> I am also glad that I don't see racism everywhere, and gladder still that I can see > it when it's there.
The only racist thing here is that you consider a random person who says a random thing racist just because the person happens to be black.
A man in blackface is something to actually make fun of black people. And if you show a black person and put a caption below it that has actually to do with her race, then it might be racist. But if you show a black person saying something that isn't tied to her skin color at all, in how far is that racist?
Even if it wasn't an original quote: The sentence is still nothing that is tied to her skin color. Anybody could have said it. So, you wanna say that black people shouldn't appear in random images?
And she's a black stereotype? Well, guess what: She's not a white person dressed as a black person, she's an actual black person. So, if you say that she's a stereotype, if you call an actual, real-world person a stereotype, then you are the one that insults her.
That banner neither comments on her skin color, nor does it put any words in her mouth that are stereotypical for blacks. But you call her a black stereotype. So, who's the racist now?
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