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Titania McGrath@TitaniaMcGrath · Jul 9, 2020

IMPORTANT THREAD 🧵👇 Brave social justice activists such as myself are working tirelessly to expose *all* the racist…

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A satirical thread mocking the perceived overuse of 'racist' accusations by listing hundreds of mundane, absurd, and often contradictory things (from golf to toothpaste to breathing) as supposedly racist. The humor comes from the increasingly ridiculous items and the implicit criticism that labeling everything as racist dilutes the term's actual meaning.

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    IMPORTANT THREAD 🧵👇 Brave social justice activists such as myself are working tirelessly to expose *all* the racist elements within our society. Sometimes it is difficult to keep up, so I thought it would be helpful to curate a comprehensive list...

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    THINGS THAT ARE RACIST (part 1) • Golf • Bedrooms • Jesus • Chess

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    THINGS THAT ARE RACIST (part 2) • Mahatma Gandhi • Cartoon characters • Milk • Roads

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    THINGS THAT ARE RACIST (part 3) • Band-Aids • Coronavirus • Orcs • Rice

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    THINGS THAT ARE RACIST (part 4) • Skincare products • Nurses • Butter • Applause

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    THINGS THAT ARE RACIST (part 5) • Mathematics • Front lawns • Breakfast cereals • Finding Asian men attractive

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    THINGS THAT ARE RACIST (part 6) • Soap • Toothpaste • White people speaking • White people not speaking

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    THINGS THAT ARE RACIST (part 7) • Hiking • Climate change • Ice cream snacks • The Golden Girls

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    THINGS THAT ARE RACIST (part 8) • Biological sex • Asking “how are you?” • The Oscars • Knitting

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    THINGS THAT ARE RACIST (part 9) • Cycling • Breweries • Air pollution • Abolishing slavery

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    THINGS THAT ARE RACIST (part 10) • The countryside • The suffragette movement • The medal for the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George • Fish

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    THINGS THAT ARE RACIST (part 11) • Pancake syrup • Salt • Traffic signals • Earthquakes

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    THINGS THAT ARE RACIST (part 12) • Classical music • Horse racing • Trying not to be racist • Being nice

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    THINGS THAT ARE RACIST (part 13) • Anglo-Saxons • Toy Story 4 • Mary Poppins • Jogging

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    THINGS THAT ARE RACIST (part 14) • The Lake District • Wives • Fawlty Towers • Reaction GIFs

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    THINGS THAT ARE RACIST (part 15) • Botany • Sandwiches • Environmental activism • Women

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    THINGS THAT ARE RACIST (part 16) • Science • Western philosophy • Libraries • Dogs

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    THINGS THAT ARE RACIST (part 17) • Dieting • Yoga • Country music • Scrabble

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    THINGS THAT ARE RACIST (part 18) • Wine • Shoes • Having sex with black people • Not having sex with black people

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    THINGS THAT ARE RACIST (part 19) • Rock music • Tipping • Veganism • Dr Seuss

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    THINGS THAT ARE RACIST (part 20) • Robots • Charles Dickens • The White Cliffs of Dover • Thomas the Tank Engine

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    THINGS THAT ARE RACIST (part 21) • Jingle Bells • Interior Design • Arithmetic • Avoiding eye contact

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    THINGS THAT ARE RACIST (part 22) • Dead dogs • Baseball • College admissions tests • All white artists

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    THINGS THAT ARE RACIST (part 23) • Morris dancing • Enid Blyton • The Smurfs • Falling asleep

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    THINGS THAT ARE RACIST (part 24) • Church choirs • Orchestras • The royal family • Surfing

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    THINGS THAT ARE RACIST (part 25) • Grammar • Landscape architecture • Paw Patrol • Birds

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    THINGS THAT ARE RACIST (part 26) • Artificial intelligence • Punctuality • Hockey • Worms

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    THINGS THAT ARE RACIST (part 27) • Mermaids • Tomboys • Cosmic objects • Bras

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    THINGS THAT ARE RACIST (part 28) • National parks • Smiling • Aliens • Beer

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    THINGS THAT ARE RACIST (part 29) • Italian fashion • Image-cropping algorithms • Free speech • Uncles

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    THINGS THAT ARE RACIST (part 30) • Fried chicken • School uniforms • Hawaiian pizza • Mozart