Is this racist?

[A11oftheLights]

Context

Spoiler

On Saturday, a boy ate a big watermelon while at the cricket and it trended on twitter. On Monday night, Chris Gayle (a very high profile player) made comments that could be interpreted as sexual harassment in a sideline interview.
See Here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn2KWorqqSs

On Tuesday, Gayle was fined $10,000.
The above image was then released in the Herald Sun, the number 1 newspaper in Melbourne, today.

 

[Hyorinmaru]

Little bit yeah

 

[The Butcher]

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Bless your upside-down hearts.

 

[GI Cake]

Isn't the stereotype that blacks love watermelon more of an American stereotype?

But no, I wouldn't say that comic is racist. After all it's pretty obvious that this cricket player is not enjoying that watermelon.

 

[A11oftheLights]

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Bless your upside-down hearts.

Can you tell me why they crossed to london for that?

 

[Reflection]

Looks like he is trying to use the watermelon to keep Gayle's mouth shut. The strip doesn't seem offensive or racist to me... although you Aussies have a bad reputation for being racists, so I can see where the suspicions are coming from. Heheheheh

 

[Da Prophet]

Looks like he is trying to use the watermelon to keep Gayle's mouth shut. The strip doesn't seem offensive or racist to me... although you Aussies have a bad reputation for being racists, so I can see where the suspicions are coming from. Heheheheh

This is the same country that turned against an Indigenous athlete for doing an Indigenous dance during a game in the Indigenous round.

 

[M]

Don't bring that shit up Prophet, I'm the only one here smart enough to make an argument on that matter and I'm only here right now because of an elongated toilet break at a bucks night.

 

[A11oftheLights]

This is the same country that turned against an Indigenous athlete for doing an Indigenous dance during a game in the Indigenous round.

"nah but its cuz he's a fucken flog, not black."
"He called it Invasion day and shit"
"He singled out that innocent little girl for calling him an ape" my personal fav

 

[Slyfox696]

I don't see how.

Chris Gayle pic, courtesy of Google:

 

[Rayne]

As always, context is everything. But no fucking way does that fail to start a riot and associated GoFundMe campaign if published in America.

 

[BaconBits]

If it was in a LD thread, I would be calling whoever posted it racist, so there's that.

 

[Poop Master Flex]

Of course not, why would that be racist?

 

[jmt225]

Honestly, black people enjoying watermelon and chicken is the dumbest stereotype there is.

Who the fuck doesn't like watermelon and chicken? Seriously, what race doesn't enjoy it? It makes zero sense why black people get poked fun at for liking food literally everyone else likes.

The point is, this stereotype should not exist in the first place for this picture to be considered offensive. But since it stupidly does, I do understand why some people would have a kneejerk reaction to it. As Rayne said, this would not go over well in America.

 

[A11oftheLights]

Honestly, black people enjoying watermelon and chicken is the dumbest stereotype there is.

Who the fuck doesn't like watermelon and chicken? Seriously, what race doesn't enjoy it? It makes zero sense why black people get poked fun at for liking food literally everyone else likes.

The point is, this stereotype should not exist in the first place for this picture to be considered offensive. But since it stupidly does, I do understand why some people would have a kneejerk reaction to it. As Rayne said, this would not go over well in America.

Because watermelon and fried chicken were the food slaves would eat

 

[BaconBits]

Who the fuck doesn't like watermelon and chicken?

Vegans, or as I like to call them, smug assholes who look like they have an opiate addiction/AIDS/Cancer.

 

[Slyfox696]

Honestly, black people enjoying watermelon and chicken is the dumbest stereotype there is.

Who the fuck doesn't like watermelon and chicken? Seriously, what race doesn't enjoy it?

Meh, I can do without watermelon. I'll eat it, but it doesn't really do anything for me. And I don't think fried chicken is nearly as loved in other places of the country as it is in the south. I think people like/eat it everywhere, but it's definitely more of a southern thing.

 

[The Brain]

Because watermelon and fried chicken were the food slaves would eat

Really? They didn't have it so bad after all.

 

[JGlass]

I don't really see how it's not racist unless that guy's nickname is The Watermelon and that's his nickname for non-racist reasons.

But like jmt said, it's a weird stereotype to touch on in this way. Like, it's racist in the laziest way possible.

 

[Nate DaMac]

Really? They didn't have it so bad after all.

God damnit, that is the funniest thing I've ever seen you post.

 

[Slash-LN]

Given the context it isn't.

 

[Coco]

Meh, I can do without watermelon. I'll eat it, but it doesn't really do anything for me.

Most sensible thing you've ever written.

 

[Lee]

Briefcase Mong is racist but we have an avatar of it.