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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris
TM, don't understand how he's used racial stereotypes. If he'd commented about the size of Boco's wedding tackle, then he would've been guilty...but he didn't and he could quite easily have made the same comment about a white bloke.
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Actually he did make comments (since edited) about the size of Boco's wedding tackle and that clearly does act to reinforce racial stereotypes. By making these 'innocent' comments, the effect is no different than the connotations implied by the other ignorant comments highlighted earlier.
Zero - you seem to be naive in the ways that racism is perpetrated and reinforced, but I have no doubt that you meant well. However, comments such as those you reported need to be dealt with via the proper channels. A criminal act has been committed and by not 'running to teacher', an opportunity has been missed to send a very strong anti-racist message.