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[–] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I'm Canadian so same here but we don't try to label things "white thing" or "POC thing" because that's weird

[–] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

No, we just white wash our racist and homophobic history. Please learn about our history, it's VERY racist.

[–] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I know and I guess that's my point. Mêmes like this basically just continue a weird modern "progressive" segregation when you're all just Americans.

Edit: to expand on that, what I mean is that is this meme trying to say white skin is more the deciding factor on how someone acts vs the environment they grew up in?

[–] funnyBunny@ani.social 2 points 5 months ago

And so do the Americans and every other colonial nation.

[–] ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website -2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Or you have no sense of humor, you are supposed to celebrate differences. Not mash them down and hide them like a shameful secret

[–] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The humour is based on saying that how someone acts is derived from the colour of their skin

edit: is it not?

edit 2: obviously Canada has a huge racism problem too, especially in regards to indigenous peoples but generally progressive people don't make jokes like this because it's honestly sort of racist