Topic: Hong Kong Protests

1 chapters across the catalog

12: White Guilt
40:59 - 45:36

12: White Guilt

Modern Memes and the Hong Kong Eye Patch

The conversation shifts to how modern technology and smartphones have replaced television as the primary tool for social justice "memes." They discuss the use of the eye patch as a symbol in the Hong Kong protests and how global organizations are allegedly distancing themselves from "one-eye" symbolism to avoid association with the movement. Martin Luther King Jr. is characterized as a "60s version of a meme" due to his camera-friendly persona.