It was a different time.
It was extremely racist even at the time, but it was also a different time.
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A different, much more racist time.
Yes, and oddly also somehow no. Yes, people were often super racist by modern standards, but there was also a less polarized societal climate and stuff like this flew by without anyone batting an eye or feeling offended over a costume like this.
Inclusion is of course better nowadays but I miss the innocence the past. People were much better taking bad takes in stride.
E: because it needs clarification, again: This isnt an american perspective. Stop assuming everyone was racist as fuck to black people just because you guys kept them as slaves, thanks
Yes, people were often super racist by modern standards, but there was also a less polarized societal climate and stuff like
It's funny, people always say this, but it just isn't true. Like somehow racism was okay for awhile, and everyone just agreed on that. I think about the following quotes
[…] They’re violent, they’re vicious, they’re ignorant, and they will cut us up. That’s their intent. To cut us up. [To Juror #7.] I’m warning you. This boy, this boy on trial here. We’ve got him. That’s one at least. I say get him before his kind gets us. I don’t give a goddamn about the law." -Juror #10
"It's very hard to keep personal prejudice out of a thing like this. And wherever you run into it, prejudice always obscures the truth." -Juror #8.
These are quotes from a 1954 teleplay. We didn't just suddenly decide one day "hey wait a minute, prejudice against someone based on skin colour... is stupid, and wrong!" It always was, and we always knew it, but we didn't stop it until an event moved us to.
Inclusion is of course better nowadays but I miss the innocence the past
I mean this in the least offensive way possible, but I am also a white male, and I think you'll find that the past isn't so innocent.
wait until he finds out about the KKK.
Is that 12 Angry Men?
I've only seen the movie, but it was very good. Filled with what we call tropes/cliches today, but possessing a solid message.
Yes, it is also the film 12 Angry Men, which I feel like people have totally forgotten was about racial bias in America.
If released today it would be considered 'woke' I imagine.
I totally agree, especially when slavery was around everyone was just super cool with dehumanizing a group of people, and society was really good with just taking that hit in stride. /s obviously
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Tolerance of racist ideas isn't really less racist. Asserting that no one was offended over this costume back in the day is a pretty bad take and just isn't true.
I agree with what I think you're saying. Idk if this guy wearing black face means he's racist. It's just him participating in the cultural phenomenon of OJ in a way he doesn't realize is super incentive.
The thing is, the same guy today would not have put on black face. Because today, people who do this would be fired from their jobs, because it's racist to put on black face and in today's less racist society, you're more likely to be punished for being racist.
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stuff like this flew by without anyone batting an eye or feeling offended over a costume like this.
betty white
I dont know who or why she is special in this regard. As I said this is not an american perspective.
stuff like this flew by without anyone batting an eye or feeling offended over a costume like this.
this stuff flew by because you weren't the target of the racism. betty-white is slang - bet he's white.
because in the 80s when black people saw this shit, they thought it was fucked up; and the 90s, and the 00s. it wasn't until 2010s that people started getting fired and doxxed for this kind of shit.
But that doesn't mean it wasn't racist as fuck or not ever noticed. You didn't care because you weren't the target.
So what you are saying is people just didn't give a fuck, because being rascist was okay. Oh golly, the good old times, eh? Fuck you man
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That's so racist you don't even look Asian
That’s so racist the dad isn’t even juice
Oof levels: HIGH
I'm surprised they didn't paint the baby yellow
Yikes.
This would’ve been an amazing themed costume if it weren’t for the blackface. Dude could’ve just worn a Simpson jersey.
I think the one glove and the knife would have sufficed with the context of the others. Maybe a judge robe for the kid. Kid should have been Kato anyway.
My dad did the most amazing Don King costume ever like 15 years ago. Looked exactly like him only white. It was awesome.
How else would they have know he was OJ then? /s
Dress as a carton of orange juice.
That actually would have been funny
The 20 mph white Bronco police chase in between trick-or-treats?
Wow! Yeah, this is old, but even at this point in time, wearing blackface was considered extremely racist.
This is hilarious in just the wrong way.
Yikes
Holy fuck bro I haven't audibly gasped from an image in a while
Jesus fuck!
What the fuck. Surely this is a joke.
No. His dad really was OJ
And don't call me Shirley.
When you flip your hair like that I feel like I have to
Damn rip op dad
I mean, yeah, but not a very good joke. Even without the racism, it's not very cleaver.
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oh no
I had that same hammer
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