Comment on Glad to see Lemmy users appreciating diversity

MBM@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• SRo@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  No

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  • pyff@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Yes, it is.

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• stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  what word would you use instead?

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  • pyff@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Ebony, or GoneWildColor as the existing reddit community was already named.

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    • Pyroglyph@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Calling black people “ebony” is like calling white people “porcelain”. It’s romanticising their skin colour. It may make sense for things like porn, but please don’t refer to any group with that sort of name in a normal context. It’s incredibly weird.

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      • pyff@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Exactly right, but the context being discussed is porn.

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      • DokPsy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        I believe you’ll find that it’s Ebony and Ivory. … Side by side in perfect harmony

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    • Stinkywinks@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Pretty sure they prefer black like native Americans prefer Indians. Can we call people white? I’ve never heard anyone wants to be called ebony. I only know the term ebony from porn

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      • pyff@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        “Pretty sure they”… Nope, I’ll stop you right there.

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  • paddirn@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    “African-Americans Gone Wild” or "People of Color Gone Wild " just don’t seem to have the same ring to it, I guess. I’m pretty sure almost any other term you might use would be frowned upon.

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  • MBM@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Just black, as in “the black version of gonewild”

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    • stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      but thats what it says

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      • troglodytis@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Read it again.

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• Metanoia@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I suppose it depends on context.

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