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Racist picture on the Observer?

jtnc

By jtnc,
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Bananas and racism have been linked for so long in our culture that I am unsure if people don't actually get the reference or are just being obtuse. Earlier in the hockey season, Wayne Simmonds of the Flyers had a banana thrown at him as a racial slur.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/23/wayne-simmonds-banana-flyers-red-wings_n_977423.html

If you need to have it explained to you, then you haven't been paying attention to racial discourse over the last hundred years. It's a base and degrading insult against black people and I am really surprised this one made it past the editor.

As somebody in the comments said, it would be just as bad if they showed Steve Smith trying to catch a watermelon or a bucket of chicken or some other convoluted way to try to express a flawed point.

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footballisasport Newbie

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I must be missing something here.

Can someone explain why bananas are associated with racism? I would maybe understand if Cam were latina but since he's not I don't get it.

u're kidding right?

Maybe you need to ask that black hockey player who had a banana thrown at him during a hockey game last season what's the association of a banana and black people. I'm sure the person who threw the banana knew the meaning behind his act...:banghead:

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Bananas and racism have been linked for so long in our culture that I am unsure if people don't actually get the reference or are just being obtuse. Earlier in the hockey season, Wayne Simmonds of the Flyers had a banana thrown at him as a racial slur.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/23/wayne-simmonds-banana-flyers-red-wings_n_977423.html

If you need to have it explained to you, then you haven't been paying attention to racial discourse over the last hundred years. It's a base and degrading insult against black people and I am really surprised this one made it past the editor.

As somebody in the comments said, it would be just as bad if they showed Steve Smith trying to catch a watermelon or a bucket of chicken or some other convoluted way to try to express a flawed point.

But Steve Smith did throw fried chicken in a Bojangles commercial with Jake. I think the intent here is pretty clearly benign, let's leave the outrage for when we have evidence of actual racist intent, rather than this gotcha crap.

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u're kidding right?

Maybe you need to ask that black hockey player who had a banana thrown at him during a hockey game last season what's the association of a banana and black people. I'm sure the person who threw the banana knew the meaning behind his act...:banghead:

All in context...you are perpetrating a stereotype and meaning that most don't adhere to. Saying that everyone should share it and acknowledge it is extremely short-sighted. This is getting ridiculous.
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is it suppose to be racist against banana eaters? if so, then yes.. the racial bias against banana eaters has to stop.. just b/c someone likes bananas is no reason to belittle them or begrudge them..

when will all this banana fueled hate end lord? when?

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