Poll: Is this tweet racist?

[Takket]

This really rubbed me the wrong way.......... maybe I'm overreacting..... I leave it to the brilliance of DU to ponder.

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25 votes, 2 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	Yes, it is racist
	2 (8%)
	No, it is not racist
	23 (92%)
	2 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[Progressive Jones]

1. Simply mentioning someone's race isn't racist. Going negative with it would be. nt

[hlthe2b]

2. The race reference is in REALLY poor taste IMHO, but not "racist".

Are we memorializing these wonderful women or only pointing out that they are the few ever-dwindling "acceptable white" ones as the tweet and its writer would suggest. It is a pretty ugly thing to accentuate, but...

[Yoyoyo77]

15. She's an African American comedian.

The implication is that she's upset that these particular white women have recently passed, since she felt some kind of connection to them in particular. It's seems to be a tribute to me.

[ecstatic]

3. I think it's funny (she's a comedian). Also, if someone insists on taking her comment literally,

you still can't jump to conclusions because you don't know how long the "list of living white ladies" she supports is. There could be thousands of names on it for all we know.

[Mike Nelson]

4. Well...

... I clicked "Pass" but it's probably not... not yet, anyway. I'm not sure Betty would be in complete approval of the term "ladies" either...

[Bleacher Creature]

5. I read it as just the opposite.

Isn't the point that most older white women are becoming increasingly conservative in contrast with their younger peers and women of color?

[Ocelot II]

7. Are they?

Assuming facts not in evidence. One thing I noticed about the various protest marches was that there were a lot of old white women.

[LizBeth]

6. It is sad. I am sorry she feels that way. To state a black can be racist in words

is to suggest she has power in a systematically white empowered world. Kinda like crying ... Oh the word for women picking on men. I forget it. Doesn't work when blacks or women are not the ones with the power.

[Ron Obvious]

8. I suspect it would be with all the races reversed

So let's hold everybody to the same standard.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

11. Races are not always seen as equal in this culture, so the "same standard" doesn't apply.

[Ron Obvious]

21. I think it should

Racism (or tribalism) is in all our DNA. Cramming on the "power dynamic" aspect to the simple definition of racism assures that only white people can be considered racist and I think that's profoundly unhelpful. I'm with MLK on this one.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

22. "Should" has very little to do with it.

I'm with MLK on this one.

His was not a colorblind philosophy, as much as white people wish it had been.

[ismnotwasm]

9. Racism is a power dynamic

So no.

[walkingman]

10. Please....really?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

12. There's been a growing awareness of the rifts between women of different races within

feminism, with many Black women becoming more outspoken in their criticism of their white counterparts. It's fair criticism and I read this humorous comment in that context.

[hlthe2b]

16. So memorial tributes are the place to express such resentments? Really? No longer a tribute when

that occurs IMO.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

17. Many people feel like there's never a good time to express such resentments.

And to be clear: I don't know if that's Ray's perspective. There's been a lot of writing -- academic and on twitter -- about the issue, though.

[hlthe2b]

18. If someone professes to respect the person who died exploiting that death to do so is certainly not.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

19. Okay.

[Bucky]

13. It's annoying that "white" has become a default punchline in American humor when it's not a factor

but it's not truly racist. It's just trite.

[brush]

14. Why even mention race? Not necessary.

[haele]

20. Context is missing a bit.

Is this poster white or black? Are they a comedian? Atre they talking about white actresses who used their power to promote racial equality - black and minority actors or other workers in Hollywood?

If the poster is racist, the ghost of Betty White will visit them tonight and slap the shit out of them.

Haele

[Polybius]

24. She's black

Ashley Ray, "comedian. tv writer. pop culturalist. below are some shows and other things."

https://linktr.ee/theashleyray

[haele]

25. Thanks.

I'm not up.as much on pop culture as others are.
No, don't think her comment was racist.

Haele

[Polybius]

23. Whenever anyone asks if something is racist, I just say this:

If you reversed white for black, would it be racist? If the answer is yes, then yes, it's racist. If the answer is no, then it isn't.

[Renew Deal]

26. Would it be racist if "white" was replaced with any other race?

If yes, then yes.