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Playmobil says 'racist' toy is meant to be a pirate

Playmobil says 'racist' toy is meant to be a pirate who is a former slave | US news | The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015 ... rate-slave

He's an illegal immigrant is what he is! Coming over here from another era...

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Re: Playmobil says 'racist' toy is meant to be a pirate

Racist? Bull. It is historically accurate... Pirate ships sailed in the time of slavery.

Let's just brush our history under the carpet, because we are not proud of what our ancestors did! :roll:

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Re: Playmobil says 'racist' toy is meant to be a pirate


	Quote: Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it

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Re: Playmobil says 'racist' toy is meant to be a pirate


	big_D wrote: Racist? Bull. It is historically accurate... Pirate ships sailed in the time of slavery. Let's just brush our history under the carpet, because we are not proud of what our ancestors did!

+1 - this is all part of the "I want to be offended so I will find something to be offended about" mindset that seems to be everywhere

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Re: Playmobil says 'racist' toy is meant to be a pirate


	big_D wrote: Racist? Bull. It is historically accurate... Pirate ships sailed in the time of slavery.

Yes, lots of pirates were former slaves. Historically though, they took the slave collars off first.

Fri Oct 09, 2015 8:20 pm

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Re: Playmobil says 'racist' toy is meant to be a pirate

Someone should sit down with her child and talk about history, rather than scream "racism" at the media.

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