Simu Liu talks about cultural appropriation over boba tea 🧋

[milotic2]

Wyt people speaking about making an Asian thing better in front of an Asian is very ick.

Simu Liu had very valid points about this brand and their cultural appropriation of bubble tea. And pls, popping boba's been in the market back in like 2017 or something. pic.twitter.com/ajRqdIPQYu
- Gillian Hero (@lilyoftheveil17) October 11, 2024
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[lumiose_city]

LMAO as someone who lives in Taiwan hearing these white people talking about "their famous popping boba" i just. i need to lie down

[milotic2]

Side point, but you’re so lucky to have the famous pineapple cakes at your disposal. When I lived in Japan, my Taiwanese friend would bring me boxes of them whenever she went to visit her family

[itsme_eloise]

fr the pantelists talking about 'i've never heard of this' 'i've never tried this' yall are in the wrong neighborhoods! if popping boba has made it to my verrry white texas suburb (so white the closest decent taco shop is in the next suburb over) then it's not the new-fangled invention they were selling.

[varioussaints]

Right? I remember getting popping boba on my frozen yoghurt 12 years ago. Specifically 12 years ago, because that particular frozen yoghurt experience was what triggered the first and biggest gallbladder attack of my life. It might be new to the panelists (other than Simu) but it's not like it was new when it showed up on the menu in 2012, either. The Dragons/investors are decades out of date.

[silverstarry]

This is slightly off topic but it reminds me of the main judge on the Great British Bake Off. This man is a professional in the food industry yet he knows NOTHING about non-British food. This week, one of the non-white contestants (he is Indian, Japanese, and Belgian) made something with gochujang. The head judge said he'd never tasted it before (and based on the conversation he had with this baker, he'd never heard of it before). I was like bruv, you have been able to get gochujang at Trader Joe's for years. I don't know how much more mainstream and readily available you can get than suburban moms being able to buy it at a national chain.

As for these YT people claiming that they're innovators for offering popping boba, DUNKIN DONUTS offered them in 2021. That's right, Dunkin freaking Donuts.

[pop_squash]

Paul Hollywood is racist, I will die on this hill.