• Owl@mander.xyz
      7 months

      I mean, elmo is technically (South) African American and white as snow

      • ByteJunk@lemmy.world
        7 months

        “African American” is such a weird subset of people. Like, aren’t all humans from Africa? Then why is this term used only for black people?

        Or do they mean to specify the African diaspora caused by the slave trade? But then aren’t we wrongfully including people who moved freely on their own to the US, and those that may even come from other regions?

        I get that the word is basically a synonym for black people but with less attached prejudice. I’m just sad that we live in a world where that prejudice still exists.

        • NotSteve_@piefed.caEnglish
          7 months

          The term and all the other -american prefixes has always weirded me out. It feels othering with a veil of progressiveness. I often find US progressives almost loop back around to enacting segregation again

  • tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    7 months

    I’m gonna start bringing a portable clothes iron around to get out the creases from activist flags, it’s not a huge deal but it just always irks me a little. Their image would be even more impressive with a nice creaseless flag.