发表辱华言论？绿洲乐队主唱道歉

7月1日，英国知名摇滚乐队绿洲主唱利亚姆·加拉格（Liam Gallagher）在社交媒体上发布了一个辱华词语“Chingchong”。目前这条消息已被删除。

Liam Gallagher, frontman of the iconic British rock band Oasis, sparked outrage on Tuesday after using the racist term "Chingchong" in a social media post. This term is a derogatory imitation of Asian accents and is particularly used to mock people of Chinese origin or those perceived to be Chinese. The offensive message was later deleted.

当天晚些时候，利亚姆·加拉格发布道歉声明称，“如果之前的推文冒犯了任何人，我深感抱歉，那并非我的本意。你们知道的，我爱你们每一个人，我绝不带有任何歧视。和平与爱。”但他并没有进一步解释为何会发布涉事推文。

Facing backlash, Gallagher issued an apology later the same day, saying, "Sorry if I offended anyone with my tweet before it wasn’t intentional you know I love you all and I do not discriminate. Peace and love." Despite the apology, Gallagher provided no context or explanation for his decision to use the derogatory slur in the first place.

“Ching Chong”这个词来源于粤语和闽南口音里的“清朝”，名义上是西方人在模仿和嘲笑中国人的英文发音，而其中蕴含的“排华浪潮”等历史因素，更加深了它的侮辱性、歧视性。

这个词被用来侮辱华裔和亚裔的用例可以追溯到19世纪。当时有许多东亚的青壮年去做苦力，白人担心亚洲人抢自己的饭碗，于是到处宣扬“黄祸论”。各种侮辱华裔的儿歌也随之出现，流传了一个多世纪。

编辑：黎霈融

实习生：张馨元

来源：观察者网 Northwest Asian Weekly等

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