miz [any, any]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agomeet the new boss, same as the old bosshexbear.netimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up184arrow-down1imagemeet the new boss, same as the old bosshexbear.netmiz [any, any]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareO__O [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·2 months agoI remember when calling someone a coconut meant that they were black on the outside and white in the middle. Kind of like a black person who fights to maintain the racist status quo. Interesting that ms Harris is leaning into this symbol.
minus-squaremiz [any, any]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agopersonally I never heard coconut used that way but I did hear people called “oreos”
I remember when calling someone a coconut meant that they were black on the outside and white in the middle. Kind of like a black person who fights to maintain the racist status quo.
Interesting that ms Harris is leaning into this symbol.
personally I never heard coconut used that way but I did hear people called “oreos”