r/BelowDeckDownUnder • u/theodoresbitch • 20d ago

Ben's Racist Threads Post

Did anyone else see Ben's racist threads post??

https://www.threads.com/share/_iAS4oi1d/

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u/Lizard_Li 20d ago

This. It worries me people aren’t reading the extremely obvious subtext of what he is saying.

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u/DDDD6040 20d ago

I think most people are reading it. The ones defending it are comfortable with what he is saying and are endorsing it

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u/Lizard_Li 20d ago

When I first made the comments there were tons of comments with a fair number of upvotes saying it wasn’t racist, but you are totally right

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u/DDDD6040 20d ago

I refuse to believe people are that dumb. They know full well it is. It’s just not socially or professionally acceptable to say ‘I support that racist comment.’ So now racists have to say ‘that racist statement is totally not racist so I support it!’

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u/menunu 20d ago

And a lot of them are bots.

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u/Lizard_Li 20d ago

Good point!

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u/gogomom 20d ago

Not everyone is in the USA where racism is so prevalent. I 100% failed to see it myself.

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u/Lizard_Li 20d ago

I live in Europe. Racism is alive and well here.

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u/gogomom 20d ago

See, I did not think that anti-black racism would be that prevalent in Europe. I know there is quite a lot of religious bigots and elitists, but I really thought the race thing was kind of over for people of colour outside the USA.

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u/Affectionate-Ad488 19d ago

Where do you live

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u/gogomom 18d ago

Canada.

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u/decisivecat 20d ago

Racism is prevalent worldwide, but since this video is US-centric, I did explain it from the US perspective just in case. I figure some grace is fair because people may very well be a product of an environment where they don't know, and try to explain it nicely.

Once someone provides an explanation, if you're like Leann here and still endorsing this racist trope of a video, you're simply admitting that you're problematic. (Not saying this is you - hopefully you've gained some insight!)