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what? potato chips can also be related to racial discrimination? ?

this week, a chinese billionaire's daughter went viral for her online complaints.

the billionaire heir is namedwang xuanlin（Dorothy Wang），born in beverly hills in 1988.

image from instagram @dorothywang

dadroger wanghe is the founder and chairman of golden eagle trading group. according to forbes, wang mao is currently worth $3.5 billion.

dorothy grew up with a silver spoon in her mouth. her family's collection of platinum bags is so impressive that even the most experienced entertainment reporters would be amazed:

she has appeared on three reality shows as a wealthy daughter, including "beverly hills rich kids", "celebrity singles" and "og bling empire", and is very well-known in the chinese community in north america.

there is a plot in the reality show where wang xuanlin takes a friend back to china and stays at a luxury hotel on the top floor of the golden eagle building on a private plane. at night, the friend finds out that he has not brought any acne cream with him, so wang xuanlin calls: "open the door of the shopping mall inside:"

then i went to golden eagle department store with my friends at night, just taking things without paying...

although she was born in the united states, she has a strong sense of national identity. she once shot a group of "traditional chinese girls" in shanghai and posted them on social media, and was praised as a "chinese princess":

image from instagram @dorothywang

social media also likes to show off chinese food:

image from instagram @dorothywang

committed to speaking up for asian americans:

image from instagram @dorothywang

last sunday, she was shopping at round swamp grocery store in hampton when she found a package of"gong bao chicken" potato chips.

image from tiktok@dorothywang

her review of the food:Racially inappropriate

image from tiktok@dorothywang

she bought a lot of food during this shopping trip and tried them one by one in front of the camera. however, when she tried the gong bao chicken and potato chips, she smiled and said that she thought this wasit's cultural appropriation

image from tiktok@dorothywang

after taking a bite, dorothy said that the dish felt unconventional, but also unoriginal.

image from tiktok@dorothywang

throughout the video, dorothy also tried chicken salad sauce, guacamole and beetroot chips. it was just a very relaxing food tasting video, but she didn't expect that her complaints about gong bao potato chips would cause different reactions from fans.

racial discrimination? like you eat nachos? is this a cultural discrimination against the mexican community?

so do you eat nachos?

dorothy's reply: corn chips and kung pao chips are not the same. if they named them "kung pao chips" correctly, then it would be the same as corn chips.

how is this cultural appropriation? you go to a chinese restaurant, they have kung pao chicken. you go to china, they have kfc, mcdonalds, etc.

one netizen responded to this comment: but the problem is that this potato chip says kung pow. (not the traditional kung pao)

the spelling is only half of it. why are they called kung pow?

dorothy also responded to this comment: there is always more room for cultural sensitivity/accuracy

i hope you can speak up and support small businesses instead of stepping on them. they are farm stands with hard workers inside, they don't survive on pie in the sky.

dorothy's response: these are my honest thoughts, and i'm not saying that all of them are bad! i'm not "putting them down" unfairly or callously.

there were also some netizens who used very harsh words and did not understand her dissatisfaction at all:

she must be tired of her privileged life. my understanding is that calling a food kung pao chicken is acknowledging that your creation was inspired by kung pao chicken, but it is americanized and doesn't pretend to be authentic.

these people should just stop talking. there is no such thing as cultural appropriation. anyone can eat anything, call it anything, or wear anything. cut the crap.

some people just like to pick weird points to argue with.

what is cultural appropriation?

cultural appropriation occurs when an individual or group takes cultural elements from another culture without understanding or respecting their meaning or cultural context.it can also be described as the exploitation of another culture by a more mainstream culture andplagiarism“borrowing” culture that does not belong to them, thus influencing local culture and creating new cultural products and phenomena.

cultural appropriation may involve the use of another culture’s religious and cultural traditions, dance steps, fashion, symbols, language, and music, among other things.

this is particularly controversial when members of the dominant culture appropriate cultural elements from a minority culture.

examples include sports teams using native american tribal names or imagery as mascots; people from non-original cultures wearing jewelry or fashion that incorporates religious symbols, or wearing items of deep cultural significance and status, such as war bonnets, without being given the right to wear them.

copying iconography from other cultural histories, such as polynesian tribal tattoos, chinese characters, or celtic art, and wearing them without regard for their original cultural significance may also be considered appropriation. critics of cultural appropriation argue that separating iconography from its cultural context or viewing it as kitsch can be offensive to those who revere and wish to preserve their cultural traditions.

there are many examples of celebrities making mistakes.

for example, kim kardashian named her underwear brand kimono after the japanese word for "kimono" and was boycotted by the entire network:

one year, a shocking costume appeared in the victoria's secret fashion show. the sacred headdress of indians, which represents respect, power and responsibility, appeared in the lingerie show. this was strongly opposed by native americans, and victoria's secret and kk had to apologize urgently:

to sum up, the original culture is not used correctly, or it is integrated with other cultures, which distorts and dilutes the significance of the original culture.

the topic of cultural appropriation is vast and complex, and there is also a voice that conveys the confusion of many people:so should culture be "pure"?

some scholars have stated that cultural appropriation has a premise, which is that it must recognize the existence of a pure cultural concept, which is related to the establishment of a common identity of a single nation, which "assigns" certain rituals and characteristics to itself. however, no culture has ever been and is difficult to be fully defined, because culture is fluid, especially in the current era of extremely developed information, they inspire each other and enrich their own culture.

so this is also where dorothy and some netizens have different opinions. dorothy believes that we should maintain sensitivity and quote the term "gong bao" correctly, while netizens think that she is taking it too far and there is no need to be so sensitive.

regardless, the idea of ​​"cultural appropriation" proposed by dorothy has indeed sparked a wave of enthusiasm online. rational discussions can spark more sparks and inspire each other. in the multi-ethnic cultural atmosphere of the united states, it is always good to have more such dialogues instead of confrontation.