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Speedy Gonzales effect

a phenomenon where a creative work (e.g. a character or a song) is criticized to be stereotypical and degrading by white people, but beloved by the minority that they say they degrade

In the US, Avril Lavigne’s song “Hello Kitty” was slammed for racially stereotyping and sexualizing Japanese people, but it was received positively in Japan, since Lavigne has always publicly appreciated Japanese culture. The song is an instance of the Speedy Gonzales effect.

by the riverside September 8, 2023


Blacktober

You know how Hollywood couldn’t find black actors to play black characters, and instead repainted white actors in that position? And how that’s called whitewashing and racial equality activists made a huge fuss about it?

What if Twitter “artists” took this month to celebrate black people, but they can’t find black characters to draw, so they repaint non-black characters to fill that position.

Blacktober is when they do that racist shit for the whole of October.

“happy #blacktober!! i drew naruto! #blackedit”

by the riverside October 10, 2023


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Grape emoji followed by steam train emoji: The oshi mark of Bandytsune, a VTuber who was harassed off Twitter by an angry horde of losers who have nothing better to do than call lolicons “pedophiles”, when the people against lolicon are the ones getting exposed as pedophiles every month.

The origin of the oshi mark was a random tweet where Bandytsune said he was hungry for grapes, and asked for a “grape train” in the replies.

The folk etymology saying that “it means rape train” is misinformation and slander, and has no basis in reality.

Never forget what they did to @mofumofukani 🍇🚂

by the riverside August 2, 2024

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bottom left

Perverted and stupid. Originates from one Hololive stream where the Vtubers were rated on an alignment chart of how pure (seiso) they are and how smart they are.

lmao your oshi is bottom left

by the riverside November 5, 2023


sleepwoking

parroting woke-sounding catchy slogans without realizing what it means

some kid on tiktok: “non-dysphorics r super valid ✨✨”
a sane person about to be blocked and reported: “yeah, it’s fine to be cis. it’s not fine to be sleepwoking”

by the riverside July 24, 2021


you can't be racist to white people

a phrase meaning "I am racist to white people"

a person who has just practised acts of affirmative racism 3 minutes ago: “you can't be racist to white people”

by the riverside October 8, 2023

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Affirmative Racism

Just as Affirmative Action intends to correct for racial inequality by advantageously treating racial minorities, Affirmative Racism intends to correct for racial inequality by discriminating against the majority race (i.e. white people in most environments where Affirmative Racism occurs). Affirmative Racism is often displayed by the same people saying that you can't be racist against white people.

"It seems like there's now a fair amount of vitriol, online and offline, towards anything that white people say, make, and do. Why's that?"
"It's called Affirmative Racism, and it's a signature move of identity politicians."

by the riverside September 19, 2023

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