idontreadfineprint t1_j67imf3 wrote
SamURLJackson t1_j67tzal wrote
If you're the one calling someone racist then I think it should be you providing the proof
idontreadfineprint t1_j68r1rt wrote
>If you're the one calling someone racist
I'm not
vaelstresz77 t1_j682ady wrote
Calling a black man a monkey is my proof.
SamURLJackson t1_j69zfqr wrote
He didn't call him a monkey. He used a phrase that was popular at the time and then you used your Racism Detector decoder ring 40 years later and got upset about it.
There's enough problems in the world without inventing more
vaelstresz77 t1_j6ahswr wrote
A popular racist phrase that was used at the time 40 years ago, and is no longer accepted because the majority of the country has decided that it is no longer acceptable to compare black men to monkeys period...
It was racist at the time, it's still racist today. Because you believe it's popularity and frequent use some how makes it not racist, I'm going to say you have some unresolved racism yourself.
SamURLJackson t1_j6alb9p wrote
If the player was white then it'd be ok, though, right?
My point is that it was a phrase people used. It wasn't used on black people exclusively. Examples have been given in this thread of the phrase being used during that era, regardless of race. You've skipped over this and saw "black people" and "monkey" used, and you linked those together. You can argue that you're the one being racist, but I'm not going there.
I'm bowing out of this thread. This is a mess
vaelstresz77 t1_j6alzv6 wrote
Yeah that's kinda how racism works...
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