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This did not need to have a racist caricature
I'm calling out the government for wasting funds and using literal slave labor... and you're more concerned that I edited their traditional headdress into the picture.
If you think the US doesn't use literal slave labor, you haven't looked at how our prison systems operate.
But, nobody was talking about the US tho, where they...
Like I see what you're saying and all. But that doesn't make the UAE less of a bad thing. Also this meme is funny.
How is the US relevant here
Because nihilism is cool!
hello whataboutism, what exactly about any of this post has anything to do with the US? There are many countries around the world that profit from slave labor, where is that in your whataboutism?
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It's a fair point. Racist caricatures are racist to people beyond the government. It's not okay
Would you get this upset about someone adding a beret and a baguette to a meme about France's government?
Or a sombrero on a meme about Mexico's?
A tartan bonnet on a meme about Scotland's?
A tyrolean hat on a meme about the German/Austrian governments?
A fez on a meme about Turkey's government?
People add shit like this all the time. If you think there's a racial hatred component to it then you need to re-evaluate yourself.
Why not blackface on a meme about black people? It's literally just that. These examples are literally just that.
It seems silly but when you're part of the ignored minorities such as Asians, Indians, or Arabs etc. and everyone thinks picking on you, on how you sound like, on what you wear will make for a good joke; it really makes you uncomfortable.
Really, it's not funny. It just makes us feel more ostracized.
If you think blackface and photoshopping a fez onto a stock image character are the same then you are so deranged that you're beyond reasoning with.
the grand nagus is wise, where is your staff that I may kiss it
Don't really care about the votes, but surprised to see the people at lemmy are racist as well.
But i guess it was obvious anyways, "making fun of Asians and Arabs and non black minorities isn't racism, it's just a joke!"
There's more nuance to this subject than you're implying. It is not the case that either we can't make any reference to race/ethnicity or else Lemmings don't care about racism. Making reference to race or cultural insignia doesn't automatically make something racist.
In other words, there is a middle ground here. Blackface is an obviously hurtful representation of black people that harkens back to when white people saw them as inferior. On the other hand, many middle eastern men wear this particular head covering and there is nothing hateful about it's inclusion into the picture.
But the problem is using the whole ethnicity's cultural wear on a meme about a group of people being bad or evil makes people associate all middle eastern people as bad people.
It's just something our brain does, and that's why it's best not to do it in the first place. I'm sure a lot of people have terrible opinions about certain minorities because their friend or their aunt told them about how one person from that race treated them poorly. People always extrapolate that across the whole race.
See, I agree as well that the government in the post is absolutely awful. But just looking at the picture, it just seems to look like a rather insulting caricature of middle eastern people; even if that was something you didn't do intentionally
Wow, I'm amazed that you're having to explain this to people?! I thought we knew this already?? Good on you for taking the time to patiently explain it so clearly for those that somehow missed that memo! Legend! :-)
They 100% did. Rich countries using slavery and other barbaric tactics and methods. Deplorable
And putting on a towel on a head isn't racist, which is imo by intent
What's the racist part
it's a goddamn white man with a hat.