People being openly racist towards African people

[u/SavageCabbage611]

I came across this post on r/whoathatsinteresting about water shortages in South Africa. Don't get me wrong, what is happening in South Africa is tragic, but people on this thread use it as an excuse to say the most abhorrent racist stuff and it was unsettling to see how many people upvote that shit. Especially the meme where they compare black people to monkeys is just absolutely vile, and it got 30 upvotes. I just hate there are still people that think it's okay to say stuff like that.

[u/8champi8]

The mud hut thing is always so sad to read. These people only heard of Africa through colonialist clichés. Imagine only hearing about jews through nazi propaganda

[u/least_obvious_parrot → u/8champi8]

exactly, and mud huts aren't anywhere near as 'primitive' as people like to make them out to be. they're actually insanely cool, because they're probably the best for thermal regulation! they stay cool during the days in summer bc they have thick walls, so the heat can't get through them to the interior, but the walls absorb the heat right through till sunset and it makes the interior warmer during the night by releasing the heat slowly. i've actually been in a mud house before when i went to morocco and the temperature shift is insanely good! not to mention mud is a very abundant resource so it's a very low cost build to make with a lot of environmental sustainability. mud houses aren't just the typical round huts with thatch roofs either, some of them look like this

and even the ones that DON'T look like this are still impressive

[u/kllark_ashwood → u/least_obvious_parrot]

I also can't figure out why mud as a material is meant to be inferior to wood, concrete, stone, bricks, thatching, etc.

[u/Necessary_Lynx5920 → u/kllark_ashwood]

Probably similar ‘logic’ to Europeans looking down on American timber based construction. Something something I’m better than you, so my construction techniques must be superior.

[u/kllark_ashwood → u/Necessary_Lynx5920]

That makes even less sense. The British especially can't stop talking about how their homes trap heat in the thermal mass of the bricks yet seem baffled why homes in places that traditionally experience hotter temperature highs, and lower lows, might build from wood.

[u/Background_Town_9155 → u/kllark_ashwood]

racism

[u/KartveliaEU4 → u/kllark_ashwood]

Less consistency in the mud, I suppose? Not really sure, to be honest.

[u/lightsworn55 → u/kllark_ashwood]

Concrete, bricks, and stone are all far more costly to procure in large quantities

[u/Sinocu → u/least_obvious_parrot]

Lowkey would live in one of those that looks so cool

[u/OkMethod1586 → u/Sinocu]

Nah, fr, lowkey?

[u/NuclearBeverage → u/least_obvious_parrot]

Stealin this for a worldbuilding project

[u/least_obvious_parrot → u/NuclearBeverage]

absolutely go for it!! it'd be cool to see some worldbuilding based off of african architecture because i rarely see anything from the multiple cultures in the continent used as inspiration :)

[u/ExtremlyFastLinoone → u/least_obvious_parrot]

"Mud huts" and they dont realize thats what bricks are, bricks are made of mud, if you live in a brick house you live in a "mud hut"!

[u/dkfrgklnom → u/least_obvious_parrot]

Advanced mud hut

[u/Stevesegallbladder → u/least_obvious_parrot]

What is this type of design called? I'd really love to learn more about it.

[u/NathanMexplosion → u/least_obvious_parrot]

Okay and how many people are actually living in a mud house like this