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Graham Barnett

Is it really "OK to be white"?


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By Graham Barnett, in Language Nerds Unite!

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Graham Barnett
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So I read this article:

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Online store removes 'racist' t-shirt from site

WWW.INDEPENDENT.CO.UK
An online store has removed t-shirts emblazoned with the slogan “It’s okay to be white” after public backlash. The shirts were sold on Trade Me, a New Zealand auction website, by the manufacturer VJM

about how an online vendor banned sales of a shirt with the "It's OK to be white" slogan on it.  personally i think this whole thing is stupid - so far as I know the phrase wasn't racist until it was piked up by certain right-wing groups, so there's no reason to censor out of fear and a narrow understanding.

BTW i'm posting this here because i think it's a matter of language primarily and not politics

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