The Casual Use of a Racist Logo in Philadelphia
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citylab.comPosted Dec 24, 2018, 7:09 PM UTC
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citylab.comBefore you all get upset about this on either end of the spectrum, I did research on the writer.
He makes his career by generating buzz by writing/speaking on polarizing opinions about whiteness, sexism, and racism.
Just... don't feed into it.
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oh, a professional victim
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I thought so when I saw the by line. I didn’t wanna say without knowing for sure.
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Give me a fucking break
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offers one explanation for the imagery, beginning with a prologue recounting the brutal history of the “Indian Head,” in which the writer draws a link between the literal beheading of indigenous people in American history
A head depicted from the side on a disc has been a common design pattern since at least the ancient greeks.
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Stupid ass shit right there
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Nah. I’m not buying into this one. Redskins? Yep fuck that. Indians? Braves? Yeah all of them should change their names and mascots. But this one is too much of a stretch.
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Even those you mentioned aren’t racist. My family is part Native American and nobody gives a flying fuck about those teams names. People need to grow some thick skin and stop bitching about every goddamn thing they can think of
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Glad to hear it. I moved to Philly from a rural part of Michigan where the largest minority group is Native American. I'll never forget the time I wore an old high school hoodie to the office when I was off but running in for an errand real fast and my boss saw me and asked "Racist much?".
I was so taken aback. I just stammered and explained it was my school logo, and that I probably wouldn't have learned half the things I learned about what Americans have done to Native Americans if I hadn't graduated from there and that where I come from there's nothing offensive about it.
But, I've always second guessed myself. Just because none of my Native Americans friends complained about it doesn't mean they were never offended.
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This sounds like a Reddit True Story.
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Get the fuck outta here with your perpetually constant victim complex. It’s not fucking racist and not everything you see is racist. Goddamn. Grow some thick skin and get on with your life
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I hope the writer gets a kidney stone for Christmas.
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The logo should be what’s really there. A bunch of bearded hipsters who all look alike in skinny jeans and short brimmed caps.
Give getting offended a break...
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Or maybe a fat bastard yelling about parking.
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I did nazi that coming.
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someone notify liz warren
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i confused that with "lorraine warren" for a second and was like wait why is she involved
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You can not borrow offence for some one else.
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OH SHUT THE FUCK UP
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I think a lot of people are missing the point of the article. It says specifically the Lenape people don’t wear the war bonnet, so obviously they had nothing to do with the design. Obviously were in an area where native Americans have always been, were in the USA, what with names of streets and even towns, but instead of lumping all of these tribes together as if they’re all the same, we can, idk, humanize them? Have statues or museums in their honor? Not bastardize them and act as if they are all the same. Sorry for the English or if I used words incorrectly, I just don’t like when people roll their eyes at things without thinking about them first for more than five seconds
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Your post did a better job than the article. Your point got across better and didn’t make it seem like you were being offended to be offended. That’s how the article came across.
Further research showed that another monument in the city, Tedyuscung, also improperly has a war bonnet.
It’s almost like Jesus being depicted as a white dude, and not middle eastern. Idk, it’s done in honor. Like the horrible painting of Michelle Obama. It’s terrible, but she took it in stride, since it was a dedication.
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Admittedly I read the comments before the article, lol. I haven’t seen the painting of Michelle Obama, but I will look it up. I just think if you’re going to pay homage to people, it should be done correctly.
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Jesus would have been what we consider "white".
If you look at pictures of the indigenous people of Israel/Palestine, Samaritans, who have maintained their genetic endogeneity since Byzantine times, they all look white. Sofi Tsedaka is a famous Samaritan and she has red hair and green eyes.
Arab populations tend on average to have about ~5-10% of their DNA (almost exclusively Mt haplotypes) originating from Sub-Saharan Africa, most likely due to the Arab slave trade which would have not been extant in the population during Biblical times.
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You make good points, but it's still NOT RACIST.
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Why not? And why are you mad?
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Because I get so fucking tired of people claiming shit is "racist" that isn't.
The word has a meaning, a serious, important fucking meaning. You can't just toss it out there whenever.
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Then what would you call it?
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#Not racist. Not even slightly.
You can argue about cultural appropriation, etc. and I think that's a valid discussion to have. But it's not fucking racist.
Words mean things. When you use them in places where they are inappropriate they lose their true meaning and impact.
Racist, fascist, Nazi... all of these important words are losing their meaning because they are being overused in instances where they do not apply.