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[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Back when I was a child, if you saw this scene, there was a 95% that what happened next was going to be racist as hell.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

What?

It just meant that the main character would attempt to get it and either fail hilariously or get punished hilariously for succeeding.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

In the time period I'm referring to, either the person making the pie, or the person taking the pie were usually of a very... Let's just say "dark" complexion with extremely exaggerated features. I'm not saying the posted meme is racist at all, just that TV and movies way back then were.

An example:

When flipped around, the person that baked the pie was usually depicted in the mammy stereotype.

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