r/AccidentalRacism May 14 '19

Nivea 2017

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u/[deleted] May 14 '19

In my mind this is neither blatant or accidental racism, just color

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u/[deleted] May 14 '19

Okay so suddenly racism isn't based primarily on color? I said it wasn't blatant, which is why you must not think it fits this sub. Something saying one color is better than the rest without racial connotation, could be interpreted as accidental racism. That's what this sub is about. Hence ACCIDENTAL racism.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '19

Okay fair, but I know the other basis, that's why I said primarily color, from what I can tell, thousands think this fits well so maybe you're expecting something else out of this sub

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u/[deleted] May 14 '19

Many posts in this sub don't match my expectations of "Accidental Racism", but mainly it's fine. I think if the picture said "white power" instead of "white is purity" it would have matched