We can’t believe we have to say this, but if you’re ever at a gay bar and they hand you a bunch of wrapping paper and tape and ask you to quickly make a costume out of it, please, for the love of God, don’t use it to fashion yourself a KKK hood. It’ll make everyone, especially people of color, feel mega-uncomfortable, okay? Got it? Jesus.
This actually happened at The Laird, an Australian gay bar in Melbourne, during its weekly “Trivial Hirsute” game night. The teams were given wrapping paper and tape for a quick “dress-up challenge,” and one team dressed their teammate up as a KKK member in pink wrapping paper, calling it “the gay-gay-gay.” Get it? It’s a “joke.”
No. Just no.
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“The team was shocked, and said it wasn’t their intent to offend. They said their intent was to make fun of white people. So we talked about how to avoid creating spaces where people felt unwelcome in the future,” Arcuri said.
One Twitter user commented, “Gotta love Australian racism. Apparently joking about the lynching of African Americans is okay if you call it the ‘gay gay gay’ at trivia. Not super comfortable to be the only black person here while a room full of white men laugh at a KKK outfit.”
The bar has since said that it hopes this will be a teachable moment to address racism in the gay community, but also said that it will take steps to ensure something like this doesn’t happen in the future.
Yes. Please yes. That…. Christ.
dexe123
Embrace yourself, the usual “white gays only” activists are coming to defend these sh*ts in human forms.
Wicked Dickie
The white gays have no problem with it.
Wicked Dickie
Just FYI, don’t believe the hype, Australians are very, very racist. After all, they are the spawns of English thieves and whores.
KangarooWhack
As an Aboriginal Australian I’m a) not the spawn of English thieves and whores and b) while I agree there is an ongoing need for Australians to work on their casual and overt racism, based on experience in having lived in the USA I’d say Australians are generally less racist and more accepting of minorities (guess the spawn of thieves and whores are less discriminatory than the descendants of religious zealots). While I’m pleased to see this pack of fools got schooled, I’m more pleased to see that the discussion in the community here is generally one that has reflected on what is/is not appropriate and how to ensure spaces are safe and inclusive for all – which is a positive step.
Wicked Dickie
Apologies, I was not referring to Indigenous Australians. I am referring to the ones that England shipped to Australia and then they multiplied, killed the indigenous people, and pushed them into the bushes. The Australians of European decent. How many big name Australian stars have come out in support of gay marriage or gay rights? Haven’t heard anything from the Hemsworth clan, Cate Blanchett, Russell Crowe (yes, he’s from NZ). Even Hugh Jackman is not quite open about gay rights.
Jack Meoff
How does a person manage to be so woefully misinformed? A google search is not your friend is you are too stupid to filter fact from fiction.
iamru2
@ wicked I find that those who cry racism all the time like you are usually the most racist people! Your like a homophobe, they are usually gay but overcompensate to hide it!
Large Marge
Wicked, shut yer piehole. The Hemsworth’s have been very supportive publicly.
MISTERJETT
,,,,and if you do, don’t wonder why you got a beatdown.