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The Hypocrisy of Racist Logos:
Last weekend I decided to wear this shirt, I figured it would catch some by surprise but I didn’t expect people to be as trash as they were.
Last weekend I decided to wear this shirt, I figured it would catch some by surprise but I didn’t expect people to be as trash as they were.
The shirt is a play on the Washington “Redskins” logo to demonstrate how people look wearing apparel with a logo that is blatantly racially charged and disrespectful.
The shirt doesn’t have any rude language or slurs such as “crackers” or “honkies”... but that didn’t matter
The shirt doesn’t have any rude language or slurs such as “crackers” or “honkies”... but that didn’t matter
I left @SXMProgress after just doing an interview with @XorjeO and it was my first time in public with the shirt on.
A white guy walking by mistook the shirt for an actual team shirt and yelled “Go Skins!” I said “nah”, he then saw my shirt and yelled “asshole!”
A white guy walking by mistook the shirt for an actual team shirt and yelled “Go Skins!” I said “nah”, he then saw my shirt and yelled “asshole!”
Next, an older white lady stopped me in the street and said “why would you wear that? It’s disrespectful!”
So I asked her if she would have said the same if I had on the actually team shirt or another team using disrespectful branding.
She said “no, because that’s the logo!”
So I asked her if she would have said the same if I had on the actually team shirt or another team using disrespectful branding.
She said “no, because that’s the logo!”
The third person or rather people was a group of white guys across the street and one pointed at me. I can see from the corner of my eye that two of them were seemingly trying to come across the street and have a word with me.
I wish they would have, but that’s here nor there.
I wish they would have, but that’s here nor there.
As I walked through Manhattan, people looked at me and rolled their eyes, pointed, made snide comments, etc.
But, I’ve never seen white people do the same when people are wearing “Redskins” apparel, which is actually racist versus the word “caucasians” and a white man logo.
But, I’ve never seen white people do the same when people are wearing “Redskins” apparel, which is actually racist versus the word “caucasians” and a white man logo.
Basically, I was being shamed as a black person for wearing a non-disrespectful shirt with a white person logo on it.
But people wear apparel and jerseys with logos depicting things such as a Native American and call them “redskins”... whew chile, the hypocrisy and privilege.
But people wear apparel and jerseys with logos depicting things such as a Native American and call them “redskins”... whew chile, the hypocrisy and privilege.
I was fairly surprised by the reactions of people because again, there are so many disrespectful and racist representations of minorities used for brands and they don’t even think twice.
But, it goes to show how fickle and hypocritical people can be.
But, it goes to show how fickle and hypocritical people can be.
I’d be interested to see more people wear shirts and apparel such as this to make the point and see how the people who have racist car decals, shirts, jerseys, etc respond when the tables are turned (and still not really).
Anyone who wants to purchase a shirt: https://www.em4shirts.com/view/813/washington-caucasians-redskins-funny-t-shirt?gclid=CjwKCAjwkYDbBRB6EiwAR0T_-iS5Wfq29C4cPLeCdKF9nggmH96FILVMiDVTZKDmUXDQB_o1c7cpxRoCYi8QAvD_BwE
A very important point for those who plan on purchasing and wearing the shirt or others like it: I'm a larger person who lives in NYC, so my ability to safely wear this shirt is higher than some. Please be safe out there.
Thank you for bring this to my attention @AdamantxYves
Thank you for bring this to my attention @AdamantxYves
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For those interested, I expand on the experience, my reasoning, and the hateful responses online after sharing.
Read in @USATODAY https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2018/08/02/my-caucasians-shirt-exposes-hypocrisy-over-racist-logos-redskins-column/888706002/
Read in @USATODAY https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2018/08/02/my-caucasians-shirt-exposes-hypocrisy-over-racist-logos-redskins-column/888706002/
