General Chit-Chat Thread - No Spoilers

[Comrade Khan]

I do think sometimes they can be, but in this case, prob just a dumbass intern not asking other ppl to look at it before okaying it

 

[Comrade Khan]

But then that leads to another problem with black guys in entertainment usually being pigeonholed into "bkgsmiley friendly g

yeah

 

[Hoss]

*big smiley friendly guy or serious short fuse guy

 

[Comrade Khan]

''non threatening smiling black man'' if you a face

 

[Comrade Khan]

*big smiley friendly guy or serious short fuse guy

u nailed it

 

[JakeYourBooty]

I feel it was definitely that. If you have no knowledge of the racist depictions of black people in cartoons from the first half of the 20th century, the design would be completely innocuous.

Exactly


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[Hoss]

So yeah

 

[Comrade Khan]

Giselle was talking about that problem in wrestling in general too

 

[Hoss]

At least hopefully that situation made them consider how they are casting POC..

 

[Comrade Khan]

like all these dumbass promoters saying ''oh just be the filipino wrestler!' 'just be the trans wrestler'' fuck off lol, race and being tran isnt a fucking gimmick

 

[Hoss]

*glances at the alleged Bianca incidents*

 

[Comrade Khan]

At least hopefully that situation made them consider how they are casting POC..

*narrator voice* it did not, in fact, make them reconsider

 

[JakeYourBooty]

The could use that shirt design for Raquel now


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[Hoss]

The could use that shirt design for Raquel now Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

100%

 

[Comrade Khan]

speaking of Raquel didnt Corey say something pretty racist that one time she was in Texas lol