▲ 36 ▼ 2006-07-13 (midwest.social) submitted 1 year ago by m_f@discuss.online to c/smbc@midwest.social 5 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2006-07-13 No alt text Bonus panel
[–] Tyoda@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_about_the_word_niggardly .ee shouldn't censor it (for others) You can also encode characters (a=%61) in a url that should bypass this and work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_about_the_word_nigg%61rdly permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jonathan7luke@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago Howard refused but accepted another position with the mayor instead, insisting that he did not feel victimized by the incident. On the contrary, Howard felt that he had learned from the situation. "I used to think it would be great if we could all be colorblind; that's naïve, especially for a white person, because a white person [can] afford to be colorblind. They don't have to think about race every day. An African American does." Wow; I was surprised to get to the first controversy and discover such a thoughtful and empathetic take on the topic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jonathan7luke@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago Howard refused but accepted another position with the mayor instead, insisting that he did not feel victimized by the incident. On the contrary, Howard felt that he had learned from the situation. "I used to think it would be great if we could all be colorblind; that's naïve, especially for a white person, because a white person [can] afford to be colorblind. They don't have to think about race every day. An African American does." Wow; I was surprised to get to the first controversy and discover such a thoughtful and empathetic take on the topic. permalink fedilink source parent
