{"id":17140,"date":"2024-10-14T22:52:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T06:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/?p=17140"},"modified":"2024-10-14T22:52:42","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T06:52:42","slug":"bobba-tea-and-simu-liu-cultural-appropriation-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/bobba-tea-and-simu-liu-cultural-appropriation-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobba Tea And Simu Liu Cultural Appropriation Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was so much online buzz today which generated from a show called Dragon\u2019s Den here where essentially businesses offer a percentage of their business in exchange for investor funds. In this case, there was a company that was capitalizing on the Boba Tea popularity which started in Taiwan and has slowly became popular everywhere. Their take was to make this into a can form and they called it \u201cBobba.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the guest investor was actor Simu Liu and he wasn\u2019t too enthusiastic about the company as it appeared the company was jumping on the success of the drink without any kind of cultural reference as to the drink\u2019s origin. For example, the founder actually said \u201cIt\u2019s not a ethnical product anymore\u201d and other quotes such as \u201cso we took the Asian version and made it with juice.\u201d There was one comment from the investor where he talked about \u201ccultural appropriation\u201d and that is what generated the controversy it seems.<\/p>\n

For example, some people of Asian heritage find this offensive that a company would do this. As a result, apparently the company lost a lot of sale and support where they even had to issue an apology. Even one of the investors that agreed to invest in the company backed out afterwards. You then have the other side where people were criticizing Simu Liu as he has played various roles such as a Korean when he is not one in which he profited from. So the argument is he could potentially do the same in this regards.<\/p>\n

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If the company didn\u2019t actually make its name so close to the Boba Tea they would have probably been okay I would say. But that is a little sketchy to try and take the \u201cculture\u201d away from a product. For example, everyone knows sushi originated from Japan and people have no issues making variations of a Sushi to local tastes. However, imagine one guy then saying they are taking the Japanese out of Sushi and making their own product called \u201cSusshi\u201d. I don\u2019t think that would get a positive reaction either. I think for anything, if you are going to piggy back off the success of a popular cultural item then you should try and acknowledge the origins while still making it your own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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