• BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    No, I think there’s something to that. White being used to signify good and black being used for evil. It’s sort of problematically baked into the language. I guess that’s the joke, what with the KKK not really being associated with anything good. Like if they’d accidentally renovated a lot of black churches trying to firebomb them or something.

    • theonlytruescotsman@sh.itjust.works
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      12 days ago

      The problem with that analysis that dichotomy is baked into most of not all human languages. The dark is bad, the light is good. Nearly every religion has a lightbringer reference. It’s basic human psychology.

      …which is why pink people and brown people shouldn’t be called white or black.

      • setVeryLoud(true);@lemmy.ca
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        12 days ago

        People shouldn’t be referred to by the colour of their skin unless it’s a descriptor, as in “the dark skinned man over there”.

        They should be referred to by their ethnic background if it matters to the conversation.