Pluto [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net to memes@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agomuh communismhexbear.netimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareBountifulEggnog [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-28 months agoWait, glowing (and its variants) have racist origins? I suppose I’m not surprised given 4chan, but I didn’t know that. Could you explain?
minus-squareHauntedBySpectacle [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-28 months agoGlowing was coined by Terry Davis, the same guy who made TempleOS. He used it in the sense of “CIA n***** glow in the dark” Spook is way older as an antiblack slur, but that’s never been the primary meaning.
Wait, glowing (and its variants) have racist origins? I suppose I’m not surprised given 4chan, but I didn’t know that. Could you explain?
Glowing was coined by Terry Davis, the same guy who made TempleOS. He used it in the sense of “CIA n***** glow in the dark”
Spook is way older as an antiblack slur, but that’s never been the primary meaning.