English Dictionary

boba liberal

名詞

アメリカ英語 軽蔑的

(US, derogatory) a liberal-leaning Asian American with politics or attitudes considered too tepid or whitewashed by other Asian Americans, stereotyped as focusing on superficial gestures over more meaningful actions especially in regards to Asian American activism.

日本語の意味

「boba liberal」は、リベラルな傾向を持つアジア系アメリカ人のうち、政治や社会問題に対する態度が表面的であり、より実質的な行動やコミットメントに欠けると見なされる場合に使われる、蔑称的な表現です。

Many community members called him a boba liberal after he posted a trendy solidarity graphic and attended a photo-op at a bubble tea shop instead of helping organize a local voter registration drive.

多くのコミュニティのメンバーは、流行の連帯画像を投稿したりバブルティー店での写真撮影に行ったりするなど表面的な行動を好み、有権者登録のような実質的な草の根運動に関わらなかったとして、彼を（軽蔑的に）穏健で白人寄りだと見なされるアジア系アメリカ人だと評しました。

意味（1）

(US, derogatory) a liberal-leaning Asian American with politics or attitudes considered too tepid or whitewashed by other Asian Americans, stereotyped as focusing on superficial gestures over more meaningful actions especially in regards to Asian American activism.

I am admittedly vocal about my obsession with bubble tea; in fact, the editors of the Grub Street piece had cut several other mentions of it, on the ground that it was boba overkill. I also write for a mainstream, left-leaning American publication, and it’s true that I once wrote a Profile of the “Crazy Rich Asians” star Constance Wu. It hadn’t occurred to me that such proclivities made me a quintessential boba liberal (much less an idiot queen)[…]

boba liberals （ plural ）