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Post by Rey Kahuka on Dec 17, 2019 19:52:45 GMT
Again, this is exactly why you have to be careful with how you deliver your message. I wouldn't cast doubt on the artist's intentions because I've read this article. If you don't have the proper context, it looks incredibly racist. A picture of a monkey means nothing. A picture of a monkey in an already racially charged situation is a timebomb. Some ethnicities have been historically compared to primates by racists; that should eliminate primates as mascots against racism. It would be like a campaign poster against homophobia with a literal fairy on it. "Twinkletoes says Respect your gay neighbors." But then if I don't have the proper context I wouldn't form an opinion in the first place. This is what I am against. The Italian society is not the same as some other society. The artist who came up with this gave a good and humanitarian reason for why he came up with that symbol. The problem is that now we all want every society to confirm to the same standards and we start ridiculing them if they don't confirm to standards we find acceptable. Monkey is a species closely related to us, there are societies that see it in high regard. Such as the Chinese who have a year dedicated to it. There is a scientific reason to feel close to monkey. If we permanently attach negative meaning to monkey symbol then it shows our lack of maturity. The meaning is only negative when the topic pertains to race, which am anti-racism campaign does. Like I said, the concept of a monkey isn't offensive. Walk into someone's house and they have a picture of a monkey on the wall, I'd think they have no taste but I wouldn't think they were racist. Now say there are two political candidates and one is black, and I show up to a rally carrying a giant picture of a monkey. Suddenly that monkey means something it didn't before. I didn't assign the meaning to it; asshole racists did, ages ago. But the stigma is still there. In a perfect world, the monkey is harmless to everyone. In a perfect world, the swastika you mentioned earlier still has its original positive meaning, the world over, before it was hijacked by the Nazis. But that isn't the way things work. This entire conversation is summed up perfectly here:
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