Hot Take: theres nothing inherently wrong with the shoplifting comic, it& #39;s a comic.

Here& #39;s where the slope gets a bit more slippery: the reaction.

I& #39;m a person of color (half white, half indigenous) and I pass for white /most/ of the time. (1/?)

When I don& #39;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& #39;s nothing compared to what black people have to go through. I& #39;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& #39;t about white privilege or racism. It& #39;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& #39;re forced to deal with. If this comic pissed you off, vote for police accountability, systemic change, and labor laws.

Don& #39;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& #39;t agree with the comic, but I also don& #39;t agree with the reaction.

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(I will mute this thread.)