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"worthless thug" has some pretty racist overtones. I'll make to watch more of The Wire to get real info on the causes of crime in America.
by rdixit 15y ago
"worthless thug" has some pretty racist overtones. I'll make to watch more of The Wire to get real info on the causes of crime in America.
- fractallyte 15y agoHuh? Racist?! Do you mean racist by reference to the etymology of the word 'thug' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuggee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuggee)? That's a pretty obscure use of the 'race card'...
- jbooth 15y agoAre you feigning ignorance here or did you actually think the original comment's repeated pejorative of 'worthless thugs' was talking about white people?
- moldbug 15y agoNot in San Francisco, but there are plenty of white "worthless thugs." See under: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav. The American equivalent starts around 80 miles east of here and doesn't let up until Westchester County - I exaggerate, slightly. See under: "Winter's Bone."
- jbooth 15y agoExcept people don't casually malign them as "thugs". "Rednecks", maybe. In the context of the original comment, there was definitely a racial component and liberal use of the word "worthless". You can dispute whether that's racist, maybe, but being shocked at the suggestion? It quite clearly has a racial element.
- danssig 15y agoI don't know if your being sarcastic or not but "The Wire" is so good it's being used in criminal science classes now.