whether the advert is harmless fun or culturally insensitive and racist.
A clip of the advert posted to Twitter by Maria Mo, a Korean woman living in New Zealand, has been viewed more than 2.9M times.
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My sister does that when we eat out at a Chinese restaurant. I always felt that was an affectation by people who wanted to show how cool they are.
SekkuHara =
Sekkusu Harassumento =
Sexual Harassment
They just took the Engrish katakana-ized and contracted it.
Like PasaCon =
Pasonaru Commputah =
Personal Computer
That’s exactly what it is. And what about the men who hold their coffee cup with their hand across the top and no fingers touching the cup handle? Is that supposed to look macho?
Never thought of that before. LOL
I always take my own stainless steel spork to Chinese restaraunts.
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