Look man, even if I provide you with 5 opinion pieces about it that say it’s okay would it change your mind?
Do you think black Pete or Belgium are the only ones with traditions like that?
What’s offensive or not is upon the people to decide and blacks in the US do not speak for the rest of the world.
You know there’s also black people nit offended by some or all of these traditions. What now?
Being especially racist also doesn’t make a country experts on racism. If it were the case the US wouldn’t be as racially divided as it still is. I’d argue it’s way, way worse then most first world countries to be honest.
It’s not a form of mockery, that’s just the US cultural interpretation of it.
If I put on an iron man suit I’m not mocking iron man. If anything I’m giving him credit for being a cool dude.
Context matters.
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So your evidence is an American written article about why something perceived as racist in America is racist anywhere?
You’ve gone full circle, dude.
You know it might also have something to do with that tiny thing about the southern states and slavery and so on.
Let’s just agree to disagree, you are missing my point entirely and keep doing so.
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Look man, even if I provide you with 5 opinion pieces about it that say it’s okay would it change your mind?
Do you think black Pete or Belgium are the only ones with traditions like that?
What’s offensive or not is upon the people to decide and blacks in the US do not speak for the rest of the world.
You know there’s also black people nit offended by some or all of these traditions. What now?
Being especially racist also doesn’t make a country experts on racism. If it were the case the US wouldn’t be as racially divided as it still is. I’d argue it’s way, way worse then most first world countries to be honest.
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