Translate word of blacks be Negro, WeChat apps in China got criticized

News24xx.com - The most popular chat apps in China, WeChat, got criticism from its users.

This criticism comes after an application that has 900 million users, translate a term that is considered of a racist insult.

"Black foreigners" are referred to as "negro".

The word was first known by Americans named Ann James who lives in Shanghai. At that time, she used a group chat with herfriends. One of James's friends told to other, that she was late.

He uses WeChat's translator feature which produces the message: "The Negro is late."

The term referred to in the Mandari language is "hey laowai".

The term "negro" itself have connotes negatively because it refers to a black person who is considered an inferior race.

According to James, most of Chinese people thought the blacks were weird.

"If you are black in China, you will face some madness, I know there is a lot of curiosity and indifference about blacks," James said, a women who often touched and photographed in the public sphere because her skin.

 

 

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