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[–] Hootz@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Can anyone care to explain how this is racist and not just distasteful? Because the one t-shirt they mention doesn't fit the bill.

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The article doesn't quote the family saying that the shirt is racist. So I suppose you could nitpick the CTV title writer there. (Maybe they said it, but it wasn't included in the article though).

The family is quoted as saying the comedians are racist.

They do seem to have a pattern of joking about dead indigenous women/children.

They've also joked about how anybody that complains to HR about workplace harassment is going to have a bad time in the oil patch. While what that comedian was saying is probably true, he was celebrating it, not criticizing it.

They've also presented an "explanation" of the shirt in which they claim the shirt is meant as a criticism of the failure of the state to protect indigenous women. If you listen to it it's not a very convincing argument, it sounds pretty disingenuous.

Edit to add: To suggest Pickton's victims were all 'hookers', is probably the most racist part.

[–] Hootz@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you for the comment, I really appreciate it.

I didn't want to give them any views or website hits or anything like that so I have no clue of their "comedy" the one image / event poster of them I saw screamed "problematic" and very much a "it's a joke bro" vibe.

But you're explanation is exactly what I was looking for. You rock.

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