Geng Zhi Brother
More than a month ago, the British "Economist" magazine did a thing that made many Chinese netizens angry, in order to reflect that pigs eat more food than humans, the magazine actually put pigs and Chinese together to compare, and as a result, many netizens doubted whether the British magazine was holding back and engaging in racist hints.
Although The Economist later apologized and revised the formulation, they did not appear to have fully learned their lesson.
No, these two days, they have insulted the Arabs again.
Judging by the relevant online posts of American social networks, the incident stemmed from an article published by The Economist magazine on July 28 attacking Saudi Crown Prince Salman — more precisely, a picture used as a magazine cover.
How exactly does this picture insult the Arabs? According to a Palestinian media person who contributed to a number of mainstream Media in the United States, although The Economist wants to use this image with a pink checkered turban to represent Salman, this turban is worn by many Arabs, and this picture also gives such a common headscarf in the Arab world a bomb on the edge, which is obviously racist.
At present, this matter has attracted a lot of attention on foreign social media, and has resonated with many netizens from the Arab world and big V, believing that this picture is demonizing Arabs, racist and shameful.
Not only that, but some protesters, including the Palestinian-American media person, discovered that the author of the picture was actually a Jewish-British, which further convinced them that The Economist was deliberately insulting the Arabs.
The Economist has also been defended, claiming that the figures clearly depict Salman and that the protesters are too "sensitive." But not many people agree with this statement.
For now, The Economist has not responded to the controversy or taken down the set of images suspected of racism and discrimination against Arabs.