RE: Triggered by Banana Peel
August 31, 2017 at 12:23 pm
(This post was last modified: August 31, 2017 at 1:52 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
Just for context, here's some pics from the previous incident. Notice that the bananas are strung up with nooses, a detail that would not be lost on any black American stumbling across this scene:
![[Image: racist-american-university-alpha-kappa-a...ananas.jpg]](https://watchtheyard.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/racist-american-university-alpha-kappa-alpha-bananas.jpg)
![[Image: 03xp-bananas-facebookJumbo.jpg]](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/05/03/us/03xp-bananas/03xp-bananas-facebookJumbo.jpg)
The second picture in particular underscores why a banana in a tree would be taken as racially offensive. This is obviously a way of using old racial slurs against blacks.
I dunno. Maybe he's telling the truth ... maybe not.
And maybe the black students, after the incident earlier in the year, might still be understandably upset by finding a banana in a tree. Do you think your opinion is more valid than theirs?
The second picture in particular underscores why a banana in a tree would be taken as racially offensive. This is obviously a way of using old racial slurs against blacks.
(August 31, 2017 at 12:21 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: If they initially thought it was put there as a message to their race, I can certainly understand why they'd be upset. But upon learning that it wasn't meant to be that way at all, that it was just an innocent banana eater who didn't have a trash bin nearby, I see no reason to carry on with being upset or make any sort of deal over it.
I dunno. Maybe he's telling the truth ... maybe not.
And maybe the black students, after the incident earlier in the year, might still be understandably upset by finding a banana in a tree. Do you think your opinion is more valid than theirs?
