realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoPro-Palestine protester stands trial for racial offence over ‘coconut’ placardwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down16
arrow-up165arrow-down1external-linkPro-Palestine protester stands trial for racial offence over ‘coconut’ placardwww.theguardian.comrealcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareAremel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down4·7 days agoCoconuts as in “brown and hairy on the outside, white on the inside”? That’s pretty funny lol
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·7 days agoI’d heard the slur before, but not the full version of it. Honestly, telling people they’re not “Brown” enough is no different from the race traitor nonsense that gets thrown around sometimes.
minus-squareAremel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 days agoYep. I’ve been there myself. It’s strange being “between worlds” as it were, but I’ve come to terms and even celebrate my multiculturalness.
minus-squaremEEGal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agohell yeah ! having two legs is better than having only one
Coconuts as in “brown and hairy on the outside, white on the inside”?
That’s pretty funny lol
I’d heard the slur before, but not the full version of it.
Honestly, telling people they’re not “Brown” enough is no different from the race traitor nonsense that gets thrown around sometimes.
Yep. I’ve been there myself. It’s strange being “between worlds” as it were, but I’ve come to terms and even celebrate my multiculturalness.
hell yeah !
having two legs is better than having only one