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Chinese Food Viral Video is Hilariously Addictive, Not Offensive

By now you have probably seen the crazy viral “Chinese Food” video brought to you by Ark Music Factory and sung by 11 year old Alison Gold. Ark Music Factory is the same company that brought us Rebecca Black’s Friday.

But now people are saying that this video is racist and offensive. I say that is crazy talk. To get everyone up to speed, here is the video (which as of this post publishing has close to 8.5 million views)

Now check out the ABC News story on the controversy over “Chinese Food” by Alison Gold is racist.

This video isn’t racist, it’s painfully bad and hilariously addictive.

Sure, It is riddled with inaccuracies like adding Japanese Geisha’s to a video about “Chinese Food”
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And the beginning is of a Mongolian grill not a Chinese restaurant
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And it is borderline creepy that a grown adult dressed up like a panda bear is tickling young girls.
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And it is confusing that there are different languages being subtitled throughout the video (not just Chinese)
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But, it is a chorus that you will find yourself singing because the tune is catchy.
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And you it will make you want Chinese food because Chinese food rules.

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Sometimes people need to stop defaulting to anything remotely culture-based being a personal attack on a racial group. Is it inaccurate? Sure. But who cares? Or maybe that is just me. I have never been one to take offense to stuff like this. When I saw the geisha thing I said to myself “Heh, close enough”.

I don’t say that to slander the rich cultural differences between Asian cultures. I do it because it’s amusingly naive. I have been accused of being insensitive to my own race before (I’m Chinese) when I created Chelvis: the Chinese Elvis. I did it because it’s funny. I used stereotypes to promote myself because stereotypes are formed from reality.

There’s nothing to see here people.

Gregory Ng

GOAL: Visit 100 National Parks as a family by 2020. Favorite Parks: Zion National Park, Mt Rainier National Park, Valley Forge National Historical Park

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