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minus-squareGreenShimada@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·4 days agoA Palestinian friend once went on this mini rant about how Aladdin wasn’t even Middle-Eastern. Al Addin (according to the friend) means “The Easterner.” So Aladdin should have been Indian or Korean or something.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 days agoTIL from comments here that Aladdin was originally set in China, so this is very plausible.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoFrom my understanding Alladin is racist just in a really lazy way
A Palestinian friend once went on this mini rant about how Aladdin wasn’t even Middle-Eastern. Al Addin (according to the friend) means “The Easterner.” So Aladdin should have been Indian or Korean or something.
TIL from comments here that Aladdin was originally set in China, so this is very plausible.
From my understanding Alladin is racist just in a really lazy way