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People are trying to say that garlic from China is so white because they use bleach on it so therefore you shouldn’t eat Chinese garlic or you’ll get sick. Guess which garlic I always get at the market! They also say that peeled garlic from China is unsanitary because the people who do the peeling do so with their mouths rather than using, oh I don’t know, machines? The only evidence of this I’ve seen is a blurry video of like, two women, sitting in a room supposedly peeling garlic with their mouths. The West is not okay…
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What I find most telling is not the fact that these stories get circulated, but the fact that people in the west swallow them uncritically. It really says a lot about western society where they want to see everyone else as dirty savages. You can put out any absurdity about Russia, China, DPRK, or Cuba and westerners will eagerly lap it up because it fits with their racist biases.
The secondhand embarrassment I get when these type of videos pop up on my TikTok is immeasurable. It’s rare, but they do slip through the cracks. Sometimes when I see people lapping up these obvious lies I just want to tell them to get a grip and stand up, think for once in your life! That squishy thing in your head? USE IT! I have to hold myself back every time family is around or I’ll risk prematurely disowning myself lol
It is very cringy to see to be sure.