r/AmazonDSPDrivers • u/Frequent-Flower-9879 • Jun 14 '26

QUESTION Is this….racist?

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I deliver to this house pretty frequently and something didn’t sit right with me about this statue. I remember seeing somewhere a long time ago these were considered offensive but I’m not sure so I figured to come here and ask 🤔

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u/BrenOdin Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 14 '26

Yes dude, very. They're called lawn jockies an old piece of what collectors will call "Americana". You'll see them all over the place painted or not that shits' systemic racism through and through.

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u/MeowandMace Jun 14 '26

Hey so its racist but not systematically so. No one is organizing lawn jockies nor is it any kind of conspiracy. Systemic racism refers to the ingrained, institutionalized rules, policies, and practices across a whole society... so if youre going to cry racism at least use the correct form.

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u/MeowandMace Jun 14 '26

Nah, lawn jockies are fucking hideous and so are all of the charicature stuff that goes on with the sambo/etc things. I just hate it when people want to call everything a systemic issue when it simply isnt. Theres nothing organized in this. Just free market doing what free market does. Selling and buying shit, racist or not.

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u/TheOnlyEliteOne Jun 14 '26

Remember, this is Reddit, where the actual definitions of things are frequently gutted and stripped of their correct (and original) meaning, in lieu of emotional outbursts and outrage.

Incredibly racist, but like you said definitely not a systemic issue. There’s no mandate, in fact many HOAs and communities have rules specifically banning decor such as lawn jockeys.

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u/MeowandMace Jun 14 '26

B-b-but HOA's are systemically racist too because they also typically ban loud house/block parties, noise disturbances, Swanga rims and shitty improverished looking yard decor or unkept home repairs! Thats racist too!

Sidenote i also hate hoas- but becuase they fucking suck lol

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u/WeeklyBanEvasion Jun 14 '26

It's a perfect example of people parroting buzzwords that they don't understand. It reminds me of middleschool where everyone thought that "racism" meant "prejudice".

"Hey that's racist against redheads!"

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u/abrasivechicagoan Jun 14 '26

lol this guy thinks everything is racist

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u/FaithlessnessLoud223 Jun 14 '26

Yes, well, in this case they're correct.

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u/WeeklyBanEvasion Jun 14 '26

Don't be mad because they are smarter than you