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In-Universe, Dopey doesn't know about the Chinese and nobody draws any connection between his antic and that ethnicity. Out-of-Universe, the animators definitely intended the association.
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I just did an image search and yeah, that's a visual pun making Dopey look "Chinese".
The trope should be changed from Acceptable Targets.
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I'm just wondering, do we know if Dopey was imitating a Chinese man, or just being, well, dopey? Because usually when a character does a Chinaman gag in a cartoon, they gain slanted eyes and buck teeth, but Dopey just sort of crosses his eyes and looks silly.