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This is pretty racist, "mon".

by mpeg 11y ago

justwannasing 11y ago
Nowadays, everything is considered racist. EDIT: See what I mean?
- ceejayoz 11y ago
  Even if that were true, it wouldn't stop some things from actually being racist.
- mpeg 11y ago
  Cultural appropriation is always uncomfortable in the first place. For example, see the media storm over Kylie Jenner's hairstyle [0] [0] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kadia-blagrove-/cultural-appropriation-it_b_7800126.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kadia-blagrove-/cultural-appro...
  - nxttuesday 11y ago
    Consider it a pull request I think callsyfing it as racist is fair, isn't "mon" slang from Jamaica, a nation in which 59%[1] have mixed ancestry?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica
dataker 11y ago
The website's color: red, yellow and purple. It's obviously a humorous reference.
oliv__ 11y ago
Sorry if you find this offensive, it was just intended to be tongue-in-cheek. Actually my cofounder's grandma is pretty much the type portrayed: that's where we took the inspiration from.
- danesparza 11y ago
  Strange ... I would have thought you took inspiration from the 'breakfast food' brand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aunt_Jemima https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aunt_Jemima
rcarrigan87 11y ago
It's a spoof of those late night TV psychics...
jere 11y ago
It might not be racist if it had just ripped off Miss Cleo, a famous 'psychic' who claimed to be Jamaican. Hilariously enough, the image used on the site is from a French Toast Crunch commercial parodying Miss Cleo (incidentally, it looks like she is now suing General Mills for the ad). So the op has taken a ridiculous stereotype as the starting point. I wouldn't be that offended. But jamming another black stereotype on top by calling it "ask jemima" an obvious reference to Aunt Jemima. People already consider that imagery to be racist. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/racially-insensitive-article-1.2270225 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/racially-insensitiv... I think combining both of these together so haphazardly is a pretty bad idea. Anyway, to the op: best of luck with your company.

This is pretty racist, "mon".

by mpeg 11y ago

This is pretty racist, "mon".

justwannasing 11y ago

Nowadays, everything is considered racist. EDIT: See what I mean?

ceejayoz 11y ago
Even if that were true, it wouldn't stop some things from actually being racist.
mpeg 11y ago
Cultural appropriation is always uncomfortable in the first place. For example, see the media storm over Kylie Jenner's hairstyle [0] [0] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kadia-blagrove-/cultural-appropriation-it_b_7800126.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kadia-blagrove-/cultural-appro...
- nxttuesday 11y ago
  Consider it a pull request I think callsyfing it as racist is fair, isn't "mon" slang from Jamaica, a nation in which 59%[1] have mixed ancestry?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica

dataker 11y ago

The website's color: red, yellow and purple. It's obviously a humorous reference.

oliv__ 11y ago

Sorry if you find this offensive, it was just intended to be tongue-in-cheek. Actually my cofounder's grandma is pretty much the type portrayed: that's where we took the inspiration from.

danesparza 11y ago
Strange ... I would have thought you took inspiration from the 'breakfast food' brand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aunt_Jemima https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aunt_Jemima

rcarrigan87 11y ago

It's a spoof of those late night TV psychics...

jere 11y ago

It might not be racist if it had just ripped off Miss Cleo, a famous 'psychic' who claimed to be Jamaican. Hilariously enough, the image used on the site is from a French Toast Crunch commercial parodying Miss Cleo (incidentally, it looks like she is now suing General Mills for the ad). So the op has taken a ridiculous stereotype as the starting point. I wouldn't be that offended. But jamming another black stereotype on top by calling it "ask jemima" an obvious reference to Aunt Jemima. People already consider that imagery to be racist. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/racially-insensitive-article-1.2270225 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/racially-insensitiv... I think combining both of these together so haphazardly is a pretty bad idea. Anyway, to the op: best of luck with your company.