Bored Ape, Racist Iconography
A Series on Misinformation, Disinformation and Subterfuge
There are some things one shouldn’t do.
Buy Crypto
Blackface
Use Genocidal imagery
Use deeply racist imagery
Use Chan-Level Trolling
Someone managed to do all in one image, amplified by Q Anon Podcaster, and a whole slew of other people to make the deeply disturbing, openly admitting to being racist image below.
If you don’t know why the above image is so culturally problematic, this in-depth video, first shared to me via Jim Stewartson’s blog, is must-watch.
If someone has to be reminded they are invoking "historically racist stereotypes", they are the problem.