Black Face in the Stadiums
90-plus percent of the population enjoy and accept the yearly occurrence of people fleeing en masse from a horde of wild bulls in the streets of Pamplona. According to your logic, that means that the statement "Wild bulls raging through the streets is very common in Pamplona" makes total sense.
If you state unconditionally that something is very common somewhere, then you suggest that this happens randomly all the time, and is not only restricted to a limited time frame and particular context.
I have no objections at all if you think the zwarte Piet phenomenon is despicable, but presenting it as if blackface is very common without any constraints is a generalization that is unfair to the people of Belgium and the Netherlands. There is a certain irony in that, with the subject being so racially (in-)sensitive.
António Pulisão é um gênio wrote: Blackface is very common in Belgium and the Netherlands.
António Pulisão é um gênio wrote: It means exactly what it means. It means that it is a yearly occurrence enjoyed and accepted by 90-plus percent of the population. By definition, it is a common occurrence.
If you state unconditionally that something is very common somewhere, then you suggest that this happens randomly all the time, and is not only restricted to a limited time frame and particular context.
I have no objections at all if you think the zwarte Piet phenomenon is despicable, but presenting it as if blackface is very common without any constraints is a generalization that is unfair to the people of Belgium and the Netherlands. There is a certain irony in that, with the subject being so racially (in-)sensitive.
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