Hot Take: theres nothing inherently wrong with the shoplifting comic, it's a comic.

Here's where the slope gets a bit more slippery: the reaction.

I'm a person of color (half white, half indigenous) and I pass for white /most/ of the time. (1/?)

When I don't, I notice. I notice the subtler shifts when I go to the white parts of Miami. The police officer behind me, the extra questions, the higher vigilance. That's nothing compared to what black people have to go through. I've seen people kicked out of stores for... (2/?)

...looking suspicous. I was once denied service because I spoke Spanish.

But the comic is not about that. The comic isn't about white privilege or racism. It's about shoplifting frankly unnecessary things. The unfortunate implication is the mess the artist is currently in. (3/?)

I think the comic is harmless. In poor taste, but harmless. The solution isnt be to harass the artist but fix the problems we're forced to deal with. If this comic pissed you off, vote for police accountability, systemic change, and labor laws.

Don't harass the artist. (4/?)

It looks bad, it IS bad, and nobody deserves harrasment for what is essentially a harmless comic done in poor taste.

I don't agree with the comic, but I also don't agree with the reaction.

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(I will mute this thread.)