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Pro-Palestine protester stands trial for racial offence over ‘coconut’ placard (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 months ago by realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

And they crop the billboard out in the photo so we can't decide for ourselves how bad it is.

[–] rubikcuber@feddit.uk 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Given that this person is being prosecuted for holding up this billboard in public, perhaps the newspaper is erring on the side of caution by not reprinting it!

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

I'd say there's a very good chance you're right.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's like calling a black person an oreo. It's a racial slur, full stop.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Oh definitely. I wanted to see the cartoon depiction though.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 month ago

From article:

He said the term “coconut” was a “well-known racial slur which has a very clear meaning” to the effect that “you may be brown on the outside, but you’re white on the inside. In other words, you’re a race traitor – you’re less brown or black than you should be.”

That's a different definition of 'coconut' than I hear here in NZ. Here it's usually just a (derogatory) term for any Pacific Islander, because they come from where coconuts come from.

Gotta love slang/slurs.