• 520@kbin.social
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    6 months ago

    But it is true that these kinds of unintentionally racist differences in commentary are often done by white people. Not all white people but a large enough subsection of that population to become a general problem.

    That’s what the comic is pointing out.

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      6 months ago

      Too many people are wildly overanalyzing this comic or getting needlessly insulted by it. I think your interpretation is the correct one.

      Casual, unintentional racism is more of a problem than people generally realize, because they’re not even conscious of it. Racism doesn’t always show itself in overt acts of hatred or discrimination. Sometimes, a well-meaning person can say or do hurtful, insulting things because of racist assumptions they don’t know they’re making.