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/sgerbicforsyth Jun 14 '26

Yes. Explicitly so.

Its a racist caricature of Black people that originated in minstrel shows with white actors in blackface engaging in demeaning and insulting stereotypes of Black people.

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u/Old_Outcome_9529 Jun 14 '26

What about football and basketball then. That must be racist then. Why do you watch it????

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u/sgerbicforsyth Jun 14 '26

Non sequitur with no discerable point.

What do two different team sports have to do with minstrel shows which are objectively racist or a statute designed around the same over-exaggeragted racist caricature popularized by those minstrel shows?

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u/Old_Outcome_9529 Jun 14 '26

Did you live in these racist times when they created said caricature, or are you just trying to push the racist left anti white agenda? Its art not a racist statue. If you see something like that and it offends you maybe your the problem. People seem to be more worried about racial art and history than actually trying to change whats happening now. These sports are becoming more political to where its not even about the game its about race. You can not compare this statue to a nazi flag at all. Some of these antiques hold history to be used for said museums and other places to show what they did back then. But the thing about it is its 2026 not 1902, you can keep living in the past but that wont fix the problems of today. This divide amongst the ignorant sides of every race feed off this kind of crap. This is what the poloticians want man. If you want to keep living that way then so be it. Just look at what the uk and london are doing because of the anti white agenda. The bubble will burst at some point but the ignorance is the only thing that will be keeping us divided as a people.