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They're being ironic and edgy. Probably.
The question is only whether you consider ironic racism (in this case mocking 19th and 20th century "race science" with reversals of focus) to be racism regardless.
I don't think so, but there's also always elements of Poe's Law to consider. Not to mention that, for example, British and American racists literally said these things unironically about Germans, reaching fever pitches in WW1.
You should look at US WWII propaganda cartoons. It is very "interesting"
During that time the US rounded up all Asians and put them in internment camps for "there own safety." Let's just say they didn't feel very safe living in a prison. I actually knew someone who grew up in one of the internment camps. She didn't want to talk about the experience so I'm assuming it was unpleasant.
Long story short is that no country is free from the danger of race theory.
Japanese-Americans only. Chinese-Americans were actually highly praised by US propaganda of the time.
Racism is arbitrary and insane.
If you say any group of people are prone to rape because of their brains, then that is racist.
Do you, for example, think Robert Downey Jr's blackface in Tropic Thunder was racism or a criticism of racism?
Did he say 'the African American brain is prone to sexual assault'?
That is one of the traditional meanings of blackface, yes.
It's also clear that the intended meaning of the act is innately critical of that mentality.
If you disagree that it is acceptable that's valid but ignoring that the act was at least an attempt at well intentioned criticism is just dishonest.
Of fucking course you're here with a heaping helping of terrible opinions.
Thanks for sharing, but my doctor said I should avoid false-pretenses used to destroy honest discussion.
Feel free to block me, it's not like you've ever said anything of value so neither of us will miss anything.
I can BLOCK people?!?!
Oh boy it's like Christmas 🥳
We all know words can't really express sarcasm or other underlying feelings or meanings very clearly. Without a /s your only able to assume if the they did or didn't actually mean that.
Right, but there's enough social context going on to generally assume that stans for the philosophy of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engles probably don't actually consider Germans a form of untermensch.
Most of them aren't actual Marxists, that's a facade for them to spread disinformation and divisive content.