https://www.memrise.com/course/1437287/chinese-course/
This is absolutely screwed up… not as mad about the words, but the picture is absolutely obscene.
you’re absolutely right: “chong (eats) dog” is the “msg” of the “course”. (Who said blunt racism does not start early in life and in all strata of society…)
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The course has now been deleted.
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But it is true. Chinese eat dogs. I admit: I haven’t seen the pictures. Might be a different story. Anyway: the course is gone.
some Chinese eat dogs - maybe this one sentence is “true”. Some chinese are called Chong. I suspect there are some Chinese that both 1. are called Chong and 2. eat dogs
(Calling names of the type “chong eats dog” is rather a sign of retardation)
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My thesis is simply that '“chong eats dog” is not sufficient to see anything negative in the course. When you make a language course, you usually make it lively be introducing characters with typical names, and have them doing typical things. Not only in China dogs can be considered as foodstock. Just accept it.
But, as I’ve said, that sentence is the only thing I have seen of the course.
By the way: in some countries dogs to be consumed are sold in cages with another colour then dogs meant as pets, to avoid mixing them up.
If you want to move to SE Asia, you’ld better get used to it.
This isn’t a matter of accepting or denying what some people do there.
It’s a matter of a course that was made solely to insult their entire race, while/and using disturbing imagery.
I don’t think much positive will come out of this discussion, and the original request has been granted, so I am closing this topic. PM me if you disagree.
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