Buzzfeed reporter says foreigners shouldn’t celebrate CNY
A Buzzfeed reporter has raised a ruckus on Twitter recently after issuing a “friendly reminder” regarding the proper etiquette of celebrating the Lunar New Year.
“Friendly reminder that you don’t get to celebrate lunar new year unless you’re literally from a country that does or if you are invited by someone who is from a country that does,” tweeted Kassy Cho, a producer and reporter who runs the Buzzfeed World Instagram account, on Thursday.
At the moment, Cho’s tweet has quite the ratio of 213 retweets, 1,600 likes, and 6,200 comments.
As you might expect, most of these comments don’t agree with Cho’s cultural appropriation take. Many Twitter users of Asian and Chinese descent have instead welcomed others to take part in Lunar New Year festivities while others have mocked Cho’s mindset, called her reminder less than friendly, and declared that they will celebrate what they want.
Perhaps the best response comes from a Scottish comedian who called Cho out for once highlighting how good Taiwanese parents are at dressing their kids up for Halloween.
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