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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Right. An academic exercise. The point of the post isn't to accuse you of racism or even to point out what you're doing here. It's to let you know that this is the thought process that almost every white person I come into contact with whenever there is a discussion on race goes through. "But he could have meant..." "I'm sure she didn't mean..." "It could be read like this..." "If you stand on your head and read it with one eye closed..." etfuckingcetera.
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I would not disagree with any of this. I have been guilty of this (partly because I am white, partly because I am an asshole who will argue almost anything).
The most salient point of what wrote would be this... In this instance, there is no alternative interpretation. I don’t care how much one tortures context, there’s only one way to take what Roseanne wrote. It could be said she wrote the most perfectly racist tweet that could be written. Any person trying to spin it will run smack into a brick wall.
I’ve a queer interest in language. It’s really hard to say something that can’t be taken in a manner slightly askew of what you meant. It’s almost always possible to bend words to some at least moderate perversion of their clear intent. But not in this instance.
This was rare, undilluted racism. If you hear a white person trying to defend or excuse this, you should get the hell away from him. He’s dangerously dumb or nuts... most likely both.
