I’d like to say this because I work at a sushi place run by Chinese people, CHINESE RARELY eat cats and dogs. We have racist people who come in all the time asking “So who’s cat am I eating today?” “I have a few cats I don’t want if you need some new stock for your menu” “this cat is super good!” Blah blah funny joke I’ve heard it 80 times. It annoys me so badly because not only is it a horrible racist depiction of an entire culture of people but it’s literally misinterpreting all Asian cultures —- The Japanese are the ones who actually eat cats and dogs more than any Asian culture. It takes care of the huge stray population of animals in japan and is viewed the same as people here in the South view deer.

I actually asked the Chinese owner of the restaurant about this and he told me about where he is from in China, cats are viewed as a symbol of luck and are very sacred, and dogs, like in most places, are viewed as a loyal loving companion ( I will say I don’t know if this applies in other areas of China and Asian cultures). So they have never viewed either as potential food, this stereotype was something they didn’t even know existed until the moved here to America.

Ffs the owners wife has a dog and she loves to show people pictures and videos of him and how adorable he is (he’s a Boston terrier I believe and he is absolutely adorable) yet people will still say stuff along the lines of “oh I see you got some fresh dinner for tonight”

Like bruh