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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2015-11-15 04:07 pm

[ SECRET POST #3238 ]


⌈ Secret Post #3238 ⌋

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Re: The word "gypsy"

(Anonymous) 2015-11-16 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
Then they should keep it in their own country and stop flaunting pictures on the internet and telling brown Americans who see them to suck it up and not be offended.

Although I'm sure there are more brown Europeans who are offended by it than are willing to say so. There was an enlightening radio segment about this a few years ago, about a country (not European) I'd seen people from on the internet claim had never had a heavy history of racism and so their racial minorities weren't bothered by casually racist things. Turns out that's not as true as they think.

Re: The word "gypsy"

(Anonymous) 2015-11-16 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry, I forgot that the rest of the world isn't allowed to do things that hurt Americans' precious feelings. My bad.

Re: The word "gypsy"

(Anonymous) 2015-11-16 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
Ugh, US-centric "social justice" is so infuriatingly juvenile.

Re: The word "gypsy"

(Anonymous) 2015-11-16 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
Blackface, as an offensive parody of what black people are supposed to look like, was/continues to be a thing WORLDWIDE. It is not only in America.

Re: The word "gypsy"

(Anonymous) 2015-11-16 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
"Making your skin darker in any way shape or form" is not blackface. Blackface is a specific thing with specific roots, and diluting it the way you're doing is an insult to the legacy that actual people have lived.

Re: The word "gypsy"

(Anonymous) 2015-11-16 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
Right, and as I said, BLACKFACE happened/still happens worldwide.

And even "just" darkening your skin still offends people outside of the US. It's not just African Americans that see it and think you're a racist douchebag.