"dark guy in the middle"
can anybody explain why this is offensive?
The Dark Guy
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"dark guy in the middle"
can anybody explain why this is offensive?
would anybody be offended if larry bird was identified in this photo as "the white guy"?
The Berean
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would anybody be offended if larry bird was identified in this photo as "the white guy"?
Whitey is da debbil!!
The Berean
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Looks like Jordan is standing on a stool. He was generally listed at 6'6" while both Bird and Magic were listed at 6'9" during their playing days. But in this photo Bird is way taller than Magic.
Sandycane
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It's inappropriate and unnecessary.
"dark guy in the middle"
can anybody explain why this is offensive?
"Man in the center" or "Third from left" would have conveyed the same message without reference to ethnicity.
Think about it...
If someone is talking about a group of white men, they don't say, "Those white men." They say, "Those men," because it's generally assumed you are talking about white men, unless other ethnicity is specified.
However, it's been my experience, that when a group of black men are talked about, they always say, "Those Black men," to clearly distinguish them from white men, instead of saying, "Those men."
If Subban had not been "dark," the caption would have read, "third from the left," or "center."
I did.
And you seem to be like most these days --- just looking for any little rinky-dinky excuse to make a mountain out of a molehill.
With so many real problems in the world, this is so minute that it doesn't deserve any special attention at all.
Sandycane
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The OP asked a question. I answered it.
If you don't like, or agree with my answer... oh well.
Calling someone out by saying "the dark one," to me, isn't quite the same as saying, "the one with the red hat."
... heck, they should have at the very least said, "The African American."
... or should that be "African-Canadian"?
I didn't have problem at all figuring out which one they were referring to as "the dark guy
in the middle".
No problem. Easy. Plain and simple.
There was no offensiveness to it at all.
None. Zero. Nada.
Sandycane
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It's inappropriate and unnecessary.
Do you have any experience with Canadian culture?
suppose it was a team of all caucasians and one had just returned from the carribean with an awesome tan
would it be inappopriate to identify him as "the dark one"?
would it be inappopriate to identify him as "the dark one"?
Sandycane
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Good question. Maybe he is Cuban, or Jamaican.
The point is, there is only one middle spot in that photo, so saying, "the dark one in the middle" is unnecessary.
Sandycane
Member
No. He would be called "the cracker with a sun tan."