By the same token, I don't consider a Hindu friend who worships Ganesha a neo-Nazi. @BristolBen @WittersUK @HPluckrosepic.twitter.com/J15KZOrSDe
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By the same token, I don't consider a Hindu friend who worships Ganesha a neo-Nazi. @BristolBen @WittersUK @HPluckrosepic.twitter.com/J15KZOrSDe
So the lesson is perhaps "When on Rome..." (1/2)
When in England, where Morris dancers have been dancing for centuries...
And when in Bristol which grew to wealth on the slave trade?
Are you _seriously_ going for Guilt by Association? @BristolBen @WittersUK @HPluckrose
No, I'm appealing to 'tradition'.
Slavery has been illegal since 1830s, dressing up in blackface isn't. @BristolBen @WittersUK @HPluckrose
So bring black the B&W Minstrels and Robertson's Golly? Not illegal, origin obscure.
@BristolBen @WittersUK @HPluckrose
These really are racist portrayals. Intent still counts. @BristolBen @WittersUK @HPluckrose
They have not always been recognised as such.
This is why u ask intent. If they replaced black paint w/ thin balaclava wld it be better?
If so, why?
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