realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoPro-Palestine protester stands trial for racial offence over ‘coconut’ placardwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down18
arrow-up163arrow-down1external-linkPro-Palestine protester stands trial for racial offence over ‘coconut’ placardwww.theguardian.comrealcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareAremel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down4·2 months agoCoconuts as in “brown and hairy on the outside, white on the inside”? That’s pretty funny lol
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·2 months 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-up7·2 months 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-up2·2 months 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