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nandblock wrote: ↑22 January 2021, 16:16

Was it found to be 'not guilty'?

N_Faker wrote: ↑22 January 2021, 00:56

Giordano Bruno 1974 wrote: ↑21 January 2021, 23:47

N_Faker wrote: ↑20 January 2021, 11:33 Well, it is probably based on a mocking stereotypical caricature of a black man. That character doesn't even have teeth.

I'm not sure when "no teeth" became a black stereotype.

Nor did I say that it is.

I can see why some people don't like the lips but I can't see why the turban or lack of teeth get a mention.

Giordano Bruno 1974 wrote: ↑22 January 2021, 17:28 ...lack of teeth get a mention.

It makes the depiction even less flattering.

OP described the avatar.

N_Faker wrote: ↑22 January 2021, 17:24

nandblock wrote: ↑22 January 2021, 16:16

Was it found to be 'not guilty'?

Yes, with no explanation.

N_Faker wrote: ↑22 January 2021, 18:56

Giordano Bruno 1974 wrote: ↑22 January 2021, 17:28 ...lack of teeth get a mention.

It makes the depiction even less flattering.

OP described the avatar.

I don't think unflattering pictures of black people should be an issue just ones based on racial caricatures.

Giordano Bruno 1974 wrote: ↑23 January 2021, 00:05

N_Faker wrote: ↑22 January 2021, 18:56

Giordano Bruno 1974 wrote: ↑22 January 2021, 17:28 ...lack of teeth get a mention.

It makes the depiction even less flattering.

OP described the avatar.

I don't think unflattering pictures of black people should be an issue just ones based on racial caricatures.

Are you being glib?

N_Faker wrote: ↑23 January 2021, 00:45

Giordano Bruno 1974 wrote: ↑23 January 2021, 00:05

N_Faker wrote: ↑22 January 2021, 18:56
It makes the depiction even less flattering.

OP described the avatar.

I don't think unflattering pictures of black people should be an issue just ones based on racial caricatures.

Are you being glib?

No, I genuinely don't get your point.

I can understand why some people don't like the lips but aside from that I cannot see anything in the avatar that looks like a racial caricature.

Not having teeth or wearing a turban aren't racial stereotypes of black people.

The fact that the avatar is unattractive (point of view) is neither here not there. Are only attractive black people acceptable?

Giordano Bruno 1974 wrote: ↑23 January 2021, 14:30

Bad teeth or the turban isn't the focus of this issue. What looks like an overtly racist depiction of a black man that mirrors the caricatures of the Jim Crow era, intentional or not, is.