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haele

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20. Context is missing a bit.

Reply to Takket (Original post)

Fri Dec 31, 2021, 07:41 PM

Dec 2021

Is this poster white or black? Are they a comedian? Atre they talking about white actresses who used their power to promote racial equality - black and minority actors or other workers in Hollywood?

If the poster is racist, the ghost of Betty White will visit them tonight and slap the shit out of them.

Haele

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Poll: Is this tweet racist? [View all] Takket Dec 2021 OP

Simply mentioning someone's race isn't racist. Going negative with it would be. nt Progressive Jones Dec 2021 #1

The race reference is in REALLY poor taste IMHO, but not "racist". hlthe2b Dec 2021 #2

She's an African American comedian. Yoyoyo77 Dec 2021 #15

I think it's funny (she's a comedian). Also, if someone insists on taking her comment literally, ecstatic Dec 2021 #3

Well... Mike Nelson Dec 2021 #4

I read it as just the opposite. Bleacher Creature Dec 2021 #5

Are they? Ocelot II Dec 2021 #7

It is sad. I am sorry she feels that way. To state a black can be racist in words LizBeth Dec 2021 #6

I suspect it would be with all the races reversed Ron Obvious Dec 2021 #8

Races are not always seen as equal in this culture, so the "same standard" doesn't apply. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2021 #11

I think it should Ron Obvious Dec 2021 #21

"Should" has very little to do with it. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2021 #22

Racism is a power dynamic ismnotwasm Dec 2021 #9

Please....really? walkingman Dec 2021 #10

There's been a growing awareness of the rifts between women of different races within WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2021 #12

So memorial tributes are the place to express such resentments? Really? No longer a tribute when hlthe2b Dec 2021 #16

Many people feel like there's never a good time to express such resentments. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2021 #17

If someone professes to respect the person who died exploiting that death to do so is certainly not. hlthe2b Dec 2021 #18

Okay. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2021 #19

It's annoying that "white" has become a default punchline in American humor when it's not a factor Bucky Dec 2021 #13

Why even mention race? Not necessary. brush Dec 2021 #14

Context is missing a bit. haele Dec 2021 #20

She's black Polybius Dec 2021 #24

Thanks. haele Dec 2021 #25

Whenever anyone asks if something is racist, I just say this: Polybius Dec 2021 #23

Would it be racist if "white" was replaced with any other race? Renew Deal Dec 2021 #26