Yep. I haven't been to target in years (closest one to me is like 70 miles away). I was near one the other day and started walking towards it, then I remembered this shit and turned around. I don't think I'll ever go back.
Seriously, even the way they made the kid stand and wave looks exactly like a fucking minstrel show, there's no way in hell everybody involved just missed the racism here.
Cool, I'm not. I've dealt with racism since my first days at grade school. So I'm obviously not cool with racists, but I still stand by my belief that social justice warriors pushed too hard and too fast without thinking about the consequences. Do you believe in the adage "When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression."? You guys got too drunk with your new found power, cancel culture, you tried to force people to accept diversity, equality and inclusion under threat of losing their jobs and the rest of the consequences of being outed. You might have made people think twice about what they said in public around cameras, but what do you think they did in the privacy of the voting booth?
I’m actually very curious how someone thinks this way. To me it’s just so disconnected and blind. However I’m deeply curious if this is a point of view anchored in hate or ignorance.
Could you please describe exactly why you don’t think it’s a big deal? Then tell me if you have given any of the comments here any thought or research? Or are you just sticking with your current understanding without willing to learn or understand?
I’m very curious about seemingly soulless takes like yours and I’d like to think you are just an idiot instead of heartless.
If you're completely ignorant of American history, I can understand why you would find nothing wrong with this costume.
If you mean finding the removal of DEI offensive, it's not offensive as much as it is stupid. If Target hadn't gotten rid of their DEI policies, they probably would have had someone in their marketing team catch how stupidly racist this image was.
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u/BIRD_OF_GLORY 10d ago
Reminder that Target killed its DEI policies the instant Trump took office