TehBamski@lemmy.worldM to Shirts That Go Hard@lemmy.world · 11 months agoSports Teamsi.imgur.comimagemessage-square150fedilinkarrow-up1936arrow-down149cross-posted to: shirtsthatgohard@lemmy.world
arrow-up1887arrow-down1imageSports Teamsi.imgur.comTehBamski@lemmy.worldM to Shirts That Go Hard@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square150fedilinkcross-posted to: shirtsthatgohard@lemmy.world
minus-squareRGB3x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down7·11 months agoYou would be if they had stolen your home and pranced around in a caricature costume of you through the stadium they built after bulldozing your land
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·11 months agoYes, but that’s the point. They didn’t do that to white people, so white people are in no position to be offended. Including me. Which is why I’m not only not offended, but find that highly appropriate.
minus-squareRGB3x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoWhat is happening when white people are like “I’m not offended by this” is to minimize the offense that native Americans feel about the same thing. As if to say “I’m not offended, why are they?”
You would be if they had stolen your home and pranced around in a caricature costume of you through the stadium they built after bulldozing your land
Yes, but that’s the point. They didn’t do that to white people, so white people are in no position to be offended. Including me. Which is why I’m not only not offended, but find that highly appropriate.
What is happening when white people are like “I’m not offended by this” is to minimize the offense that native Americans feel about the same thing.
As if to say “I’m not offended, why are they?”