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Re:Twitch streamers will be able to select from over 350 new... by furgooswft13 on Sunday May 23, 2021 @11:49AM (#27255880)
> But, keeping cultural contexts in mind, does the line exploit power imbalances in our society against white people to denigrate them? I think a lot of people would say no.

By this reasoning, minstrel shows are not racist, because the culture at the time did not see it that way.

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Re:Twitch streamers will be able to select from over 350 new... by lifeformed on Sunday May 23, 2021 @10:02PM (#27260443)
I don't mean does the culture consider it racist, but is there a power imbalance in that culture against the race in question.
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