The Big [Censored] Theory

How cringe-worthy is that tired racist joke about the Chinese eating dogs? It's like that one drunk great-uncle at Thanksgiving who just absolutely loves that joke and you know, every single year, you gotta hear it. And he can't tell you once single practical reason why he hates China. Really, he just likes the racism. That's it.

While Chinese authorities have cracked down on dog-meat eating (especially around hosted international events), it's still consumed in some specific areas of the country.

However, I don't see much diff between that and joking how incestuous Southerners might be or how they might eat squirrels.

I think people are primed to that joke; I personally hear that "What they pass off as chicken" alludes to "mystery meat" - a derogatory term for meat that doesn's have a clear origin.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_meat