• Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    arrow-down
    16
    ·
    4 hours ago

    Why does it matter if the community is inhabitated my residents of a daek skin color?

    1. Are Lemmy users really that fixated on skin color?
    2. Are we in that need for upvotes and non-existant karma
    3. Do you want to spark controversial discussions?

    Why did you do felt the need to mention “black communities”.
    And don’t tell me it’s because you copy pasted the title of the source article or something.

    • Avicenna@programming.dev
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      edit-2
      55 minutes ago

      I understand your point but it is a piece of relevant information when Elon is considered

      "These pollutants are proven to have adverse effects on the health of the people living within a five-mile radius of the source, and census data showed that the residents living in the affected area are predominantly black. "

      If you watch Errol Musk’s interview about non white people in US, combine it with the knowledge of the type of similar asshole Elon is, it is not at all surprising that he knew the effects of such turbines and selected this location on purpose. It is not at all surprising that Elon would have an agenda where he tried to reduce non-white population because he thinks he is saving humanity by doing so. Ofcourse you can’t put in the headine something like “Elon, being a racist asshole, placed turbines near black communities” that is too biased and too speculative for news reporting. You can only present facts that are associated to this and let the reader decide. It is still biased and leading but atleast you allow the reader to form their own opinion to a much greater extend.

    • oopsgodisdeadmybad@lemmy.zip
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      3 hours ago

      The entire point of that is exposing his prejudices. I don’t know how you miss that kinda thing.

      It has absolutely nothing to do with their Lemmy account, or the controversy.

      • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        7
        ·
        edit-2
        1 hour ago

        Would it matter if it was near 100k white instead of 100k black residents?
        No, 100k residents are actively being harmed.

          • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            arrow-down
            6
            ·
            1 hour ago

            Bruh.
            Sure thing buddy. If that makes you feel better?

            I see humans. Not black, white, yellow, rainbow colored humans.

            Minorities are oppressed and fucked with. That is for sure. Needing to call it “black” in a headline instead of “minority” is cloaked racism in of itself.

      • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        6
        ·
        edit-2
        2 hours ago

        Sure. But that’s not a headline thing that needs mentioning.

        Instead it should be something like “In his racism fanaticism, Musk ordered XY gas turbines to be installed especially near residents (of a minority)”.

        Can that can’t be proven to be actually cause of racism (it likely is).

        But the other headline (currently being used) is also racial profiling.