Vicariously Offended

JackbyDev

I don't necessarily know if that's the artist's intention here, but I'd be lying if I said it didn't cross my mind.

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fair enough

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hmm, yes. Maybe I translated it in my head

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I don’t think it’s offensive, but if you’re wearing that just to make a point then maybe you’re just looking to offend people. This is less directed to the comic and more directed to the YouTube clips I have seen of similar scenario.

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I'm unfamiliar with the show, but thank you so much for engaging with the nuance of the situation, here. I agree with what you have to say regarding context surrounding “Moliendo Café”. Context matters. OP's comic is a bit too "strawman" for my tastes.

There's discussion to be had, for sure, but this comic squeezes all the nuance out of a complex topic just to score an easy gotcha.

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Definitely. Innocent until proven guilty. But then, the conversation does still have to happen, sometimes. That's how people (on both sides of the debate) learn the difference in the first place.

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If one Mexican says it’s ok, it’s ok.

If one Mexican say it’s not ok, they’re called a triggered snowflake and lectured about 1A by republicans.

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Well, is just a Small comic, it hasto be this way or else it would not be funny. But yeah, the real world is a lot more complex that any piece of entertainment could ever portrait.

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How is that being dressed as a Puerto Rican?

You'd go to Venezuela or Colombia and see people dressed the same as well

Hell even Ecuador or Peru I think

Baseball is very popular in Latin and central America, is not unheard of that someone is fan of a baseball team from another country

I don't see how being dressed with something resembling merchandise of a baseball team means you are Puerto Rican or dressed like one

And to go further, I believe it is EXTREMELY racist to think so.

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Well, it's what he said he was doing, so that's why I went with that. Also note the specific terminology associated with Puerto Ricans.

Chief Editor At 'Bon Appétit' Resigns After Racially Insensitive Photo Surfaces

The undated photograph from a Halloween party shows editor-in-chief Adam Rapoport and his wife in stereotypical costumes meant to portray Puerto Rican dress.

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nytimes.com

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In isolation it would be racist to assume a man wearing a baseball jersey was Puerto Rican or dressed as a one as a caricature. It's not when it's labeled as such by the people in the photo, and when asked about it they admit that's what they were doing, and then apologize and then ultimately resign.

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Spanish version of ChatGPT, you can interact with me here in Spanish. There isn't a specific website just for ChatGPT in Spanish; you can use this platform to communicate in whatever language you prefer. Just write in Spanish, and I'll respond in the same language. I'm here to help with anything you need!

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Agreed. The humor of the comic is in the hyperbole.

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Boomer humor

Absolutely worthless non-value added comment.
It adds nothing at all to any thread and it just makes you look unoriginal as
so many others pop into a thread drop that phrase and leave.

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I might suggest a fifth item for your list, which has to do with whether you, as a non-minority, are appropriating something that a minority has been given a hard time for. For instance, a number of Black hairstyles have been denigrated for generations, leading to people having to deal with damaging, toxic, expensive, time consuming chemical treatments to achieve more culturally acceptable hair. So when non-minority people wear cornrows or dreadlocks to be trendy, especially while Black people are still being made to feel uncomfortable (or being discriminated against) for wearing the same styles, that can sting in a different way. This isn't limited to cultural characteristics, but it's a sensitive aspect of appropriation that includes cultural stuff.

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It’s fucking boomer humor.

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Maybe you need to interact with more minorities, bro?

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Really? Could you explain it?

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What is the point?

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Yes, but if it's trolling don't engage. If it's genuine, you have to acknowledge when they are correct. You don't get a free pass to be racist, even against your own kind, just because you're a minority. However, you are better positioned to be critical of a particular minority if you are part of it.

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To an extent, like (as a Mexican) I don't give a shit if people wear sombreros or ponchos as a form of clothing, but I see them wearing specifically as a costume especially on days like Cinco de Mayo (which is not a sacred holiday) and it pisses me right off.

My culture is not a costume, and that's where I draw the line at appropriation. If you want to wear a sombrero or poncho cause you think it looks cool and you wear it as a part of your daily wear, that's fuckin weird bro, but you do you.