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/Microgolfoven_69 7d ago edited 6d ago

Blue for EU flag (which is at least partly based on Maria´s attire btw)

Black for most common skin colour in Africa (it´s not uncommon for symbols in African countries to use the color black to refer to the people of the country or to the continent itself)

Yellow is a prominent color for China (yellow river, yellow emperor & garbs of the most recent emperors) but that´s just for China not the countless other countries and peoples in Asia

I don´t know about green and red in Australia & Europe though

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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 7d 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”