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user-inactivated  ·  3816 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A Complete Guide to 'Hipster Racism'

    "Except, no, it's not. Race is one of the least complicated issues that there is, because it's made up. It's arbitrary."

Follows up with a bunch of "complicated" issues related to race.

    See, it's hilarious, because we aren't thugs—we are darling girls, and real thugs are black people who do crime!

What the fuck. Assuming that they assumed being a thug is a "Black thing" is more offensive than the tweet itself.

    "God, Don't White People Suck?"

Okay, so it's "bad" for white people to say this about themselves. But what about when I, as a Black person, say it? It's still racist, right? Except Jezebel would argue that it's okay because I'm "not privileged," and a "Person of Color," which, by the way, is offensive as well.

    "So I'm not allowed to have a genuine interest in another culture?!!?!??!"

This is a weak argument, and it's mainly used by White people who try to defend the cultures of other races from themselves. Think about that for a second. Cultural appropriation is the dumbest thing, it's almost as dumb as this article.

If you want to get involved with my culture, I'm going to be excited as fuck and shower you in ethnic clothing, food, accessories, and furniture. Hopefully the furniture doesn't hurt. What I'm saying is that for the most part, most cultures get excited when you want to get into them.

    "Yeah, but we have a black president! Isn't racism over?"

No sane human being I've ever met has ever said this. Is this even a thing?

God this is so dumb and it makes me so mad, everything about Jezebel is the worst, and the writing is horribly condescending and holier-than-thou.

I'm going to play Starbound and cool off and never open that link again.