At the recent Beijing Winter Olympics, 18-year-old Chinese and American mixed race girl Gu Ailing, representing the Chinese team, she used the super difficult movements she had never used before in the final jump, and won the free ski jump championship in one fell swoop, and her reputation was therefore even more famous at home and abroad.
However, some controversies have also begun to emerge, which include both foreign voices and some domestic views.
For example, a media person named "Lu Shihan" wrote an article that mainly described the different views of different angles and different positions on Gu Ailing:
As soon as the author came up, he said that "Gu Ailing's character attributes are so complex that many currents of thought are torn apart here... Understand this, and you may be able to understand a lot of the controversy these days."
The author said: "First, many people do not understand why Gu Ailing has so many advertisements and such high commercial value, one is that her strength is strong, and the Olympic gold medal is the best answer to end all controversies; the second is to become an outstanding female athlete and occupy a very high moral position; the third is that her model origin, and the brokerage company, which began commercial operation early, is very suitable for big brands, which is not available to domestic grassroots female athletes; fourth, she is returning to China from the United States, a perfect patriotic model! ”
"Therefore, Gu Ailing is an all-round, no dead end, full scores for achievements, morality, and commercialization, and all aspects cannot be faulted, and it is also very suitable for the current model of the tide of the era of a large number of overseas talents returning to China, so it is not surprising that she has a super high commercial value."
Second, the author said that some people believe from the perspective of "class theory": "Gu Ailing's family is good, from an early age, he can spend time, energy, and resources into high-threshold sports such as skiing, and he does not need to roll in, and he can sleep ten hours a day, which is completely impossible for ordinary people to have - the only reliable thing is, 'Let my parents learn Gu Ailing's parents first'."
Third, there are also institutional considerations: "Our national team has commercialization in many sports, and its belonging is also in the country, which is not exactly the same as Gu Ailing's family training."
Obviously, more of Gu Ailing's commercial interests belong to individuals, and under our system, the operation and attribution of the commercial value of athletes is difficult to operate more autonomously and benefit more from the relevant commercial markets as Gu Ailing.
Fourth, the controversy from the perspective of ethnic groups: "Gu Ailing's father is An American, and his mother is a Chinese" Yunyun.
Regarding naturalized players, most Chinese people can accept that as long as they have Chinese ancestry and have their own identity of Chinese culture, they can be recognized.
Of course, there are also some "purified" nationalists who have a slightly extreme mentality—they have a so-called pure blood theory thinking, which has become deeply rooted in the thinking of these people, but this is only the idea of a very small number of people.
This different understanding of blood identity actually exists in all countries in the world, which is also a kind of thinking that people will inevitably exist under the main form of existence of nationalism and nationalism in the world today, which is also understandable, especially in our nation and country, which has a relatively single culture of five thousand years, and it has its ideological basis of stability and generalization.
The author also said: "Some liberal thinkers believe that Gu Ailing is a symbol of globalization, representing that the future exchange of talents in various countries can be more open."
Sixth, those who pay attention to feminist thinkers believe that "Gu Ailing represents modern women, rebels against patriarchy, and highlights women's strength, which is enough to serve as a female role model."
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Regarding the phenomenon of giving birth to such a complex idea after an 18-year-old mixed-race girl won the gold medal in the Winter Olympics, Luo Ming, editor-in-chief of Sports Weekly, commented:
"What's not to argue about?" Anyway, in the various groups around me, almost none of them complained about Gu Ailing, which is extremely rare for big celebrities. Why do we have to salvage all kinds of small-scale extreme speeches? Isn't that just propaganda for them? ”
Indeed, because Gu Ailing, who has outstanding achievements at a young age, coupled with her special family background, as well as the continuous maximization of commercial value under her fame, and the outstanding emotional intelligence and profound thinking shown in her language behavior, gu Ailing, a girl who is actually quite simple, also seems to be complicated in front of the mirror image of complex human nature and interests in the outside world.
In fact, as Gu Ailing replied to the foreign media, it is the best counterattack against these complicated "Gu Ailing":
"I don't think I want to make everybody happy. I'm just an 18 year old girl and I just want to be able to enjoy my life...".
"I use my voice to bring about as much positive change as possible in areas that are relevant to me. I know that I have good hearts, and I know that every decision I make is based on the common good; I feel that it will bring greater benefits."
"If someone doesn't believe that's what I'm trying to do, it just goes to show that they probably don't have enough empathy to understand the kindness of others." Because they have different values than me."
"So I'm not going to waste my time on people who aren't educated enough." They may and will never experience the joy, gratitude and love that I am fortunate enough to feel every day. If someone doesn't believe me or doesn't like me, then it's their loss...".
"I'm very grateful to the United States and team Usa because they have been very supportive of me. At the same time, I am also very grateful to China and the Chinese team, because I have received a lot of support and help here. I think sports can unite everyone, sports don't need to be related to nationality, all of us are here in the hope that we can continue to expand the limits of human beings."
When we are faced with an 18-year-old girl who can say such powerful, empathetic, empathetic, and measured words, all the thinking that will make "Gu Ailing" revenge seems to be "extreme" and narrow as Luo Ming said!
"There is nothing in the world, and the mediocre people disturb themselves" - Gu Ailing's simplicity but profoundness, like a living mirror, reflecting the heart of the world and the world, too self-complicated: this is also an important reason why some people live too tired! 【Original: Yu said to rest】