Sad, little man
October 10th, 2015, 07:35 AM
What do you guys think of this?
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2015/10/09/Playmobil-stirs-controversy-with-apparent-slave-figurine/3481444421699/
Because this is clearly done in a historical context, frankly, I feel that anyone who is offended by this is just reflecting their own lack of comfort with the reality of history.
Sorry fellow white folks, we've done some terrible things to minorities in the past. Attempting to sanitize history and ignore past racism only results in our current problems, where we supposedly live in a "post racial" society that's in fact teeming with discrimination that's only expressed at a whisper level or quieter.
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2015/10/09/Playmobil-stirs-controversy-with-apparent-slave-figurine/3481444421699/
Because this is clearly done in a historical context, frankly, I feel that anyone who is offended by this is just reflecting their own lack of comfort with the reality of history.
Sorry fellow white folks, we've done some terrible things to minorities in the past. Attempting to sanitize history and ignore past racism only results in our current problems, where we supposedly live in a "post racial" society that's in fact teeming with discrimination that's only expressed at a whisper level or quieter.