Hoklo

Kerslake goes on to write that the cartoons are actually discriminatory to both Hakka and Hoklo speaking people in Taiwan.

Global Voices in English » Taiwan: Racist cartoon causes controversy 2009

Although this may be a ploy to score political points with the Hakka, which have gradually shifted support behind DPP candidates, the cartoon depictions serve to degrade both Hakka and Hoklo speakers to the fetishized objects of colonial desire.

Global Voices in English » Taiwan: Racist cartoon causes controversy 2009

The cartoons depicted two characters, Yi-ge, a Hoklo-speaking salesman from Tainan and Fa Sao, a Hakka woman from Hsinchu who speaks English, Mandarin, Hoklo and Japanese.

Global Voices in English » Taiwan: Racist cartoon causes controversy 2009

They are Hoklo speaking with Chinese paternal ancestry and Pingpu maternal ancestry.

Chunghwamintzu Rulz: thanks for making my point Michael Turton 2009

That's Impossible with an excellent post on the slow death of Hoklo language

Daily Links, Feb 27, 2009 Michael Turton 2009

I'm sure KMT hardcore will soon be feigning horror and denouncing this news as more efforts by those low-class Hoklo-centrics to rekindle racial tension.

White Terror Documents and Human Body Parts Found Abandoned Michael Turton 2009

Pronunciation of the acronym CECA sounds like “washing feet” in Hoklo.

Archive 2009-03-01 Michael Turton 2009

Still, the DPP has often chosen symbols which are Hoklo-centric for their campaigns and have often neglected other cultures on Taiwan.

Chunghwamintzu Rulz: thanks for making my point Michael Turton 2009

That's Impossible with an excellent post on the slow death of Hoklo language

Archive 2009-02-01 Michael Turton 2009

When asked whether it sounded like an auspicious name as pronounced in Hoklo (also known as Taiwanese) — the acronym ECFA sounds like “the country will get richer” (A擱發) — Yiin said he agreed.

Archive 2009-03-01 Michael Turton 2009