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Re: UFC 117
^^^what he said
Originally posted by LudoCain
I don't personally think it's racist to confuse two stars of a sport you know nothing about(IE the parents in this case). It wouldn't be racist to unknowingly purchase an 'action figure' of shane mosley thinking it was floyd mayweather jr if you didn't know shit about boxing and honestly thought thats who it was. Racism is not an unconscious thing regardless of how many people would want to paint it. Just because someone doesn't have any friends who are black or spanish or indian or asian doesn't make them racist in the least. If someone uses racial slurs in a hateful manner or has broad stroke feelings toward those of an entire race/ethnicity that are unfounded then yes there is a racism issue. Comparing Anderson Silva to Quinton Jackson is not racist, especially in the context of an action figure. They don't look extremely dissimilar. It isn't like one has long hair and the other is bald, or one has a beard and the other doesn't. The only real difference someone who didn't know who they were could use to tell them apart in the toy section would be a giant chain and the tattoos really.
^^^what he said
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