I'm not from the US and didn't grow up reading @paddingtonbear. Watching the movie now and am stunned at the racist implications.
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Jesus. This
@paddingtonbear is essentially comparing a "bear from Darkest Peru" to black/brown immigrants. -
@aurabogado@Thinking_mom@paddingtonbear and that saying I don't think had anything to do with race, it refers to remoteness... -
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@Thinking_mom@aurabogado@paddingtonbear I'm pretty sure that's egregiously overthinking a deliberately absurd statement. -
@PisseArtiste@Thinking_mom@paddingtonbear The term was "darkest Africa," but editors took it out since there are no bears in Africa. -
@PisseArtiste@Thinking_mom@paddingtonbear You're just egregiously overthinking how to make excuses for white supremacy. -
@aurabogado@Thinking_mom@paddingtonbear As I heard it they chose Peru because it was far away and absurd for a the story. -
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@aurabogado@paddingtonbear yes, the "darkest Peru" thing bothers me too. I remember seeing cartoons for him, but don't remember this.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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