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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
I don't want to have to weed through a bunch of surface bullshit to find out that someone is an asshole. I'd like there to be tangible easily found signs.
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In that case, I'm going to break out my "I'm an asshole" sign to hang around my neck. No noose, though. I'm clumsy.
Imprecise grammar aside, racism is like poverty - it will never go away. Humans continually divide the world into "us" and "them" groups. Race happens to be one of the easier ways to do that.
This story has many of the telltale signs of Tempest In a Teapot Syndrom (TITS for short). The local reverend started it off by making an assumption. Then other people either made the same assumption independently or listen to the reverend's. The homeowners wouldn't have painted it white if they originally intended to send an offensive message. They tried to remedy the problem, but it was too little too late. Hence my TITS comment. The problem is solved - the dummy is no longer black. The idea that it once was offensive seems to mean that it is now.
For the record, having a black face does not necessarily make this racist in and of itself. A body that has been hung in a tree will turn black from the neck up as it decomposes.