I'm Canadian and have about 5 or 6 years on Justin Bieber. I don't remember my first exposure to the monkey as a caricature, but I was definitely exposed to it. I can only speak for myself, but I think that if you are remotely self-aware and pay any attention to racism (past and present) ... you should probably know…
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A true sign of progress would be white people recognizing how racism is so deeply imbedded in our culture instead of ignoring the way it manifests itself through representations such as these.
Ok, you just don't get it. This isn't a "who is more racist" game. I'm not saying Justin Beiber is racist and don't doubt that he made the poor decision of trying to draw a monkey perhaps not understanding the history of the negative connotations. But it's not racist to see racist undertones in something that has…
I find it amusing that you consider slightly moving a pinky to hit a "caps lock" key as "insanely Caps locked". Do you have to scream at your computer and spend 10 hours ranting about the injustice of whatever you want to caps before your computer allows you to press that precious key?
Let 'em whine. It only strengthens the point that pretty women don't get up and pretty themselves every morning to attract men. (Lots of) men have made it good and clear that that they hate pixie cuts, capri pants, and shapeless flowy tops, but women everywhere continue to rock the shit out of them because I DON'T…
I don't think it's deliberate or malicious, either. I think he's an ignorant asshat who's got a lot in common with Miley with regards to appropriating and misrepresenting black culture. I also think a lot of people would look at that image and think, "Whoa, that's hella racist," and that they would be right. The…
I want to also add that monkey imagery has also been use to dehumanize brown people ALL OVER THE WORLD! Remember that Southern Senator who got in trouble for repeatedly calling an indian man a "macaca" (monkey). Africans, American Blacks, and other colonized people have always been animalized to justify denying them…
He's an idiot, but nobody is stupid enough to not know the "Blacks = monkeys" meme.
It's about 400 years old in North America, and I'm sure he's been exposed to it, unless his parents raised him in a Skinner Box.
Then again....this is Justin Beiber. He may very well have been raised in a Skinner Box (which would…
I'm sure whichever actress this guy thinks is hot is just waiting for the right time to call him back, and then Lawrence's hair will no longer be an issue.
It might not have been the intention, but anyone with half a brain would've stayed away from the imagery. A blinged-out monkey will always and forever invite criticism, even if created by a black person.
You know? I think it's pretty safe to say that Justin Bieber is a racist. Yeah, I actually feel very comfortable saying that.
Sure. Because we're the racist ones. And reddit is a paragon of racial equality and feminism, too.
Please, fifteen minutes into boot camp and he'd be on the side of the road crying and screaming for invisible assistants to bring him water.
I don't think people are saying he is a racist because of the drawing, they are saying imagery like that has a history of racist undertones and many people take offense to images like that and someone needs to tell him that it is not cool. There's a difference between calling someone a racist and saying an action or…
Do you know anything about the history of the depiction of Black people as monkeys? It's fine if you don't agree that this is what he was doing but to suggest that people who see racial undertones are racist is ludicrous and ignorant.
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Omg you are so right! There is totally NOT a huge long history of racists depicting black people as apes (they certainly didn't get in trouble for portraying the Obamas as gorillas during the campaign or anything)! This is just your standard monkey, who happens to wear earrings... and is that a hint of a grill in his…