City of Toronto's new campaign seems to have missed the mark.
City of Toronto's new campaign seems to have missed the mark.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21960771
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I don't know if y'all have this in Canada, but in the American South there is a racial slur for black folks that is related to racoons.
Seems like an unfortunate coincidence and a bit dehumanizing given the way in which the dying/dead person is depicted.
Adding to the other reply,
https://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/deadraccoonto-honoured-by-toronto-with-sidewalk-vigil-1.3146036
Is more probably what there referencing.
Doesn't make it better, but for sure a different cultural context
It's not trying to reference the slur.
Raccoons are to Toronto as Rats are to New York.Yes, the slur "Coon" definitely exists up there. Very likely imported from american media/influence.
It holds the same place in Canadian vernacular as a hateful slur in many places. Though you will also get a lot of unknowing folks who just call raccoons "Coons" still.
Before this, the only place I have ever heard that slur is from a Pink Floyd song, but until now I could only guess to whom it referred.
They probably used that graphic because Toronto has an actual raccoon problem. I'm not commenting on the "tastefulness" of the graphic
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/11/03/toronto-raccoons-war-big-story-podcast/
https://www.blogto.com/city/2022/11/toronto-raccoon-corpse-problem-canine-distemper/
There is no problem, they have their part of town and we have ours.
Did emu wars teach you nothing?