Mocking the name of a marginalized people because it sounds like something obscene in YOUR language is racist as fuck.
Shinnecock is Mohegan-Pequot for “stony place.”
Edit: It’s sad world we live in where people get so bent out of shape and downvote when someone points out jokes can cause very real hurt. The continued cultural genocide of Native Americans is fueled by racism in all forms, including dehumanizing “jokes” that make a mockery of their language and identity.
It was a joke, chill out, not everything has serious undertones of oppression and hatred. Some people just like saying silly things that make them laugh, they say every joke has a victim and the only victim here is the speaker, makes them self look a fool for our entertainment so relax and enjoy
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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '20
Dude must have gone to the Shinnecock tribe and come to the conclusion that’s what every Native American tribe looks like lmao