this post was submitted on 10 Feb 2025
1151 points (98.8% liked)
Microblog Memes
7211 readers
2430 users here now
A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.
Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.
Rules:
- Please put at least one word relevant to the post in the post title.
- Be nice.
- No advertising, brand promotion or guerilla marketing.
- Posters are encouraged to link to the toot or tweet etc in the description of posts.
Related communities:
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Do you think they're just confused in football? Like do they not know who's under the helmets? Cuz like 80% of the players are black.
Remember when Capernick did that one thing that wasn't football while on camera? The moment do anything that isn't football it becomes woke or DEI.
It's because they are in a performing role. They are token individuals destroying their bodies to create entertainment for the audience. It's no different than how the south treats rodeo as some kind of beacon of equality for black individuals. It's purely a facade to point at when denying the existence of inequality and dismissing civil rights arguments.
It's also directly tied to the myth of the primal black man - all brawn and no brain. A racist sex symbol.
EDIT: typos
EDIT 2: flipped brain and brawn, didn't notice. Fixed.
Isn't the stereotype the other way around?
The virile black man stereotype? Not in the US. it's apart of the myth that black men are naturally very strong and thuggish. It's also usually paired with the concept of them being extremely sexual (think of the giant black penis stereotype and the constant fear mongering surrounding black men 'stealing' all the white women). These are extremely old stereotypes that harken back to when black slaves were viewed in a fashion closer to beasts of burden than to human beings.
EDIT: woops, saw my typo, should be fixed now.
Think they mean it should be all brawn and no brain. Unless im getting that wrong. Im not from america, and im not racist. Ive just seen tv and movies.
Oh woops, flipped em. Good call. Editing
Do you think the ruling class wants to see its own children fight in the coliseum for sport?