>> It seems to me like that phrase is being re-interpreted in a specifically American context i.e. out of context. That is >> precisely my problem with it.
> No, it's not. Do you think that America is the only country that has ever had slavery and racism?
The statement is one part slave, one part rebel. As I understand it, the statement is problematic to Americans because Rebels were pro-slavery thus creating a dichotomy. Most everywhere else that I can think of, the rebellious position was against slavery. For example, if the women wearing those shirts Haitian, would it be a problematic statement?
I admit that I don't know who the women wearing the shirts are, but assuming they are British, wearing them in Britain to promote a British film about a British event then non-British interpretations can fuck right off.
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Date: 2016-01-25 04:18 am (UTC)>> precisely my problem with it.
> No, it's not. Do you think that America is the only country that has ever had slavery and racism?
The statement is one part slave, one part rebel.
As I understand it, the statement is problematic to Americans because Rebels were pro-slavery thus creating a dichotomy. Most everywhere else that I can think of, the rebellious position was against slavery.
For example, if the women wearing those shirts Haitian, would it be a problematic statement?
I admit that I don't know who the women wearing the shirts are, but assuming they are British, wearing them in Britain to promote a British film about a British event then non-British interpretations can fuck right off.