Just curious how many of you are cool with this deeply racist image being the header for one of your comms

    • Susaga
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      1 year ago

      I condemn you, actually. Yes, the picture is poorly thought out and needs revision, even though it was designed for reasons other than racism. That’s what you should have said. But you didn’t want to fix the picture, you wanted to condemn everyone on this site for not condemning the picture.

      • AntiOutsideAktion [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        1 year ago

        What a contemptible piece of shit instance we got federated with this time. Fuck this place. Look at this asshole. Acting all fucking wounded because they weren’t coddled during the agonizingly slow process of them finally admitting that putting a world leader representing over a billion people in yellow face MIGHT be SLIGHTLY racist ON ACCIDENT. As if the feelings of the person committing the offense are the most important consideration in explaining their offense to them. The fucking entitlement.

        I don’t buy your bullshit. It’s not only racist, it’s deliberately racist and not only that but deep down you fucking know it as well. Just ask yourself: what’s the fucking point of the caricature in the first place? To be insulting, right? It’s an otherwise beloved childhood character though, isn’t it? So why has the west latched onto it so strongly? To mock his appearance, right? It’s a yellow fucking cartoon bear. Why are you acting coy about it? It’s not about his weight. It’s not that he has the facial features of a bear. No one makes pictures depicting him as Yogi or Baloo. It’s his race.

    • ekky43@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      We accept that this image can be interpreted as racist, if one is unaware of the origin and original meaning of said image.

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      1 year ago

      You say this, and yet you are still ignoring the other racist parts in this image. almost like you don’t care about the racism, and only picked one aspect about the image that was racist for the sake of having the moral high ground.