this post was submitted on 24 Dec 2023
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Shirts That Go Hard

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[–] SonicBlue03@sh.itjust.works 102 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I can't speak for all of Caucasia but I'm not offended.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 61 points 2 years ago

I will speak to my fellow caucasians and say, "if you're offended, lighten the fuck up, honky."

[–] remotedev@lemmy.ca 29 points 2 years ago

I think the way it works is someone who is not a member of that group tells you it's offensive

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)

He got it wrong though. The shirt should says "CRACKERS".

[–] DaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Also not offended by this.

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Me either, but it's actually meant to be offensive whereas Caucasians is just a classification.

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[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Cracker isn’t an epithet that native Americans have ever used though.

Paleface would be the matching slur to redskin.

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[–] angrymouse@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The problem with the football teams is that usually the name of team is the name of a group of ppl that was almost exterminated and their descendants still pay the price and nobody cares while their name is used as something cool. Just using the name should not be that offensive.

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (79 children)

Except redskins is offensive. It's not the name of a group of people, it's an epithet describing them.

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[–] mulcahey@lemmy.world 66 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Should go harder IMHO. This ad from the National Congress of American Indians does a good job.

[–] SCB@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Yeah the only issue here is "Caucasians" is roughly similar in emotional weight to "native Americans."

Shirt should say like, "crackers" or something

[–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Even that word has no pull nowadays. I don't know any white people that are even bothered by it in the least. I am one half Caucasian and I know for sure that it has no affect at all on me. I think it's a kind of funny word, actually. We need something with more spice to it for sure. Mayo monkies? Snow roaches? Marshmallow minions?

[–] SCB@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I very much like Mayo Monkies myself lol

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[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The issue is a lot of people would completely fail to get the message and want to buy all three hats.

[–] Red_October@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm all for it. I want the mascot to be just a normal guy named "Steve." It's just some white guy in a cardigan. His catch phrase is "Hi, I'm Steve, nice to meet you."

When the players score a touchdown, the fans all chant "Hi, I'm Steve." The customary celebration is for the player to mime a normal handshake.

[–] Thranduil@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nah it gotta be dave. Everyone knows Dave

[–] aulin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Steve is the funnier name though.

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[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My favorite team is still the Cincinnati Cracker-Asses

[–] Dusktracer@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I am okay with the rebranded Honky-tonks too.

[–] Apprehensive@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago

Whiteskins seems like a more appropriate name

[–] ApollosArrow@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Shouldn’t the shirt say “Red Necks” or anything more offensive?

[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I read that a more apt metaphore would be a shirt that says Paleface, with a skinny white dude on it. Cause this shirt actually goes hard.

[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I see 'paleface' more as a response to something morbidly shocking versus ID'ing a group of people. Similar, if the original were 'redface,' it would be being uncontrollably angry.

Wouldn't swapping in white to have whiteskins, fit better?

[–] isthingoneventhis@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (6 children)

"red necks" is usually referring to a specific lot of folk, whereas the original context (of what this is poking at) "referred" of an entire group of people, so saying "caucasians" is more 1:1.

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[–] jaxxed@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] Stunning@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is it racist for me a white guy to wear this?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 43 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'd be worried people wouldn't get the joke and think I was some sort of Nazi.

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

Yeah, that was my thought too.

There are dumb right wingers who would wear it "see theres nothing offensive about this" as opposed to "See how fucking weird this is"

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago

I would wear that shirt

[–] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Caucasians doesn't roll off the tongue at all. Need something shorter.

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 31 points 2 years ago (4 children)
[–] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago
[–] Crismus@lemmynsfw.com 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Pinkskins fits more of us, but that gets into Enterprise territory.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I'm just glad they didn't meet Travis Mayweather first...

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

I'm okay with that.

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[–] Mango@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Can we do this? I want this team. It's gotta be full of burly black guys though. They're clearly better at football. I would start watching football.

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[–] BrazenSigilos@ttrpg.network 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Only sport that team would play is disk golf

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wanted to support the team, but they're so damn unathletic.

[–] DoctorWhookah@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Most certainly can’t jump.

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[–] sarmale@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Why is caucasian used to refer to the white race, isnt that for georgians or something?

Misrepresenting the target group is just an added bonus. It's like referring to all indigenous people as "indians" - even if they were from India (which they're not), it's just taking a blanket term and making them all seem like they're the same. At least that's why it's even funnier in this context.

But generally speaking, when people unironically use the term to refer to all whites, well, that just shows that they don't really understand the meaning of the term they are using.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

That guy (and likely his entire extended family) gets it.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Hell yeah brother got one in a large long?

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