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Man takes selfie with 3yo black boy, makes racist jokes, gets fired & plays victim
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metalslimer
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Yep because of the very definition of the word feral. If the kid was acting up then it would be iffy but a kid presumably doing nothing why would you not just say he was for a coworker. Now if you remove the where did you get the black kid question its hard to tell what the intention of the person is.
Rabbi_Vole
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Who's defending the wrong people? My only qualm is the immediate demonization of the word "feral."
FadedRevolution
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What exactly is the point of arguing about whether or not something is racist outside the context at hand?
They do, so who cares? I swear, people go to such lenghts in these threads to somehow concoct a scenario that's somehow not racist, it's ridiculous.
gutter_trash
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Karma caught up
Ninja Scooter
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Few things (aside from clear cut slurs) are racist without context. The context matters.
The Faceless Master
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but him calling the kid feral is a direct response to a comment by his friend. you can't just ignore that context or pretend it didn't exist.
Of course. Most of those other posts after the picture was posted are pretty blatantly racist and then he comes in and responds with the "feral" comment. Feeding into it. Adding context. Throw in the post days earlier with the picture of "trayvoning" and it is pretty clear the guy isnt innocent.
I'm generally very opposed to internet mob justice, but I just can't muster up any concern for these people.
Marty Chinn
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So if the kid was white instead would this still be an issue?
Chie Satonaka
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There's always one.
Tinfoilhatsron
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Read my post on page 3. I'm interested in your response.
Who the hell still uses feral? In modern times we call them "wild" children or "hyper" children.
just give it up already, try harder next time
Bobby Roberts
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What's the point of this particular what if, though?
Like, why would you even ask it?
I mean, boogy & bomb are obviously just playacting, but you seem to actually be buying into the argument honestly. Which is kinda nuts: What's the purpose of trying to create implausible scenarios removed from all context of this story? What's the point you're trying to arrive at?
metalslimer
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I see we've gotten to why you really care about this
Not sure if you are just going along with the joke or not, but if not, he is basically mocking the possibly upcoming chinese credit score system (that'll supposedly be mandatory in 2020) that there was a thread about a few days ago, where doing something deemed as "unworthy" (like purchasing games, voicing opinions in disapproval with the government, or even knowing someone that's part of your social network who does these things) can lower your credit score.
Thread can be found here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1121180
andthebeatgoeson
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You are legitimately having trouble understanding why calling a small black child an animal is seen as racist?
That's like racism 101. How far would you have to research racism and black people to get to the animal stereotype? 2 seconds?
tkscz
Member
Pretty much this.
Like saying a feral man took my potatoes isn't racist, but say if I said a feral Irish man took my potatoes, that's racist. I'm pointing out his race for no other reason other to make fun of a stereotype and to make him look/feel bad. If he had said something like "guys, please stop making racist comments." and then said something about kids being feral, it would be different.
Jazzy Network
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What if...........he was a white kid dressed as a black kid then?
Rabbi_Vole
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I'm not denying the guys a racist. I'm denying the word feral should be the trigger.
Gordon Shumway
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It's amazing, really..
Marty Chinn
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I'm not trying to defend this guy or anything. Ignore him. I'm trying to understand at what point feral becomes racist within the context.
I told ya'll to stop. He either does know these things or should know these things or does know but simply doesn't want to accept them.
After the slave joke, before the starving African joke.
What's outrage culture? Who's your favorite comedian?
Bobby Roberts
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Gordon Shumway
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Nah..right on course.
Within the context. You've already had that answered several times over. Now you're just dancing around what you really want to say.
Messofanego
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Yes. If he posted the picture and said in the caption, "Found me a feral kid" then he'd be called a racist cause association of black people as savages, untamed wild creatures, etc. Don't need any other context. Why you trying to single this out from the context, though? Hoping to check what to say in the future?
Ninja Scooter
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Why?
Chie Satonaka
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They do it every. Single. Time.
Marty Chinn
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That's fine. I understand that. But people are also saying if someone just asked where he got the kid, and he said he was feral, that would still be racist. So I'm trying to get clarification on that example to understand it better because I wouldn't have thought much of it when referring to any kid of any race/color on its own. I'm no longer talking about what happened in the OP, I just wanted clarification in general.
Feral means nothing, thug means nothing, race-baiters means nothing, monkey means nothing, Barack HUSSEIN Obama means nothing. Funny how this terms have their very particular meaning until they are deployed, then Htown's theory kick in.
See this is were context is legitimately at play and just went right over your head. You picked up on the word "feral" as being demonized and you completely ignored the facebook conversation that led to the use of that term in a nasty way. You know context.
Well I think when you have a history of posting things like "trayvoning" and then you post a selfie with a black child and after some of your friends make racist comments you pile on with "he's feral" instead of deleting the picture, pushing back or even just staying silent its pretty hard to make the case the comment wasn't racist. I mean the guy is throwing in with a clearly racist dialogue. That alone has to make him somewhat culpable.
Dreams-Visions
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I'm guessing you're not pulling some trolling dipshit routine like Bombasador so you're only digging yourself deeper here. I'm sure you can figure out under what context calling a kid a feral animal is racist.
EatinOlives
Member
Why are you getting defensive over one word?
Let me guess, you used it to describe some kid that ran around in your office.
Holy shit that theory is great.
andthebeatgoeson
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I don't even give a shit about context. It's racist. Without the context. You would have to avoid any topic of racism on 6 continents and have no curiosity about racism.
Maybe he's from Antarctica, I don't know.
Gordon Shumway
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Htown theory should be a sticky thread..
Rabbi_Vole
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I have no issue with the guys/girls termination, btw. Sorry if my communication skills are a bit rough on sensitive topics.
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