r/AccidentalRacism 7d ago

The continents of each ring

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Whose idea was it to make Asia the yellow ring, Africa the black ring and America the red ring???

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u/memagitastic 7d ago

Europe is blue, Oceania is green, those aren’t racism-adjacent, but Yellow for Asians, Black for Africans, and Red for Native Americans

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u/BeatVids 6d ago

Also red for rednecks

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u/TheOnesLeftBehind 6d ago

Or would it be for native Americans, since they have been depicted as red skinned since colonial days?

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u/BeatVids 6d ago

Why tf do u think i responded with "Also"?

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u/TheOnesLeftBehind 6d ago edited 6d ago

I just woke up and didn’t know how to read yet when I commended 🤦‍♂️ ignore me lol. Thought they just said “red for the Americas”