> > > I can't imagine what makes the image "vaguely racist" to you, or why you'd be > > > embarrassed to post because there is a funny picture of a black woman talking > shit > > > about emuchat. I really can't, and I'm glad that I can't. > > > > We have a black woman: > > > > - Standing in front of a building that looks like "the projects" > > - With a gleaming gold tooth > > - In a do-rag > > - With a "gossipy" facial expression > > - Behind a caption that suggests she's speaking Ebonics > > I swear I didn't even know that any of those things were in any way significant.
Combined together they form a caricature, is all I'm saying. It's not in-your-face racist but it's somewhere on the edge of poor taste, in my opinion.
> Either way, like the lady said, this is a waste of time. I'm glad I don't see racism > everywhere, neither literally nor figuratively.
I am also glad that I don't see racism everywhere, and gladder still that I can see it when it's there.
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