Everyone is a Chinese wigger online

Everyone is a Chinese wigger online is an internet meme and catchphrase associated with Charlotte Fang and the Remilia Corporation ecosystem. The phrase provocatively encapsulates Remilia's perspective on digital identity and cultural appropriation, suggesting that internet participation inherently involves the adoption and remixing of cultural signifiers across traditional boundaries.

Origin and context

The meme deliberately employs provocative terminology to highlight the complex dynamics of cultural appropriation in digital spaces.

The phrase combines references to two distinct forms of cultural appropriation—the adoption of Chinese cultural elements by non-Chinese individuals and the adoption of Black American cultural elements by white individuals (referred to controversially as "wiggers")—to create a deliberately jarring juxtaposition that comments on the layered nature of digital identity formation.

Meaning and usage

"Everyone is a Chinese wigger online" operates on several levels:

Digital identity as appropriation

At its most direct level, the meme suggests that participation in digital culture inherently involves the adoption of cultural signifiers detached from their original context. This connects to Remilia's interest in what Michael Dragovic describes in the introduction to CHINA! as the "irreversible synthesis between Eastern and Western staples that breaks the monotonous global hegemony of Western culture."

Collapse of cultural boundaries

The phrase suggests that digital spaces create conditions where traditional cultural boundaries become porous and ultimately collapse, creating hybrid identities that resist conventional categorization. This aligns with Remilia's broader interest in cultural fluidity and synthesis.

Deliberate provocation

The use of controversial terminology serves as a deliberate provocation that aligns with what one analysis describes as Remilia's "jovial approach to reality, quintessentially online, [which] shares commonalities with Bahktin's writing on Rabelais and the medieval carnival," creating spaces of improvisation that serve as "foils to everyday life."

Relation to other Remilia concepts

The "Everyone is a Chinese wigger online" meme connects to several other key Remilia concepts:

You can always be more Chinese

The meme is closely related to the phrase You can always be more chinese, which similarly plays with notions of cultural fluidity and identity in digital spaces.

Looming China

The meme directly expresses aspects of the Looming China concept, which positions China as both a literal source of emerging cultural influence and a metaphor for alternative frameworks outside Western progressive paradigms.

Post-identity

By suggesting that everyone online engages in forms of cultural appropriation, the meme positions itself against identity politics frameworks that emphasize authentic representation and cultural ownership. Instead, it suggests a post-identity approach where cultural elements are freely adopted and remixed.

See also

• Remilia Corporation
• Charlotte Fang
• Looming China
• Chineseposting
• You can always be more Chinese