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OnlyPolls 10w

I said the design of this is racist. My friends said it isn’t Is the design of these guys racist?

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Yes

230 votes

Anonymous 10w

This is layered racism. The fact they chose apes- a common racist association white people have compared black people to- and adopted black American cultured fashion as well. Like clearly dudes to the left side is wearing an orange durag for example which protects black peoples hair

Anonymous 10w

U seeing a gold chain and sagging and choosing to associate it with a specific demographic is racist not the design itself so it’s actually u that’s racist

Anonymous 10w

how come it’s the stereotypical black accessories that are on the monkeys (gold chain, durag, sagging pants, etc.) one of them even has 4c hair 🧍‍♀️ the design is definitely racist

Anonymous 10w

Also to the people saying its not and *i’m* the one being racist, the boss battle literally takes place in a basketball arena, and there is spray paint graffiti that says “gangs” and “we not monkeys” 💀

Anonymous 10w

Jesus wtf is this comment section 😭

Anonymous 10w

Black fatigue

Anonymous 10w

Definitely a dog whistle at least. Not explicitly racist but does use a lot of racist themes. Also why is tails there

Anonymous 10w

I wouldn’t think it upon first glance, but now that you mention it, yes

Anonymous 10w

its a gangster gorilla ur fault for thinking only black ppl are gangaters

Anonymous 10w

I’d say there is a difference between depicting black people as apes and depicting apes as black people. This is clearly a world where anthropomorphic animals exist and choosing to represents black stereotypes through the ape characters isn’t inherently bad if it was done with the proper intentions of representation rather than mockery. Sometimes satirizing stereotypes is a good way to address them (do the right thing, by spike lee for example) but I’m not sure this is one of those examples

Anonymous 10w

You’re the racist one for associating certain animals, clothing, or behavior to certain demographics. All I see are animals that dress weird. What is this, a video game?

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Anonymous

#1 10w

While I agree, it’s still likely that the designers chose those elements specifically to convey a specific demographic, and thus, also racist

Anonymous

#1 10w

yea ngl im my opinion this racist, paints that specific demographic by using common stereotypes (hence the primates , gold chains, and a basketball court seriously? )i’m black but cmon😂

Anonymous

#1 10w

This is why we need critical race theory in schools smh

Anonymous

#4 10w

exactly, and i’m assuming that’s a fox on the right but he’s not wearing any gold chains or rings and his pants are pulled up, while the one with the orange durag is sagging 🙄, they’re making it obvious 😂

Anonymous

#5 10w

But what is a ‘gangster’ and why do you associate those things with them

Anonymous

#2 10w

dont fucking turn this on me now its p obvious what op is trying to say

Anonymous

#5 10w

yea it’s a “gangster gorilla” but there are underlying stereotypes within this graphic that forms this into a racial remark

Anonymous

#1 10w

Bro come on they’ve got a du-rag and an Afro and dreads. All things that you might call a white person a cultural appropriator for having, because they are traditionally black hairstyles. Using those for character design isn’t racist of course, but associating them with a long-used stereotype of black people being apes makes it racist.

Anonymous

#5 10w

Yeah and “gangster” has pretty specific cultural connotations in the US, which includes this style of dress, so, pretty unsurprising that a “gangster gorilla” would be dressed like this.

Anonymous

#9 10w

i’m curious abt the demographics of this community because most people don’t think this is racist according to the votes

Anonymous

#13 10w

Lets be fr now

Anonymous

#5 10w

yea I’m sure the thick lips, dreadlocks, gold chains, and saggy pants def arent a hint

Anonymous

OP 10w

And if you dont believe me-

Anonymous

#1 10w

It’s a style of dressing associated with a specific subculture of black people, associating clothing with the cultural groups that wear that clothing is recognizing basic reality, none of this “I don’t see color” nonsense. If someone assumed all black people dressed like that subculture it’d obviously be racist but erasing the cultural origins of the subculture and style is racist as well One of them is literally wearing a durag, come on now

Anonymous

#7 10w

Yeah and the cultural connotations are styles of dress by subcultures of black people because, like a lot of other cultural connotations in the US, the cultural connotation is racist. One of them is literally wearing a durag and the match was in a basketball court, it’s obvious the stereotypes they were going for here

Anonymous

#14 10w

If there are apes that aren’t depicted as black people I’d agree, but that’s a big if

Anonymous

#13 10w

Are you saying you think clothing doesn’t have to do with ethnicity?

Anonymous

#3 10w

Definitely disproportionately white

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Anonymous

#15 10w

It totally is tho, lots of people have done surveys of race on yik yak and it’s incredibly white