The image tweeted by the employee identified as Lexi soon went viral, causing her to receive threats from Trump supporters that led her to hire a lawyer.
I had a friend claim dogs hate black people because they're scared of people with black skin and bark incessantly at them. They were trying to prove that racism is inherent.
I'm hoping that he was just trying to troll me (my friends know I'm the only person who cares about stuff like that), but I still was like wtf.
Fucked up, yet completely unsurprising.
And of course this happened as well.
Fuck this country. This is why I don't want to raise a family here.
I had a friend claim dogs hate black people because they're scared of people with black skin and bark incessantly at them. They were trying to prove that racism is inherent.
I'm hoping that he was just trying to troll me (my friends know I'm the only person who cares about stuff like that), but I still was like wtf.
I had a friend claim dogs hate black people because they're scared of people with black skin and bark incessantly at them. They were trying to prove that racism is inherent.
I'm hoping that he was just trying to troll me (my friends know I'm the only person who cares about stuff like that), but I still was like wtf.
The tweets in response to the various posts were the most amazing examples of why I don't think it matters if this is a "troll" or not. Sentiment is quite clear.
If you're going to boycott, make sure you boycott their parent company, Unilever.
That letter does read like a parody.That... That can't be real. It reads like a parody. I fully believe in the racism angle, but the letter itself... The mortgage and making the daycare great again? Really?
Dogs don't have a concept of race, but they can read subtle mood cues from their owners.I had a friend claim dogs hate black people because they're scared of people with black skin and bark incessantly at them. They were trying to prove that racism is inherent.
I'm hoping that he was just trying to troll me (my friends know I'm the only person who cares about stuff like that), but I still was like wtf.
wrong thread. This is the daycare thread, not the Dove one.
I had a friend claim dogs hate black people because they're scared of people with black skin and bark incessantly at them. They were trying to prove that racism is inherent.
I'm hoping that he was just trying to troll me (my friends know I'm the only person who cares about stuff like that), but I still was like wtf.
The image tweeted by the employee identified as ”Lexi" soon went viral, causing her to receive threats from Trump supporters that led her to hire a lawyer.
Having multiple tabs is not smart.
I had a friend claim dogs hate black people because they're scared of people with black skin and bark incessantly at them. They were trying to prove that racism is inherent.
I'm hoping that he was just trying to troll me (my friends know I'm the only person who cares about stuff like that), but I still was like wtf.
None of this is evident from your original and only other post in this threadAt first I was going to quote and respond to every person who quoted me, but I'll just keep it simple.
If you just assumed I'm some white person who doesn't care about black people, look in the mirror, take a fucking step back, and do better in the future. Yes, I know every poster on NeoGAF is assumed to be a white nerd (fact, not insult), until proven otherwise, but maybe you shouldn't. A lot of black people on GAF feel they have to "show" their blackness, either through a suggestive avatar or by using slang, hell I've done it too. Should we have to though?
I am black. I've been a victim of direct racism more than I can recount. I've dealt with it on the job.
That does not mean I can't have a scenario pop up in my head, where the first innocent white person to pull a kid from the daycare is assumed to be the racist asshole. That shit is gonna happen, and YES I fucking feel bad for that person. I sure as shit don't feel bad about it, and I'm not going to, ever. I'm not victimizing that white person, ignoring the actual victim, the black person who got shitted on with the letter. I can acknowledge them being in a tough spot though.
That's how empathy truly works. I can't control the shit. I felt bad, and shared it. I didn't expect so many jumps to conclusions. I didn't think I needed to protect myself.
Some of you read my post and assumed so much. 1. White 2. Only concerned about White 3. No empathy for Black 4. Asshole 5. Maybe racist 6. Snowflake
Maybe we all need to reflect on how we read and respond to random posters. I'm not going to attach my resume to every post.
So maybe next time think ahead of how your posts can be interpreted to give a fuller picture of what you're trying to convey.This makes me feel bad for the white parent who, for a completely valid reason, was about to take their kids out of the daycare next week.
I really want to believe this was just drafted by some fake Russian and all made up.
Unfortunately it's not.
At first I was going to quote and respond to every person who quoted me, but I'll just keep it simple.
If you just assumed I'm some white person who doesn't care about black people, look in the mirror, take a fucking step back, and do better in the future. Yes, I know every poster on NeoGAF is assumed to be a white nerd (fact, not insult), until proven otherwise, but maybe you shouldn't. A lot of black people on GAF feel they have to "show" their blackness, either through a suggestive avatar or by using slang, hell I've done it too. Should we have to though?
I am black. I've been a victim of direct racism more than I can recount. I've dealt with it on the job.
That does not mean I can't have a scenario pop up in my head, where the first innocent white person to pull a kid from the daycare is assumed to be the racist asshole. That shit is gonna happen, and YES I fucking feel bad for that person. I sure as shit don't feel bad about it, and I'm not going to, ever. I'm not victimizing that white person, ignoring the actual victim, the black person who got shitted on with the letter. I can acknowledge them being in a tough spot though.
That's how empathy truly works. I can't control the shit. I felt bad, and shared it. I didn't expect so many jumps to conclusions. I didn't think I needed to protect myself.
Some of you read my post and assumed so much. 1. White 2. Only concerned about White 3. No empathy for Black 4. Asshole 5. Maybe racist 6. Snowflake
Maybe we all need to reflect on how we read and respond to random posters. I'm not going to attach my resume to every post.
I don't need to make that shit evident. If you are unaware of my position, the point is that it's better to ask, before you jump a mile in the wrong direction.
I said I feel bad for a white person. That doesn't justify immediately making stupid assumptions. Your keyboard works. Ask me what I meant. Ask me my race. Ask me why I didn't mention the black person.
To immediately say "You white asshole", is folly.
Stop trying to interpret text.
Omg lololololololololololI don't need to make that shit evident. If you are unaware of my position, the point is that it's better to ask, before you jump a mile in the wrong direction.
I said I feel bad for a white person. That doesn't justify immediately making stupid assumptions. Your keyboard works. Ask me what I meant. Ask me my race. Ask me why I didn't mention the black person.
To immediately say "You white asshole", is folly.
Stop trying to interpret text.
I don't need to make that shit evident. If you are unaware of my position, the point is that it's better to ask, before you jump a mile in the wrong direction.
I said I feel bad for a white person. That doesn't justify immediately making stupid assumptions. Your keyboard works. Ask me what I meant. Ask me my race. Ask me why I didn't mention the black person.
To immediately say "You white asshole", is folly.
Stop trying to interpret text.
I don't need to make that shit evident. If you are unaware of my position, the point is that it's better to ask, before you jump a mile in the wrong direction.
I said I feel bad for a white person. That doesn't justify immediately making stupid assumptions. Your keyboard works. Ask me what I meant. Ask me my race. Ask me why I didn't mention the black person.
To immediately say "You white asshole", is folly.
Stop trying to interpret text.
It's not of these. I'm clearly aware people send hate letters and that there's many more than this one. No my point is that this one in particular looks incredibly dumb. The "Make the day care great again" and the font. The next level would be shiny sparkles on the paper and stickers all over the letter. Hence why I'm claiming it reads like a parody.
It doesn't change the fact that it's very likely serious and that, even in the really low possibility, this is a troll, it's in any case a genuinely racist and disgusting letter.
The number of people in here treating this as a joke, or a troll, is incredibly depressing. Real people send real hate filled letters like this. Maybe you're too sheltered to know that, but it happens and it happens pretty often.
Frankly, it's hard to tell whether this is naivete, or an attempt to pretend that what's happening in the country isn't happening because it makes you uncomfortable. Either way, depressing.
The thing is, a lot of people who think this is a troll know that. This isn't a case of denying that there's racism, or that people quite easily could write letters like this. It's just that something doesn't seem to ring quite true here.
And don't think for a second that it being a troll means it's 'just' a troll. Firstly, a troll acting in a racist way is functionally equivalent to a racist non-troll. It's just as hurtful and vile, and to troll in this way - directly attacking someone for their skin colour - you've got to be pretty racist in the first place, surely? If you're trolling in this way, then you're trying to instigate racial hatred. You're a vile piece of shit just as much as if it's taken at face value.
It's just a question of whether you're looking for the perpetrator among parents or elsewhere. Personally I'd expect that if you looked under the right stone on the right alt-right message board you'd find the person responsible for this.
I think a lot of people needlessly multiply entities and engage in unnecessary skepticism because they don't want it to be real, for one reason or another. I don't think a reasonable reaction to a racist letter is to immediately try to figure out ways in which it is something other than it purports to be. But many people are more conspiracy minded than myself. I don't see anything in that letter to suggest it's anything other than what it claims to be.
People can obviously differ on this point, but I can't help but note that the usual result of this sort of skepticism is to derail the conversation onto the authenticity of the note, rather than the actual racism. For some people that's an unfortunate consequence of their skepticism, for others it is clearly the intent.
That font is a crime against humanity.
For the life of me, I'll never understand why a meme was made out of something that actually happened. You're literally mocking someone's death.
Paramedics were delayed Berkeley by protest patient later died
For the life of me, I'll never understand why a meme was made out of something that actually happened. You're literally mocking someone's death.
Paramedics were delayed Berkeley by protest patient later died
That letter was written by a very pathetic woman. I hope someone else raises her children.
And here I am happy that my sons day care teachers are Hispanic and Indian. And my daughters are black and Hispanic.
Theres also a ton of diversity in each of their classes.
It honestly reads like a parody. Racists can be pretty dumb huh?
I had a friend claim dogs hate black people because they're scared of people with black skin and bark incessantly at them. They were trying to prove that racism is inherent.
I'm hoping that he was just trying to troll me (my friends know I'm the only person who cares about stuff like that), but I still was like wtf.