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WaterLink posted...

You say that but the handling of the ok symbol makes me think otherwise. Like playing the circle game on camera got a dude banned for life from a sports venue with no one bothering to ask why. So I don't reallt have faith in people looking at context.

People are stupid. That's completely true. But if you react like the okay symbol or jogger is now a racial sign/slur by default, then you're part of the problem of giving more power to racists.

It's not fair that people are stupid and overreact but dogwhistle racism is still racism. And letting them think they've somehow won by creating a new racist term that regular folks don't know about just gives them more power. On the other hand, reacting like it's a new racist term by default also gives them power. Balance it. Just be prepared for the soccer mom types to freak out regardless.

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