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Like I said in another thread, these white folks know what they're doing. They're always playing dumb and "unaware" about racial stereotypes or jokes THAT THEY CREATED.
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Why are we discussing the ITEM???????
One wrote: 'Is this part of a publicity stunt? Do some brands want to be dragged on twitter in order to gain more visibility?'
1. They knew exactly what they were doing. Designers make things with specific intent just as companies release product with certain groups of people in mind.
2. Fire the person who decided "hmm, okay black kid wear the monkey sweater and white kid wear the hunter one." He or she is not slick.
3. Boycott them. That's what hurts them the most, think they care you are offended?
they couldnt just go with the coolest cat in the land or whatever? who even says coolest monkey?
that aint even an excuse "oh they didnt know"
if they dont know ask
hell hire a black person to proofread for racism then
Because that's what the title says...
OP in the title says the hoodie is racist... Not the company, their executives or the situation... But the hoody itself... All im saying is that the physical inanimate object at hand isn't racist... From my point of view, it seems as if he's saying any clothing item with a monkey or that saying on it is racist, which it isn't....
At some point...We’re going to have to disassociate ourselves with "monkey" as some sort of a slur.
Why is THIS even the conversation?Again... If you think they designed a children's clothing item with a monkey on it to be deliberately racist you are delusional...
I'm Not arguing that the photographer/website designer/marketing isn't racist... But if truly think that this entire thing was designed from the getgo to undermine black people you are don't have a grasp on reality...
Again... If you think they designed a children's clothing item with a monkey on it to be deliberately racist you are delusional...
I'm Not arguing that the photographer/website designer/marketing isn't racist... But if truly think that this entire thing was designed from the getgo to undermine black people you are don't have a grasp on reality...
You lost
Me there homie
WE don’t have to do ****. WE have done enough to show our worth and our intelectual prowess. That’s on THEM to cut the **** and accept our value and worth in this society.
They need to do better. WE have overcome being trapped by those words and those ideals (well many of us) and have succeeded in every facet of this society. THEY need to change their mentality.
WE only get offended becuase it’s a lazy tactic to try to get us to act that way.
Many of us are about looking at the deeper symbolism of it all and try to find how the subtle **** is what’s truly detrimental to our survival.
WE only get offended becuase it’s a lazy tactic to try to get us to act that way.
Nothing is done by mistake.
Especially in marketing and advertising.
Oh yea, because black people aren't referred to as monkeys on an international level.
Yall LOVE giving these companies passes
Well Black People and Monkeys isn't a domestic connection.I’ve never been to sweden or know much about it.
Again... If you think they designed a children's clothing item with a monkey on it to be deliberately racist you are delusional...
I'm Not arguing that the photographer/website designer/marketing isn't racist... But if truly think that this entire thing was designed from the getgo to undermine black people you are don't have a grasp on reality...
You aren't really saying anything I'm not saying...so I'm confused on how believe there's something I said you "disagree" with.
Me saying "we need..." isn't conditioned with "them" in mind. When I say that we need to disassociate ourselves with that term...that's an example of us recalibrating and reshaping ideas that "they" have tried to shape for us.
I don't get offended at the "black = monkey" troll because I DO NOT ASSOCIATE so-called BLACK PEOPLE WITH MONKEYS. I do not associate so-called black people with word N*gger. I do not associate so-called black people with MANY of the terms that "they" want us to idealize so that they can feed on our emotions. It's like if you walk up to Rihanna and call her a fat sloppy *****. In order for that to offend her...she'd have to consciously or subsconscioulsy BELIEVE in something within that insult. If she KNOWS she's one of the baddest women on this Earth...the insult has no power over her whatsoever.
You said it yourself
If you're admitting they're basically trolls...at what point does the troll stop working once you realize that they are indeed trolls?
To wrap this up....I am not thinking about "them" anymore. The so-called black man and woman NEED to collectively reframe their ideologies independent of conditional factors and influences by anyone else but ourselves. To go to the extreme...it's time to map out a plan for how to move, how to think, and how to act....as if "they" don't even exist.
I’ve never been to sweden or know much about it.
im tired of this bull **** excuse of how another part of the world isnt in the know of racist bull **** like this. like when steven adams called steph curry a ******* monkey. racism is everywhere. places around the world are just as racist as the usa so dont start with “ oh they live in sweden ir new zealand or the uk they dont know what racism is”They’re Swedish. Probably didn’t think about it. The us and uk sites should’ve never let that be posted.
Why does the responsibility of disassociating black people from monkey's fall on black people? Is that a serious belief?