This thread is a bit over the top.
What is the origin of “chinese auction” anyway? Wikipedia doesn’t know. I doubt the origin is auctioning off african americans in the south, since then it would be called an african american auction. Also, people were auctioned as slaves throughout history–not just in the American south, so they may as well be called a paris auction, or an algerian auction, or, hey, a chinese auction.
I think frum chinese auctions are racist because the prizes are never things that are only used in discrete racial markets except frum markets. For example, have you ever seen an Indian product that they only use in India being auctioned at a frum chinese auction? Racists. That is why I will never give a cent to any chinese auction, except the one that I like to go to because my friends go and there’s separate seating so I get credit for a date but sit with my friends.
Also, if you call me during dinner, on my cell phone, I will either (a) not answer, or (b) answer. Those are the only two choices, and neither one leads to a contribution, except the chances are slightly higher if I answer.
Also, if you call me during dinner to tell me about your dinner, I only assume that someone else will call me during YOUR dinner, and how will I enjoy it anyway?
Also, once I went to a chinese auction, that served chinese food. But I’ve been told that in china they don’t eat what we call chinese food. They eat real chinese food (and mistama call it american food). So this was very confusing, and indicated to me that in china they also don’t have chinese auctions. They instead have regular auctions where you bid on stuff and the highest bidder wins and gives it to the rav, and they call it simchas torah auctions.