Foreigners CAN WEAR Chinese Dresses!

[@iamnoone348]

What's the point of multiculturalism, if you can't enjoy other people's cultures?

[@gaijinthelittlestalin25]

The "multiculturalist agend" is the precise opposite of what it means.

[@gaijinthelittlestalin25]

*agenda

[@TAILSORANGEs]

Agreed.

[@eeshsinger]

Meiji its not called multiculturalism its called freedom of expression

[@hvuu1628]

multiculturalism is not supposed to let people enjoy others culture.

[@iamnoone348]

Asians in Asia are not as easily offended as Asian Americans, in fact most Asians would actually feel flattered to see foreigners trying and enjoying our traditional costumes as long as it's not intended to be disrespectful. .

[@aloevera1269]

Exactly! I would love to see more people wearing our traditional clothes! I'm Indian. (South Asian)

[@ms.chuisin7727]

I really feel extremely offended when I see Asian American who doesn't wear these stuff but wanna be screaming cultural appropriation. It's annoying

[@666.xoxo33]

Yep,tho I was born in America I’m still a southeast Asian or just Cambodian and I really love it when people wear the traditional dress from Cambodia or any country.Just enjoy and respect it and if you need help to make sure you aren’t wearing it wrong just ask!:)

[@kovoempire4093]

fr as an Asian American, i feel like america's culture and typical way of life has vastly changed our traditionaly Asian values, cultural aspects, and perspectives

[@CxsualtyGaming]

@Emily Li Everybody is racist to each other and that doesn’t excuse it, but it’s reality. Tons of Chinese people in mainland China are racist to foreigners. The same thing applies in America to Asian Americans. That doesn’t take away from foreigners wearing Chinese dresses or means cultural appropriation isn’t bullshit. Hell, if they’re wearing a Chinese dress or clothing, it usually means they would be the ones NOT being racist and appreciating Chinese culture. Your logic has so many holes in it, it blows my mind that you can’t reason these basic concepts to yourself.

[@tamiereves9785]

"Entitled college students who grew up in the states or Canada". Well said, very well said 😂😂😂

[@carloslawson9970]

Honestly as a local Chinese I cannot understand why they would think we should feel offended when we see someone non-Chinese wearing qipao. On the contrary, I would feel proud because that means our culture got appreciation.

[@bobbiusshadow6985]

My thought exactly

[@cswsad]

Nobody is right in this situation. First, those 网友 should never so overreact like that, but the way Chinese culture be miss understand was truly a big problem, it is just not that lady's fault. So this is another complicated issue that happened all the time, and it is no way to really solve it. If anyone who tries to defend their stand here will get the things out of control because this is not a real issue, is just an image of normalcy. The way Winston has much hate from China is because he does not have the Chinese ideology and even play against it. Although he makes many videos talking about something like 'face' and 'avoid conversation' things, but there are reasons for it. Chinese have those cultural for thousand's years and Winston did not have a deep discussion about it. Don't try to shape the society because the society shapes you initially, unless you are a saint.

[@lisaishere0919]

Cuz American Chinese and Chinese are not same

[@meginna8354]

Not to mention pretty much all of China has been wearing western clothing for the past 70 years,

[@NPC-error-x1x]

in the USA (2018) EVERYTHING IS OFFENSIVE!!! Thats why a majority of us love Trump.... He wipes his ass with political correctness.

[@breanna34]

I am deeply offended that you’re not wearing a suit Winston 😂

[@wendy54321]

breanna34 Ha Ha Me too!!!? It's a joke guys for anyone that doesn't realize it. Eye roll

[@GeneralNachos]

Holy shit...

[@frantisekzverina473]

Oh man, I was like something was off but I couln't figure it out :D

[@nickhexum01]

breanna34 That's the real story here. Where's the suit Winston?

[@pockyoptimus]

As a Chinese living in Asia, I can attest to the message this video is trying to convey. A Westerner wearing a Qipao for any social event is perfectly fine. As long as there is no malicious intent behind wearing that dress, it's all cool.

[@meginna8354]

Pretty much all Asians have been wearing western clothes for the past 70 years, so disproving would be quite weird.

[@alwaysopen7970]

It's a piece of clothing and the girl wore it to a prom because it made her look and feel pretty. She diddn't do anything wrong but lots of people sure got their asses bent out of shape while eating Chinese carry out and Taco Bell tacos.

[@ronj9448]

mmm Taco Bell

[@AaronAaron247]

608608608 amen dude amen

[@plowking813]

agreed, too bad that girl had malicuous intent

[@marksullivan9660]

Way to go Serpentza! Speaking out and for supporting this young woman, who simply wanted to have a memorable evening and look beautiful doing so! But I think your viewers and supporters would expect nothing less from you. Way to go!

[@choreboy988]

Mark Sullivan I remember seeing serpentza and C-milk poking fun at manspreading a while back. Right then I knew they didn’t follow that kind of nonsensical... nonsense. Thank god. All this weird moral policing irritates the fuck out of me. If someone doesn’t want to wear foreign clothing out of fear of offending someone, fine, I don’t care. But don’t force people to follow along. That’s where you lose me. Social awareness is generally a good thing, but their sadistic fetish of smearing anyone who thinks slightly differently about damn near anything almost makes me ashamed to call myself a liberal. Puritans, every one of them. Anyone who dares think differently and voice their opinion is devoured by the perpetually offended, including their own.

[@choreboy988]

Seán O'Nilbud For somebody who obviously can’t define “liberal” without Google, you sure are quick to call others dumb. You sound like an angry 12-year-old on speed, at least learn to make an actual argument before pretending to understand the most basic of political terms.

[@KoenRH2803]

Hearing actual chinese people's opinions on this topic was very enlightening and interesting! I'm so happy that it's possible for us to enjoy each other's cultures in a positive and flattering way! Great video.

[@炎黃-v5p]

Koen van der Kam yes, you should listen to we true chinese. we don't want be represented by these “chinese” who maybe even cant speak chinese.

[@MrNormallive]

Chinese people are very lenient and open minded , this sort of nonsense wont bother you in China

[@orionwaters9725]

i dont normally comment but i wanted to say thanks for adding to the reasonable and sensible side of this ridiculous argument

[@killahjay1000]

The only reason that dude was offended was because he's American and has been influenced by western society and their sad mindset. Almost every country you visit, aside from America, will try to get you in their traditional dress or have you participate in ceremonies. Africa, Philippines, China, Russia, Canada, Mexico, Japan. All are happy to share their culture. Now, I must disclose I'm American. But I'm educated.

[@ghawk1232]

Liberals are not truly offended imho, it's all an act, mere manipulation in their path to power, their religion, their righteousness -of-choice, their claim to supremacy over you, all about victimhood, with them as the saviors. To pull it off, they have to pretend that human appreciation is unreal. Thus they see (and pursue) a world devoid of love, that's why they resonate with ISIS.

[@Travestyalpha]

garyha yeah - a little too much generalization. There is no big plan with liberals, conservatives, etc. Just a few over zealous busy bodies, who want to make everyone live the way they feel is right. Doesn't matter the political views. Meddlesome people, status seekers and busy bodies inhabit all cultures, spectrums, and walks of life. They are the sycophants, insecure, and power hungry.

[@fakeaccount6346]

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[@ghawk1232]

+Robin Pittman | Mmm, yeah you're right. Since then, I read Jeremy Lam's tweets and can see he was genuinely all emotional, not calculated. So then I have to add my other go-to explanation. Although this one comes with even more wide-spread generalization: Toxoplasma Gondii infection in the brain, the rock star of microscopic zombie parasites (see, Patrick Star is shaped like Tgondii, get it, these microbes have some sort of group intel to them, enough to make themselves portrayed on an animated TV show, it's a hint and we're supposed to figure it out or they just like taunting humans). Comes from as little as undercooked meat but then makes people think life is a cage-match.

[@jerrysong9957]

very truth!

[@imstuman]

It was wrong to berate the young woman whose intention was just to wear something beautiful. The individuals criticising her are busy chasing social media "likes" and probably spend a lot of time looking for something to offend them.

[@dflyboy420]

I like the format of you going around and talking to people on the street. Has a very refreshing feel to it (despite the political background of this video). Greetings from Germany

[@HeatherHolt]

Yes! Thanks for this. Ridiculous that poor girl is being dragged through the mud for wearing a beautiful dress. An entire culture cannot be defined by one dress.

[@generalfishcake]

Non-British people using the English language? I'm offended!

[@bowmanc.7439]

London England Non-American using the internet?

[@paspax]

Non-Australian using wifi. Or a powered lawnmower. Or a photocopier. Or an in car radio etc.

[@bowmanc.7439]

paspax and all people using anything that they didn’t invent. Or better yet, even those who do invent stuff are appropriating predecessors’ works. By that logic, we should go back to Stone Age

[@Miquelalalaa]

London England Even better, Non English people using the English language!

[@Shahirrim1]

Non-German people using cars? I'm offended! Poor Carl Benz! ;-(

[@agentbubbles782]

Its called cultural appreciation not cultural appropriation

[@thinkabout288]

we all make mistakes but its good to know about them

[@thinkabout288]

im sorry cultural appropriation IS CORRECT da

[@noided986]

Last I checked "culture appropriation" is just diversity and peoples tastes spreading worldwide. So yes cultural appreciation :) I don't think anybody cares if people outside of America wear t-shirts for example. An American invention; otherwise would be considered cultural appropriation by the standard set by people claiming Americans wearing Chinese dresses is appropriating culture. What about all those college kids dressing in togas? That must be cultural appropriation! Without appropriation we'd be slowing our development down as a human race. The real racists are the ones claiming cultural appropriation; sounds like segregation to me.

[@agentbubbles782]

philip schwartz no because your appreciating the asian culture by wearing it to make you look nice

[@francinel8154]

+AgenBubbles It's true because I would never wear a dress coming from a country and|or ethnic group that I do not appreciate, even if the dress is beautiful.

[@Illvuan]

I am overseas Chinese. I don't see the problem with non Chinese wearing Tradition Chinese dresses. It just a dress for God's sake! Stop getting triggered over minor thing.

[@ironmantis25]

Illvuan Feeling offended on other people's behalf is one of the main hobbies of a middle class liberal.

[@annieysquare]

I agree with you. From my opinion, usually people screaming and shouting cultural appropriation are those (usually in American) that don't understand their own culture or the culture they think other people is appropriating it. They have low conference or self-esteem as if a foreigner is more cultural that him/her on his/her own culture, it reflect their ignorant and loose face. That is totally opposite in my case. As someone who is working on hanfu/汉服 revival activity, we understand that qipao is not our (han or 汉族）traditional clothing and try to avoid it and only wear hanfu, because wearing qipao ourself is also kinda like appropriation of Manchurian (满族）culture. Too bad, foreigner don't wear hanfu and thought that it is something from cosplay, else we would praise them instead of bashing them.

[@PicoFromTX]

Ysquare speaks truth

[@炎黃-v5p]

these fake chinese maybe even cant speak chinese.

[@markevans2725]

thank you Ysquare Chan - I call them fake people making up shit so they look good to other fake people.

[@bellorusso]

The ABCs are a bunch of morons. Nothing Chinese about them.

[@annieysquare]

神州 Shenzhou 你是哪里人？我是马来西亚。虽然我家人不瞭解汉服，我在庆典佳节还是穿汉服。虽然不是宽袍大袖，可是那让不懂的人更容易接受。在工作时我也时常穿汉元素。

[@dingelDON]

Its so rare to see Winston without suit :D

[@tonee4024]

People should wear whetever they want. Do we ask chinese why they were western clothes ? Clothes are clothes.

[@binyoung7297]

You know what would be even better than seeing women all over the world wearing qipao? It is to see you, Winston, in one. I imagine you have the right figure for it!

[@mikehueter3982]

400K subscribers -- guaranteed!!! 😉

[@blasg6242]

The jacket is a brilliant detail. Well done!

[@gajesh1087]

I am a Black American Male with a long standing interest and appreciation for the culture and religions of India. When attending at temple or culture events I wear clothing of Indian manufacture and design. Kurta Pyjama , Dhoti , Sherwani , etc.shopping at my local 'Little India " stores , receiving expert advice on styles , accessories and such. Of course I have been met with curiosity from Indians and desi. who are amazed by my interest and knowledge of their homeland. I have not had any criticism or negative comments from anyone ( At least not to my face ) And never accused of the sin of "Cultural Appropriation ". However I sometimes wear Indian attire to a non-Indian / western event and have been accused of "Cultural Appropriation. by so called Social Justice Warriors ( Always White People ) who are offended and seek to inform me of my error. I have noticed over the years that Non-Westerners who dress in American / European styles are seen as advanced and progressive , where as those of us westerners who prefer non-western attire having "Gone Native" are scorned for our "Cultural Insensitivity"

[@gajesh1087]

@alwaysopen: I have read reports, seen news stories, read articles , and viewed videos of Black People mostly females castigating and sometimes physically attacking White People for "Cultural Appropriation" when they ( White People ) wear attire such as dreadlocks, large hoop earrings, braided hair styles etc. associated with "Black Culture". Arrogance and Stupidity crosses racial borders. To quote the late Rodney King "I just want to say - you know - can we all get along?"

[@twayf3]

yes its black and white thing, I would say entitled american thing (as an american myself)

[@Dave-sl2nf]

On the contrary! Cultural appropriation is not a bunch of nonsense, it’s one of the best things in our generation! Never did we have the opportunity to see, appreciate and learn from other cultures, as we easily can do today. Don’t be a entitled separatist brat, appropriate with pride!

[@dahanhhhhhhhh]

I am Chinese and I am very appreciate that everyone from all over the world would love Chinense culture^_^ China is always a friendly country～

[@dontobby89]

When I was at a Chinese restaurant (in Belgium)once sitting outside at a table eating ramen, a Chinese tourist group saw me and they felt happy and came up to me saying how nice it is that I eat traditional Chinese food. They were happy. Like for real happy haha

[@korbynvigil189]

Isn't ramen a Japanese noodle?

[@strawberrie6491]

@@korbynvigil189 no it's originally Chinese dish.

[@mochiinuo]

@@korbynvigil189 it's pronounced "la mi-en" or lā miàn in Chinese and means pulled noodles, or hand-pulled noodles. Sounds almost exactly the same as ramen when pronounced with a Japanese accent. It's difficult to say where it originated from now since so many centuries have passed since it was created and it is now widely spread all over east Asia, but at least we know that ramen sounds the same in Chinese, and the Chinese version has a true meaning to it that really does represent the type of noodles

[@korbynvigil189]

@@mochiinuo Thank you for respectfully teaching me!

[@ms.chuisin7727]

@@mochiinuo You can still find authentic hand pulled la mien but I don't think Japanese ramen still use these type of noodles eventhough they call it ramen.

[@ykagz007]

Who does that Twitter guy think he is? What gives him the right to represent a whole country??

[@constantwin]

Even better is the fact that the guy is American and ethnically Vietnamese, so he has absolutely no claim to this culturally.

[@aokosakano3037]

Lol What gives Chinese Americans the right to think they can represent authentic Chinese

[@ahhwe-any7434]

What makes everybody think that they can be everyone's spokes person? I'm American. Born & raised. I think a little more individually than this, sorry. :/ I got jokes...

[@ykagz007]

Arkyance He must've looked at the mirror and thought "hey, my eyes look like the eyes Chinese people have, i must be a Chinese person!"

[@valenrn8657]

ykagz007 Some leftist SJW loser from USA. PS; I'm not American.

[@adidragan]

My God, you're not wearing a suit. What's wrong?!

[@thewanderingrey8830]

It's the ZHONGSAN suit :DDDD

[@seanxu13]

He is wearing a red guard's uniform.

[@bellorusso]

Exactly my thought. Has the man converted and become a die hard commie?

[@SiGLoORiGiN]

In the beginning I didn't even recognize him. 😂

[@Heysamgrahamcartoons]

"hey there, handsome brother" ???

[@soonamisapphire2425]

Best greeting

[@HarryHour]

This video is awesome. It’s super reassuring to hear native Chinese folks on the streets feel so accepting of this. Honestly, it’s a breath of fresh air, as compared to the overwhelming (and just unnecessary) feelings of cultural appropriation that people feel in the states. Nice to see positivity on the matter. Keep at it, Winston!

[@Sassarai916]

It's not really overwhelming in the States, it's just social media makes it seem that way.

[@HarryHour]

Sass True that

[@UpTwoL8]

I just asked my wife what she thought. For the record, I'm a Caucasian and she is Hong Kong Chinese; we met as adults when she was visiting the San Francisco area back in 1998 and got married in 2000.After clarifying that the uproar was over a white girl wearing a traditional Chinese dress, her comment was, "If she has the right body for it then why not?"

[@ollieyang4613]

You Americans don't have a left.

[@ukyo2010]

I am ABC and I say that ranting about "cultural appropriation" is calling for cultural segregation. As long as people have interacting, which is since the beginning of the existence of humans, we have adopted the good regardless of its origin. That is a natural and very good thing. That is how people improve their lives. I suspect that Jeremy Lam (the guy that famously ranted about the Utah girl) is an angry Marxist sociology major that is bitter about not being able to find a job in his field after racking up $80k in student loan debt. His rants do remind me of the Marxist nuts in college that few people took seriously back then.

[@sistohernandez3846]

"Real Chinese people...not entitled college students that grew up in the states" I'm White Mountain Apache from Arizona, sounds like what my friends and I say about "Urban Indians" that are constantly on the look out for things to be offended by. Meanwhile most of us from the Rez couldn't care less 😎

[@Zain94336]

S H entitled go fuck yourself who do you think made your bloody train tracks with below minimum wage the chinese americans

[@tophers3756]

Zain Raza what the hell does that have to do with the subject?

[@meginna8354]

What's it like on a native rez?

[@scottwatrous]

Natives benefitting from the rail system... haha that's funny. Zain must think Native Americans weren't right there alongside the other immigrants getting worked.

[@lifeintaiwan]

great video.... love getting locals opinions! nice work

[@tommyvictorbuch6960]

This might be your most important video, Winston. This PC bullshit has to stop! I am Danish, my girlfriend is Mexican, and I wear Mexican outfits on a regular basic. I never heard a Mexican complain about it. They see is as a compliment to their culture.

[@laowhy86]

Hittin the hot topics, awesome video.

[@wesley4179]

laowhy86 what? This is a hot topic in the US? Seems like the leftist is gaining lotta supporters nowadays, political correctness is bs

[@massivefins2597]

Ben... heart broken by Wing... you gave it a good shot man... we're all in love with Wing...

[@digiwatt]

It's a very loud minority of ignorant people pretending to be "woke" or culturally sensitive or offended by things, sadly, that loud minority harassed a teenager online because she wore a cool prom dress. I think there are more people who are fine with it or in support of her wearing the dress mostly. Watch the h3h3 video on it, its a pretty funny take on it. I believe DeFranco covered it too.

[@kundalinimacaroni]

a new video of the qipao girl surfaced today, saying "Asian people suck" in a vine made a month ago. twitter.com/explorionary/status/990849387092955136

[@pedantics]

bbrmusou vine shut down in October 2016 mate

[@NovaNocturneArt]

Thank you for posting this. I'm in the state where the post was from and having lived in China previously, my husband's and my immediate reaction was basically what you've stated here. The stupid blow up over cultural appropriation is absolute ridiculous. I need to share the heck outta this video

[@kennethgreifer5123]

This is the kind of video that should go viral, and I hope it does.

[@toddboothbee1361]

In fiction writing class a girl told me I had no write from a woman's pov because I wasn't a woman, that I was engaged in both gender and cultural appropriation. I laughed because I thought she was joking. As a result, she tried to have be written up for "microaggressing" her. That was the first time I'd heard of microaggression and safe-spaces. This was on a college campus in the United States. We were legally adults.

[@mike4ty4]

But if you make it all written from male POVs, then aren't you just contributing to the overrepresentation of male POVs in the culture and the prevalence of male POV-written works? Or worse, if you have to write from a "male pov" what exactly does that mean? Does that mean a stereotypical patriarch male pov where you have to depict the women as sex objects or through a "male gaze" as it's often called? Isn't that then something which will promote discriminating messages in the culture? And to even write a female character at all, don't you kind of have to write at least a _bit_ from their "pov"? At least if you want them to be a realistic, _human_ character and not just a caircature? And isn't that what you need if you want to _not_ have "sexism"? And if you don't write any female characters at all, wouldn't you call that work ... "sexist"? See, the problem is that these doctrines, when taken to extreme all-or-nothing ends, end up becoming logically contradictory to each other and jointly unsatisfiable, and there's never been a good explanatory piece arguing how exactly this is supposed to be reconciled. In _moderate_ forms, they may have valid points, but when taken to extreme they become _logically contradictory_ meaning that an absurdity occurs from which follows everything and anything including a HEADPOP

[@mike4ty4]

@神州 Shenzhou Well I believe though that in a relationship _neither_ should "dominate". It should be about the two as _equals_ and companions. Where does that put me in terms of ideology, anyways?

[@toddboothbee1361]

mike4ty4 I agree. My view of art, such as literary writing, is that it isn't the servant to political fashions. That's an ideal vision, of course. Another ideal I have is that I am a writer, not a penis, and I refuse to restrict my writing to someone else's prejudices, no matter how fashionably justified it is to a narrow few in this current, transient cultural moment. I do sometimes write from a female character's pov and I find this possible and successful because I begin with a human being, not a vagina. I've known women all my life: they've raised me, loved me, mentored me, some have hated me and have been my enemies. Hmmm...in these and many other ways they are like men, that is, they are human. Some are stupid, some are geniuses. Some are thoughtless bigots, others have a deep sense of humanity and its flaws and powers. Writing, at least for this writer, is less about shoving my pet answers about life into peoples heads as much as it is exploratory thought. Freedom is required for this. That freedom begins at the individual level, for example, when you decide to be deeply honest about what you feel and what you know, and to work from there, and sometimes to be willing to tell even the best intentioned and most aggrieved to screw off.

[@Maashauu]

We live in weird times. Everyone say that everyone can do whatever with their body and wear whatever we want but still it's scandal if someone happens to put on something that originates from different culture.

[@ACWerling]

It isn't cultural appropriation when an Asian woman wears a white wedding gown, and it isn't cultural appropriation when a western woman wears a cheongsam.

[@炎黃-v5p]

don't listen to your american "chinese". listen to we chinese living in china.

[@Miquelalalaa]

Marwan G Westerners aren’t a group of people. But the people who you consider Westerners and the different groups within that definitely do

[@Batien]

I found the whole outrange to be very weird with the cashm between chinese people and chinese americans. I even spoke to some Exchange students i know and they thought it was awesome

[@TyyyJ]

Daimaō Chinese Americans are only Chinese by dna... They have no right to speak for more than a billion people infinitely more qualified for the task.

[@sinistercitizen3061]

I appreciate your argument. You do raise some valid points. Regarding the qipao dress, I completely agree with you. However, cultural appropriation is a thing. It’s not a “romantic” notion. It is a situational thing. For example, non-Native Americans wearing sacred and ceremonial headdresses at Coachella is blatantly cultural appropriation. Furthermore, simply because you surveyed 6-8 people on a random street in China does not support your argument that cultural appropriation is just a thing “for entitled college students”.

[@JimnyVR5]

This needs a lot more views...

[@TourPro]

To disagree with ComradeZA would be counter-revolutionary. Long Live the Great Qipao!

[@tanyachou4474]

Anyone who is sincerely interesting in another culture should be encourage 👍🏻

[@medicjack8943]

I'm more concerned that Winston isn't wearing a suit.

[@lwfeagan]

Agreed. I found it quite disturbing. Like Superman or Batman without his cape.

[@ub3rfr3nzy94]

Was about to say that.

[@lio123mombach]

Asks like 5 people. Says that nobody is annoyed by cultural appropriation. You did not do an empirical study my friend hahaha

[@ukyo2010]

I have been to Shenzhen in summer, and other times of the year. I think it is a good idea for Winston to wear a suit. It never hurts to look good and professional for one's work. But I will say he must be dedicated to his craft to wear suits in Shenzhen in summer. Even shorts and a T-shirt is uncomfortable in the high heat and humidity of Shenzhen summers.

[@TheKimcheeRamen]

I think we should see Winston more in his casual attire. Stay awesome braahhh

[@Patrick-sv7pk]

People of all ethnicities wear Western clothes, so I don't get why some are upset if a Westerner wants to wear Chinese clothing.

[@oliviasummer8356]

We have hosted Chinese international students for 12 years. So far they have bought me three of these as gifts! Surely if they would feel offended they wouldn't be buying a Canadian this dress as a gift! Thank you to the girls and their wonderful families!

[@leonwillett4645]

"Cultural apropriation is a bunch of nonsense!" Amen! :)

[@_yuri]

religion is such nonsense R'Amen

[@nopenope7184]

Is it childish to state a truth? What kind of superiority complex must you have to refer to the minds of people you know the littlest about "tiny"?

[@nopenope7184]

Now it is pathetic and shallow to state a truth? And I guess you aren't going to be able to tone down that superiority complex.

[@nopenope7184]

I might as well speak to a brick wall, it's like my words are just reflecting back at me, never having been heard.

[@nopenope7184]

Well, at least I can say my statement holds true. ( Both of them, actually ;) )

[@illiminatieoverlordgurglek140]

I like that the people you asked did not seem to pick up on the 'foreign' aspect at all. The deciding factor seemed to be whether the individual would have the figure to pull it off. Ethnicity didn't even seem come up in their minds as a factor.

[@serpentza]

Exactly what Chinese people really are like

[@illiminatieoverlordgurglek140]

I'd say most people outside the US are like that. I've noticed it's mostly Americans who seem to be hyper focussed on ethnicity. I'm 99% sure that if you asked a Dutchman or a German this same question about traditional dress they would not understand that ethnicity might be a factor either. By the way I think you're absolutely right about others wanting to wear your 'cultural/historical dress' being a compliment. If suddenly traditional Dutch dress would become popular in China and they'd all start walking around in it, I would just be amused by that, and maybe even flattered. But not in a million years would I feel they were 'stealing my culture'. It's such a strange concept when you think about it.

[@bachlava7]

there is no such thing as "cultural appropriation" because the sharing of cultures is beautiful, people need to get over themselves already

[@PixieElixir]

Chris Rackley I think there is such a thing if a culture is misinterpreted and maliciously used.

[@StochasticUniverse]

​@@PixieElixir But in practice, that's almost a logical impossibility, since any act of practicing a culture is just helping it spread. As long as you're accurately portraying it, there's no such thing as bad publicity because any act of invoking the culture, whether it be by practicing it or even just stating facts about it, is helping knowledge of it spread. The only way to "commit a crime against culture", which is basically what you're talking about, is to mischaracterize that culture with libels and slander. So, for example, if you said that jihad is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, that would be a misinterpretation that asserts something that is factually wrong about that culture. But simply wearing a hijab would not, in itself, represent a malicious or distorting act towards the culture (and in fact, a woman would be required to do so if she were going to enter a mosque -- it would not be optional). Since the woman in this video didn't do anything to misrepresent Chinese culture, she's cleared of all thought crimes. =P May the Inquisition grind onward!

[@eeshsinger]

Chris Rackley *liberals not even once*

[@yuyanwang2916]

eat deez nutz

[@Younce_Davies]

Real cultural appropriation is a dominate culture selling a bastardized version of a minority culture. It is a real problem and extremely damaging to minorities. Being infatuated with another culture and buying clothing from said culture is not appropriation as long as it is worn within context. Some cultures are considered closed to outsiders and were never traditionally shared with outsides unless welcomed in through marriage or adoption-- my bf is from a culture like this-- and even then I cannot take apart in the tattoo rituals of his culture because it is closed to people who have that ethnic blood only. The vast majority of cultures are not like this at all. Chinese, japanese, middle eastern, and most western cultures are considered open for anyone to practice.

[@Dovid2000]

Winston, it's suddenly strange seeing you without wearing a suit and tie. The casual look also suits you fine.

[@jrcolmena]

I had not noticed until reading this, but I don't care about what people wear, and they can wear whatever the bleep they want

[@johncommers9597]

Positively splendid Winston! I enjoyed this video immensely!

[@kevinzhao9524]

Culture is not private property. Unless you were in an authoritarian state which legally discriminated against your clothing choice based on your race, you can wear whatever you damn well please.

[@BritishConcept]

Love these off the cuff interviews with local people.

[@MichaelZhuang]

I am totally with you on this. The "Chinese" dude who accused the White girl of cultural appropriation wrote his diatribe in English. Is that cultural appropriation? I produce a hip hop show in my community in America, most people like it including many black people. But there was one weird dude who accused me of cultural appropriation, I was flabbergasted.

[@ikigai47]

Plus the whiner had a white name. Cultural appropriation!!!

[@mike4ty4]

@Reed Lenhart Well I think though there is some truth to that the minority culture does get looked down upon and there's a definite hypocritical trend in how that some things are treated when they come from a "White" guy/gal/etc. vs. the same thing coming from a "Black" guy/gal/etc. . But the answer isn't cultural segregation, the answer is for those who do such hypocrisy to purge the prejudice from their minds, and for us in general to purge prejudice from our culture overall. Like I can understand why a Black person might get upset about some White guy wearing dreads if they've been accused all their life of being "ghetto" etc. when they go to wear them but that White guy doesn't and gets called "cool". But the answer then is to _quit calling Black people ghetto for wearing dreads_ , not enforce some kind of culturally based Jim Crow system that will ironically enough just repeat all the very same atrocities that the original one built on far more nefarious motives did.

[@lambertlum1087]

HolNam. That Jeremy Lam is a banana. He has lost his Chinese identity.

[@gossamerwillow]

HoiNam Superior Southern Chinese you're funny? Don't blame ALL Chinese, but yet ALL white people are idiots? And it wasn't just one Asian liberal, sweetheart. Hoards of Chinese came out to defend his position. Do a little research before making yourself look like the idiot.

[@lambertlum1087]

gossamerwillow. Hoards of Chinese defend Jeremy Lam? What Chinese would ever defend a banana like Jeremy Lam? Other than his skin, what part of Jeremy Lam is still Chinese? He is entirely white inside.

[@andrewgarner2224]

Note that the people generally berating the West about cultural appropriation are often doing so whilst wearing jeans and a T-shirt.

[@Lucivius27]

Remember that black woman who berate Bruno Mars yet she is wearing tshirt and jeans and naming herself in Japanese. Stupid Bitch!

[@elitemage101]

As much as you usually don't make videos about this kinda stuff this was a great example of where your location and knowledge lets you give some good insight.

[@thefluffy]

At first I was thinking, Where's the suit?!?!?!? Then, Winston explained at the end. Cool video Winston!

[@ruthgreenwell1697]

I think traditional clothing are just beautiful and outstanding. I myself am white and I wanna try traditional clothing as they are beautiful.

[@kaseywahl]

I was wondering which China youtuber was going to cover this topic first. Not only a topical video, but great coverage of the topic as well!

[@Stronghold511]

I’m a college student near LA and this is a huge problem in America right now. There are tons of these rich, entitled kids getting extremely offended on behalf of people who honestly couldn’t care less. It’s all to make themselves feel virtuous and create this faulted sense of individually in a society where being a minority isn’t special anymore. (Most densely populated areas in the US are pretty diverse) The most ironic thing is that most of the Chinese kids that are offended by this are more American than Chinese! If anything they’re claiming a culture they barely even take part in, let alone live in it like the people in the video! This happens all of the time across all ethnic groups in the US and the militantness to enforce this “correct” way of thinking is a little too “Red-Guard” like for my comfort.... Anyways, great video man. Hope it goes viral. Stay awesome!

[@gunarsrepse232]

I liked your channel before already, but when you lead with "Cultural appropriation is a bunch of nonsense" I thought to myself -nice, I'm in for a treat. The Idea of cultural appropriation in a globalised world is just ridiculous. I Really enjoy your channel, it's a refreshing way to learn about a foreign country and you do it so well, unbiased and openly frank. Thank you

[@xchazz86]

Its a work day, where's your suit?

[@PicoFromTX]

I'm from south Texas. During cinco de mayo, and Fiesta, I see people of all colors and creeds dressed up in Mexican attire. I welcome the appreciation of our culture. I could care less if some gringo is parading around in a sombrero, or whatever.

[@TheSeanoops]

Asians wearing a cowboy hat? *triggered*

[@thienphucn1]

Ni Haody

[@Emeand33]

Thiên Phúc Nguyễn Đình LMFAO

[@rswear]

How dare you speak Chinese, you've appropriated their culture.

[@dyingearth]

Albeit, his accent is really bad

[@garrettdark5668]

Yeah but the Chinese people respect him for being able to speak the language. Like the dress, it shows foreigners are honoring them and their culture.

[@dyingearth]

It's just from my Taiwanese (Minnan and Mandarin dialect) ear, he accentuate words in rather weird places.

[@USAltefore]

There actually are people who think that learning a language is cultural appropriation. The whiners are so determined to dig to new lows that they'll tunnel to China before someone can come up with a parody that doesn't turn out to be one of their actual ideas.

[@tigoid]

Guys who cares if he has an accent, once you pass the age of like 13, the chances of learning a new language with a perfect accent is very slim as you aren't used to those sounds, that's why non native English speakers all have accents. I know you guys are just pointing it out but ehh.

[@Scrubbles]

Legend. I was hoping you'd pitch in on this as soon as I saw the tweet. Keep it up, Winston.

[@nekososu]

旗袍 is not really so traditional. 汉服 are the real traditional for han chinese

[@王保鹏]

Z Lin agree

[@wen.z533]

Z Lin oh yes finally, I've been scrolling for this comment a long time!!! I was shocked about the fact that everyone including most Chinese in this KZbin video only notice qipao and didn't even knew what was hanfu. I personally thought hanfu is much more beautiful and traditional than qipao since it has an longer history. It is the true "traditional" Han Chinese's clothing, qipao was popular through the republic of china era (1912-1949) so it was not long ago and quite modern compare to hanfu with thousand years of histories.

[@ganikus8565]

@@wen.z533 True, the Qi Pao is the clothe of the Qi ren, ennemies of Chinese that we call Manchu. When the Manchu took controle of China, only them could wear their Qi pao; while Chinese were not allowed to. Moreover the actual Qi pao was created in Shanghai in the 30's by a French man and a Chinese lady, using European fashion on that time to change the traditional Qi pao. Nothing much Chinese then

[@newname3718]

To me a qipao isn't near traditional. Anyways, I won't be bothered if Westerners or anyone wears it. As long as they wear it nicely like a normal piece of clothing without any bad intentions or hidden meaning I'm fine. If they indeed have bad intentions it's the intentions that irritates me not the wearing part.

[@adriennefloreen]

Good job! I felt so sorry for that girl who got attacked on twitter for wearing a dress. Someone, please share this video with her. It will make her feel better. By the way, I have to point out something: Most of the Chinese people in the end shot are wearing western clothing. Are they appropriating western culture (especially since they're the majority?) Of course not.

[@Macarite]

One of my favourite videos you’ve produced, well executed :) Deffo agree with your final point regarding minorities... so glad someone’s had the gumption to realise this! I hope this video goes far man. You’re looking well, ‘handsome brother’ ahaha

[@jlawrence0181]

Why do you NOT address the underlying issue as to why the young lady chose the dress she did. For years, girls in Utah, some Mormon and some not, have been clamering for tasteful and modest prom dresses that cover the shoulders and back. And when prom dresses come out in the stores, none meet those standards. The girl selected the qipau as it was tasteful and modest. Personally, I think that they look very beautiful for women with a good figure and very luxurious.

[@DOGzBLOOD]

Is it weird but I could watch Winston talking Chinese to random people on the street all day lol something oddly satisfying about it

[@deanchur]

I love it; it helps with my Mandarin as well

[@filmntvguy1977]

Nice work Winston, yet again helping the world Stay Awesome, one Qipao at a time 😎

[@varbaek]

Was nice to see you put this debate into proper context with actual Chinese people :)

[@delondestan8961]

Tim pool, a journalist, spoke about your video, and think you did great about interviewing people!

[@RedJonChina]

Great like to dislike ratio on this video so far, 1.4k to 10 at my count. That's some great ratio on the like button so far that you don't see much on any videos on youtube.

[@avatarion]

Winston looked genuinely happy in this video.

[@alexcarter8807]

I grew up in Hawaii eating Hawaiian/Asian foods, grew up using chopsticks, eating raw fish, our favorite candy was various Chinese type pickled plums etc. the brand name being "Yick Lung". So how am I doing cultural appropriation? It's the culture I grew up with.

[@ashob13]

I have seen thousands of Chinese tourists walking around in Kimonos and wooden sandals

[@Bm23CC]

Non Irish people drinking guinness. I'm offended.

[@katnerd6712]

You're not offended, you're drunk :P

[@sth4nth]

If the clothing has a religious meaning, I guess that is is kinda inappropriate. It is not the case for qipao.

[@kanttarellivaara]

I love guinnes, but I promise to not drink it ever again. I care about your feelings. I'm a good person.

[@TheQuestionMarkWasEmphasized]

Sasha wore a kimono once! The cultural appropriation never ends!

[@kenbibi7631]

神州，Exactly！

[@Kanchusnohomish]

I like it when people share cultures it looks nice.

[@jiaminghuang3028]

i totally miss the point when i first time heard about the news. i am happy with the girl wearing it. i dont think any chinese has problem with it.

[@superyue7051]

Jiaming HUANG some “Chinese” who said no maybe they are even not Chinese lol.

[@ms.chuisin7727]

Most of them either aren't really Chinese or they were but doesn't live in the culture anymore.

[@phxsisko]

I truly appreciate this. It's gotten insane in the states what offends someone, when things like homelessness, rampant poverty and a corrupt government should be much more offensive than any perceived appropriation of someone culture. Culture is constantly evolving and morphing. So what.

[@SuperPremiumDeluxe]

Nobody seems to even talk about the fact that the USA is one of the few western nations that has doesn't require ANY paid sick leave from work, much less vacation days! People seem more interested in what a highschooler wore to prom.

[@davidlafleche1142]

Don't worry. Obama's gone, and thank God Hillary lost the election. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!

[@phxsisko]

That is some powerful fucking stupidity you just uttered David....

[@DulaPearl]

Amen!!!

[@Razorphil]

great video! Everyone should share this on Facebook and Twitter!

[@egatlin070254]

This may be your best vid ever!

[@headofnews]

Love it! You should do more of these ask real Chinese people videos on more topics.

[@lilymohsye]

The dresses are beautiful!!!!! While watching this video I simultaneously went to Amazon and looked through the qipao dresses available for purchase, I am inspired to buy one!!! Your jacket is very flattering! Thank you for being brave enough to ask complete strangers their opinion!

[@terrann3545]

Thank You Winston, I just asked my wife what she thought, her being Chinese/Thai and she thought is was awesome, I'm a quarter Chinese, and I think it's nice. Winston, you'll find that most of US opinion is based on emotion now, and not on critical or logical reasoning, and the people that critically and logically think are demonized as racist xenophobes lol on social media for not subscribing to their views, it's gotten crazy here. Lots Of Love Winston and Sasha.

[@ayjay10016]

Cultural Appropriation is a term coined by the fascist mindset. We as Pakistanis would love to see a foreigner in a 'shalwar qamees' or a 'sherwani'. Excellent presentation Winston!

[@theDoktorZbroadcast]

One of the best videos you've ever made. Love the interaction with the public and the positive attitude!

[@SeekerKC]

I'm really glad you did this, & had *no doubt* you would receive the responses you did.

[@_yuri]

you look so much better in that than the suit honestly look 5 years younger

[@SirVicc]

What gets me is pretty much every person in your video was wearing Western style clothing. But it's never "cultural appropriation" in a reverse situation.

[@sammyboy5150able]

The social justice warriors will respond that those people in western style of clothing are not white people in position of power so it's not cultural appropriation. So for SJW, reverse cultural appropriation or reverse racism is not possible because of that position of power thing. Not saying I agree, just stating what they think.

[@sarcasm-83]

SJW's have actually said many times that white people don't _have_ culture.

[@Zulay092]

Martin Sundstrom China has the third strongest military in the world, so we Europeans are actually oppressed.

[@xXskyanethiaXx]

Sarcasm, we actually do have culture, which I found out when working with a bunch of foreigners. We definitely have a culture.

[@AbdullaLima]

SirVicconius You're kidding right, that's not cultural appropriation that's called colonialism, my grandparents were forced to wear fucking western clothing or would get beaten at school.

[@steelwolf180]

I'm Chinese from Singapore I think it is totally alright just feel that people are being overly triggered by it.

[@jryn007]

You let me down.... Where's your suit.

[@atnfn]

Could be an imposter.

[@AdventureThroughLife]

I like it better without the suit!

[@holysenpai]

It took me half a video to realize he's not wearing one. I was feeling something is off...

[@clray123]

He could as least have worn the qipao if he's out of suits!

[@bobbiusshadow6985]

clray123 dafuq, dude

[@snowli3154]

I am a Chinese, and I support this massage.

[@silviatjhia1824]

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[@leonwillett4645]

nihao :)

[@bobbiusshadow6985]

i love massages

[@NephilaClavata]

I think a lot of these people who blow a gasket over 'cultural appropriation' actually just have a lot of feelings of insecurity about their place in their parents' culture versus the one of the country they grew up in, because in their parents' country, either most people a) don't care or b) like the fact that outsiders think some part of their culture is cool.

[@FatalAnimal]

Superb video - one of your very best!

[@tonysu9500]

Great video. I am also from Shenzhen but I am currently in US. I am glad you like my city.

[@serpentza]

Shenzhen is the best

[@bidhrohi12]

This deserves to go viral. BTW I am Indian. Well, close to Indian. I hereby formally permit all white people, black people, and every shade in between to wear Indian clothing. In return, I only ask that I be allowed to keep my blue jeans, t-shirts and Metallica CDs.