I just got up from conversation with a couple of older black men, that I said “well I got to go back to work and start cracking the whip.” And it occurred to me then that it was probably a really insensitive stupid thing to say.

Sadly, it hadn’t occurred to me until it’s already said.

  • snowe@programming.dev
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    10 months ago

    Canadians aren’t in america eh? Absolutely no classification we can think of, perhaps a continent or 2 that could describe let’s say a north and south “america” of some sort?

    are you purposefully misreading my comments? it’s like you’re trying to read the exact opposite of what I said.

    also I gotta edit to add this, I’d love to see where you perceive racism in my comment, just as a readers exercise

    you literally said that a group shouldn’t be called what it wants to be because it’s not from a specific region. that’s literally racism. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/racism

    • Sethayy@sh.itjust.works
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      10 months ago

      Canadians are called american cause they’re in NORTH AMERICA, not cause US has a monopoly on the classification american.

      The rest I’m outta energy to argue but essentially yeah don’t use blanket terms

      • snowe@programming.dev
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        10 months ago

        Canadians are called american cause they’re in NORTH AMERICA, not cause US has a monopoly on the classification american.

        Yes… exactly. dude. you literally just proved my point. India does not have a monopoly on the classification Indian. Holy fuck dude.

        • Sethayy@sh.itjust.works
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          9 months ago

          This has gotta be intentional stupidity at this point right?

          You understand things in time happen in a linearr order right? Ie if someone hurt me then I hurt them, they’re the bad guy. I hurt someone and they hurt me 🫢 an entirely different scenario