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Coventina

(28,012 posts) Thu Sep 19, 2024, 01:50 PM Sep 2024

Question for my fellow DUer: Is this comment racist (I think it is):

*** ******* said: “We're not rappers, you know. They say the f-word how many times per minute? We are not on that. That's them and we are [us].”

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This is a very high-ranking official in an international sport.

I'll provide more context after poll closes.

33 votes, 0 passes \| Time left: Time expired
	Racist
	5 (15%)
	Not Racist
	19 (58%)
	Questionable
	8 (24%)
	Bad Taste
	1 (3%)
	Other
	0 (0%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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Question for my fellow DUer: Is this comment racist (I think it is): (Original Post) Coventina Sep 2024 OP

It offensively plays into a stereotype. . . pat_k Sep 2024 #1

I know where this quote came from and it's definitely racist. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2024 #2

I was going to say "maybe" but then I looked the quote up AZSkiffyGeek Sep 2024 #3

Questionable... depends on context. IrishAfricanAmerican Sep 2024 #4

not inherently racist but it's a stupid fucking comment Skittles Sep 2024 #5

pat_k

(10,882 posts)

1. It offensively plays into a stereotype. . .

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Thu Sep 19, 2024, 02:02 PM

Sep 2024

. . .but I don't get the impression the speaker is being overtly racist.

It strikes me more as unconscious bias that should be brought to the person's attention as problematic by any aspiring anti-racist.

Perhaps I'm being wishy-washy, but I picked Questionable.