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[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yes, and oddly also somehow no. Yes, people were often super racist by modern standards, but there was also a less polarized societal climate and stuff like this flew by without anyone batting an eye or feeling offended over a costume like this.

Inclusion is of course better nowadays but I miss the innocence the past. People were much better taking bad takes in stride.

E: because it needs clarification, again: This isnt an american perspective. Stop assuming everyone was racist as fuck to black people just because you guys kept them as slaves, thanks