Pluto [he/him, he/him] to memes • 7 months agomuh communismimagemessage-square17 fedilinkarrow-up181file-text
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minus-squareBountifulEggnog [she/her]hexbear2·edit-27 months agoWait, glowing (and its variants) have racist origins? I suppose I'm not surprised given 4chan, but I didn't know that. Could you explain? link
minus-squareHauntedBySpectacle [he/him, comrade/them]hexbear3·edit-27 months agoGlowing was coined by Terry Davis, the same guy who made TempleOS. He used it in the sense of "CIA n***** glow in the dark" Spook is way older as an antiblack slur, but that's never been the primary meaning. link
Wait, glowing (and its variants) have racist origins? I suppose I'm not surprised given 4chan, but I didn't know that. Could you explain?
Glowing was coined by Terry Davis, the same guy who made TempleOS. He used it in the sense of "CIA n***** glow in the dark"
Spook is way older as an antiblack slur, but that's never been the primary meaning.