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It's not just whites that buy and discard clothes in the western world. Why does the title racialize the problem? A better title would have been "Charity clothe

It's not just whites that buy and discard clothes in the western world. Why does the title racialize the problem? A better title would have been "Charity clothes from the West fuel ..."

bejd 5y ago
It's the local people's term for the clothing, which is explained in the article: > They call them “obroni wawu” — dead white man’s clothes.
jaclaz 5y ago
It is not the title issue, the title comes from the local language expression: >They call them "obroni wawu" — dead white man's clothes.
- throw_m239339 5y ago
  An editor still chose a controversial title, to "maximize engagement". Whatever these people call it doesn't justify the title of that feature piece. I think this constant race baiting and divisiveness western media chose to engage into will help no one on the long run, only further resentment and race strife.
apercu 5y ago
Because controversial headlines generate clicks which allow for ads to be served to monetize the traffic. It's just a loop of bullshit. lol.
obtino 5y ago
It was chosen because of the name given to the clothes by the locals.
cyberpsybin 5y ago
western countries that dump their trash in poor nations are primarily white.
- throw_m239339 5y ago
  Not all western countries define their societies along racial lines. It's mainly US society who engages in that behavior.
  - yardie 5y ago
    > Not all western countries define their societies along racial Yes, those other western countries are 90-99% white so whiteness is overtly implied since any other race is an anomaly. You probably haven't been asked the notorious 6-worded question, "but where are you really from?" that seems to only happen to people of color in western European countries. > mainly US society who engages in that behavior. Yes, racism is literally written into the constitution of the US with many compromises for slaveholding states at the time of its founding.
    - throw_m239339 5y ago
      > Yes, those other western countries are 90-99% white so whiteness I've only heard that word "whiteness" in the mouth of 2 kind of people, neonazis and their racist counter part on the left.
tetromino_ 5y ago
The article claims to translate the Akan term for these clothes: > In Ghana, they call them “obroni wawu” — dead white man’s clothes. However, a language blogger [1] suggests that "obroni" can refer to any foreigner from "beyond the horizon" - so presumably the term encompasses dead East Asian man's clothes too. [1] http://languagehat.com/spruik-kayayei-obroni-wawu/ http://languagehat.com/spruik-kayayei-obroni-wawu/

It's not just whites that buy and discard clothes in the western world. Why does the title racialize the problem? A better title would have been "Charity clothes from the West fuel ..."

bejd 5y ago

It's the local people's term for the clothing, which is explained in the article: > They call them “obroni wawu” — dead white man’s clothes.

jaclaz 5y ago

It is not the title issue, the title comes from the local language expression: >They call them "obroni wawu" — dead white man's clothes.

throw_m239339 5y ago
An editor still chose a controversial title, to "maximize engagement". Whatever these people call it doesn't justify the title of that feature piece. I think this constant race baiting and divisiveness western media chose to engage into will help no one on the long run, only further resentment and race strife.

apercu 5y ago

Because controversial headlines generate clicks which allow for ads to be served to monetize the traffic. It's just a loop of bullshit. lol.

obtino 5y ago

It was chosen because of the name given to the clothes by the locals.

cyberpsybin 5y ago

western countries that dump their trash in poor nations are primarily white.

throw_m239339 5y ago
Not all western countries define their societies along racial lines. It's mainly US society who engages in that behavior.
- yardie 5y ago
  > Not all western countries define their societies along racial Yes, those other western countries are 90-99% white so whiteness is overtly implied since any other race is an anomaly. You probably haven't been asked the notorious 6-worded question, "but where are you really from?" that seems to only happen to people of color in western European countries. > mainly US society who engages in that behavior. Yes, racism is literally written into the constitution of the US with many compromises for slaveholding states at the time of its founding.
  - throw_m239339 5y ago
    > Yes, those other western countries are 90-99% white so whiteness I've only heard that word "whiteness" in the mouth of 2 kind of people, neonazis and their racist counter part on the left.

tetromino_ 5y ago

The article claims to translate the Akan term for these clothes: > In Ghana, they call them “obroni wawu” — dead white man’s clothes. However, a language blogger [1] suggests that "obroni" can refer to any foreigner from "beyond the horizon" - so presumably the term encompasses dead East Asian man's clothes too. [1] http://languagehat.com/spruik-kayayei-obroni-wawu/ http://languagehat.com/spruik-kayayei-obroni-wawu/