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Shirts That Go Hard

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[–] SonicBlue03@sh.itjust.works 94 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I can't speak for all of Caucasia but I'm not offended.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 56 points 2 years ago

I will speak to my fellow caucasians and say, "if you're offended, lighten the fuck up, honky."

[–] remotedev@lemmy.ca 27 points 2 years ago

I think the way it works is someone who is not a member of that group tells you it's offensive

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

He got it wrong though. The shirt should says "CRACKERS".

[–] DaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Also not offended by this.

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Me either, but it's actually meant to be offensive whereas Caucasians is just a classification.

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[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Cracker isn’t an epithet that native Americans have ever used though.

Paleface would be the matching slur to redskin.

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[–] angrymouse@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The problem with the football teams is that usually the name of team is the name of a group of ppl that was almost exterminated and their descendants still pay the price and nobody cares while their name is used as something cool. Just using the name should not be that offensive.

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (81 children)

Except redskins is offensive. It's not the name of a group of people, it's an epithet describing them.

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[–] mulcahey@lemmy.world 71 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Should go harder IMHO. This ad from the National Congress of American Indians does a good job.

[–] SCB@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Yeah the only issue here is "Caucasians" is roughly similar in emotional weight to "native Americans."

Shirt should say like, "crackers" or something

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Cracker doesn't even have enough contextual weight. Whitey is about as heavy as I can think of and even that doesn't carry much weight for the people it should.

Source: I'm literally whiter than Casper the friendly ghost, and I actually care. The Americans I'm talking about just don't care.

[–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Even that word has no pull nowadays. I don't know any white people that are even bothered by it in the least. I am one half Caucasian and I know for sure that it has no affect at all on me. I think it's a kind of funny word, actually. We need something with more spice to it for sure. Mayo monkies? Snow roaches? Marshmallow minions?

[–] SCB@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I very much like Mayo Monkies myself lol

[–] Hamartia@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Eh.. folks from County Mayo might feel unfairly singled out.

I would have thought that if redskins is the settler pejorative for native americans then Paleface (or the like) is the thematic riposte.

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[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The issue is a lot of people would completely fail to get the message and want to buy all three hats.

[–] Red_October@lemmy.world 43 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm all for it. I want the mascot to be just a normal guy named "Steve." It's just some white guy in a cardigan. His catch phrase is "Hi, I'm Steve, nice to meet you."

When the players score a touchdown, the fans all chant "Hi, I'm Steve." The customary celebration is for the player to mime a normal handshake.

[–] Thranduil@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Nah it gotta be dave. Everyone knows Dave

[–] aulin@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Steve is the funnier name though.

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[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My favorite team is still the Cincinnati Cracker-Asses

[–] Dusktracer@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I am okay with the rebranded Honky-tonks too.

[–] Apprehensive@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago

Whiteskins seems like a more appropriate name

[–] ApollosArrow@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Shouldn’t the shirt say “Red Necks” or anything more offensive?

[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I read that a more apt metaphore would be a shirt that says Paleface, with a skinny white dude on it. Cause this shirt actually goes hard.

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[–] jaxxed@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] Stunning@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is it racist for me a white guy to wear this?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'd be worried people wouldn't get the joke and think I was some sort of Nazi.

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

Yeah, that was my thought too.

There are dumb right wingers who would wear it "see theres nothing offensive about this" as opposed to "See how fucking weird this is"

[–] BrazenSigilos@ttrpg.network 11 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Only sport that team would play is disk golf

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[–] Mango@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Can we do this? I want this team. It's gotta be full of burly black guys though. They're clearly better at football. I would start watching football.

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[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

I would wear that shirt

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wanted to support the team, but they're so damn unathletic.

[–] DoctorWhookah@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Most certainly can’t jump.

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[–] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Caucasians doesn't roll off the tongue at all. Need something shorter.

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 25 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] Crismus@lemmynsfw.com 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Pinkskins fits more of us, but that gets into Enterprise territory.

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[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I'm okay with that.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

That guy (and likely his entire extended family) gets it.

[–] sarmale@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Why is caucasian used to refer to the white race, isnt that for georgians or something?

Misrepresenting the target group is just an added bonus. It's like referring to all indigenous people as "indians" - even if they were from India (which they're not), it's just taking a blanket term and making them all seem like they're the same. At least that's why it's even funnier in this context.

But generally speaking, when people unironically use the term to refer to all whites, well, that just shows that they don't really understand the meaning of the term they are using.

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[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Hell yeah brother got one in a large long?

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