I did. Because guy on the left (from camera pov) looks very excited like he’s a regular and guy on the right looks a bit apprehensive and has this “serious” face, looks like being tired after a long day of work.
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Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
How many of you reflexively made assumptions about which one was the taxi driver? I did, and didn’t even realize it until I saw this in my feed a second time. Pretty messed up.
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bountygiver@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Different perspective: Man on the in blue/black is having fun on his first ever day in a theme park, man in pink is already used to the ride and is just routinely relaxing in theme parks after work because he got an annual pass one time.
Papergeist@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Idk dude, that looks white/gold to me
MyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I agree, but I also think I subconsciously would have come to the same conclusion regardless and im not proud of that at all.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Exactly that. My gut instinct was based on a low level harmless racism, but not a single detail backs up the opposite.
Could still be wrong who knows. Could also be neither and “guy makes shit up for a youtube video” is true. Also could be “guy used photocopy to mockup a pretend youtube video for upvotes”.
I’ll never know because im about to scroll on and forget this ever happened.
Sidhean@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Fucking same. “Hurr the browner one must be the taxi driver durr.” Gross. What a weird thing for my brain to think! Anyway, I guess that just happens sometimes with brains.
titanicx@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
It’s not really a gross thing, it’s actually fairly common that a lot of minorities choose to be taxi drivers because it’s a job and oftentimes is a business that they can start for fairly inexpensive and unlike most white people they’re willing to work the long hours that it takes to actually make it work. I’ve known several guys that were taxi drivers and almost every single one of them were of various races not white. Nothing wrong with understanding the oftentimes people choose those jobs because of the circumstances surrounding the way society is.
Sidhean@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Browner skin == subservient while lighter skin == master. That’s the gross part. I’m glad you know that few stereotypes were cut from whole cloth, though.
titanicx@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Nope. It’s just a job. But glad you think service people are lower class.
drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The guy on the left looks exactly like someone I know who would do something like this. Only he is not 7’ tall.
JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
If we ignore, the Hispanic one is the driver, because he looks bored and the other one is laughing.
Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Latino here, I thought he was Middle Eastern. 😅
Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Dude, it’s obvious he’s not middle eastern because he isn’t wearing a robe or riding a camel.
Jumbie@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Modèle (the fuckin’ typo stays!) Eastern here. It’s obvious he’s Vulcan.
fu@libranet.de 3 weeks ago
@JamesBoeing737MAX @Imgonnatrythis apparently my assumption was that the guy on the right was Indian.
beejboytyson@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yes? Nothing is wrong having a reflex notion, that’s normal. What’s wrong is if you let that notion dicate how you treat them. Crackhead Kennedy gets more respect then the taxi driver that works 16 hrs a day. One is not loke the other.