• BradleyUffner@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    Back when I was a child, if you saw this scene, there was a 95% that what happened next was going to be racist as hell.

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      15 days ago

      What?

      It just meant that the main character would attempt to get it and either fail hilariously or get punished hilariously for succeeding.

      • BradleyUffner@lemmy.world
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        15 days ago

        In the time period I’m referring to, either the person making the pie, or the person taking the pie were usually of a very… Let’s just say “dark” complexion with extremely exaggerated features. I’m not saying the posted meme is racist at all, just that TV and movies way back then were.

        An example:

        When flipped around, the person that baked the pie was usually depicted in the mammy stereotype.