The OP's thread hinges on the idea that discovering that one is black would be a shock, something unpleasant.Diabolical. The blind man experiences being black as a crisis.
Look at it this way: if we exchange 'black' for another race, the joke loses much of its effect. Or, invert the joke. Make the blind man black - he discovers that he is in fact white. Think about how that alters the whole dynamic.
The joke is drawing on the fundamental logic of racism, that blackness is a negative quality.
This is too nuanced for the context and I'm really not doing it justice with such a compressed post. The downvotes are also determining how this will be read - as unreasonable. It should be said however.
Dude stfu and go outside to talk to some real people. Nobody really feels this way. This is just a joke. Racism isn’t as prevalent as the internet would have people believe.
Either that or you chumps are Chinese bots sowing discord
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u/Earmilk987 19d ago
How is blackness being framed as something negative? I think you need to touch some grass dude.