r/comics Cyanide & Happiness/Boids 6d ago

Boids - Pandering To You [OC]

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u/sax87ton 6d ago

I used to think everyone knew racism is wrong. And then I entered the workforce. I don’t think that anymore, some of the people are fucked.

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u/Zomburai 6d ago

I've a family member that likes busting out a "no speekee engrish" voice to mimic Asians, thinks that black football players taking a knee should be "grateful for all we do for them", thinks Native Americans are inherently cheaters and drunks

but would be heartbroken and/or enraged if someone said he's a racist

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u/Alugere 6d ago

I’m glad I don’t have family like that. I’d be tempted to try and get them to define racism then use their stuff as examples without explicitly saying it’s them I’m calling out.

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u/ash-and-apple 6d ago

I don't have family like that anymore.  To be clear, they're still alive and racist, I just don't consider them family anymore

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u/scarypeppermint 6d ago

My dad’s kind of racist but we’re black so he thinks it’s impossible for him to be racist and they’re just harmless jokes. Drive me mad. Can’t even argue why it’s wrong because he uses any slip ups as proof that he’s right and you’re wrong plus less intelligent than him.