• over_clox@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Of course it’s not funny, when the child ends up with a name with 7 syllables that even the kid can’t pronounce until they’re 9 years old.

    It’s not particularly racist, unless you assume that only dark skinned people give their kids stupid long names. White people do that too.

    Maybe * you’re* the racist for making such assumptions.

    • phr@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 month ago

      yeah, everyone is racist in a racist society. that doesn’t mean it is a smart move to reproduce racist narratives (by accident or intentionally).

      memes famously lack nuance. a black women (esp. if the meme fits so well with preexisting stereotypes) will be read as a black woman, making the whole thing a statement abt black women.