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floridaguy954

Member
Oct 29, 2017
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While intentions indeed have no bearing on whether an action or behavior is racist, I'm failing to see the institution element. My understanding is that would be in reference to racism borne out of laws and other underlying systems of a society. This just seems to be just plain racism, whether by ignorance or actually taking inspiration from those shows.
I was aware of her other incidents until now so I'll agree that this is straight racism.
 
Oct 30, 2017
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While most know blackface to be racist and have for some time, I do think there has been an attitude shift lately toward the topic.
 

Red Liquorice

Member
Oct 27, 2017
9,064
UK
Without this, would any of us even know she has a shoe line?

By which I mean, I think they know this will cause controversy, and that's why they did it.
 

papermoon

The Fallen
Oct 27, 2017
1,907
Not surprised her shoes are that tacky and hideous (even without the blackface) when she dressed like this to the Grammys last night.

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Her taste and music have always been atrocious.
 

PMS341

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Oct 29, 2017
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You can't put a shitty face on shitty shoes now in case......

....Come on, banning some of this stuff is just handing ammo to the "Freedom of speech" racists. Pick your battles.

Those "free speech" types think everything is ammo. Fuck them. The notion that trying to work against racism in any form is somehow a negative because some alt-right idiots with zero concept of the Constitution might get mad is backwards as hell.

Also, don't be disingenuous. The shoes are straight up blackface. Don't handwave that shit.
 

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PSqueak

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Oct 25, 2017
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Dear goodness, even the non black ones were a bad idea, can't fathom how the black face ones got greenlit.
 

astro

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Oct 25, 2017
56,878
The irony of people being offended that these are offensive is really something.