11/25/2023 0 Comments Wechat emoji 小鱼儿![]() ![]() Last month, an African-American woman living in Shanghai reported that WeChat’s translation function turned “黑老外,” a mild pejorative for a black foreigner, into the N-word.īut that controversy is just the tip of the iceberg: WeChat’s sticker galleries, where users can download animated and often user-submitted biaoqing (表情), are a nexus for blackface and anti-black representation, where longstanding racist tropes are reinterpreted with Chinese characteristics. China’s biggest messaging service is no stranger to race-related controversy.
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