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Suddenly seeing more hexbear posts. Did we re-federate with them? (self.main)

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If so, was it polled somewhere?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And you realise that watermelons originated in Africa, right?

You realise that the origin of something doesn't determine the depictions of it supporting racist stereotypes, such as a vast array of disgustingly racist caricatures of black people eating watermelons isn't absolved by the fact that watermelons originated in Africa, right?