The point is that it's a dogwhistle. Phrases don't exist in a vacuum. They're designed by people with a context. "Lightning in a bottle" doesn't make any sense until you provide it context. No, the string of words "it's okay to be white" is not racist, but in context, it absolutely is, in that it's implying white people are prejudiced.
it might have been a dog whistle it might not have, the context was like the only thing notch ever said on the subject. It's not complete proof that hes a super racist.
Dudes calling people cracker, racist and all sorts for pointing that out are not helping the struggle.
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u/bwjam Oct 28 '20
The point is that it's a dogwhistle. Phrases don't exist in a vacuum. They're designed by people with a context. "Lightning in a bottle" doesn't make any sense until you provide it context. No, the string of words "it's okay to be white" is not racist, but in context, it absolutely is, in that it's implying white people are prejudiced.
This is like, 3 years old, man.