# @nextshark on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CwYntzXs0Ox
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/8368549-nextshark-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-08-25T22:41:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NextShark (@nextshark) — https://gondola.cc/nextshark

## Caption

Venture Capitalist GARRY TAN is calling out “hard leftists” in San Francisco for using his image in a cartoon that allegedly mimicked a poster published during the period of the Chinese Exclusion Act.⁠
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The “Tantacles” web page appears to sarcastically highlight Ta’s “connections” to “excellent orgs and people,” which supposedly lead to Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis and California’s Republican Party, among others.⁠
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Posted by Techbro SF, Tan reposted the image on X, noting that whoever made it “has extreme brain worms.” He made light of the graphic by calling it “hilarious” and encouraged support for the groups it had mentioned.⁠
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On Monday, Tan posted an image of what appears to be the inspiration behind the cartoon: an Asian man portrayed as an octopus with multiple social issues for tentacles.⁠
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NextShark looked into the image and found that it was an editorial cartoon released by The Bulletin, an Australian magazine that ran from 1880 to 2008.⁠
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The cartoon, titled “The Mongolian Octopus — Its Grip on Australia,” was published on Aug. 21, 1886. At the time, Chinese xenophobia was rife in the West, with laws such as the U.S.’ Chinese Exclusion Act and Canada’s Chinese Immigration Act under enforcement.⁠
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It is not explicitly stated why Techbro SF chose to target Tan. It is also unknown who is behind the image and the website.⁠
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Regardless of the reason behind the cartoon, it is now being slammed as racist and anti-Asian.⁠
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Stand With Asians, a volunteer group formed amid the height of anti-Asian hate, denounced the cartoon on Instagram. “When you see anti-Asian imagery that harkens back to Chinese Exclusion Act era posters, do something about it,” the group said.⁠
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