Darker Means Dumber

When I was in Indonesia (Sumatra) back in the 90s, some taxi touts were telling us “don't go to such and such island. They have dark skin. Dark skin is dark mind. Very stupid. Etc” To which I pointed out that he was several shades darker than me. Did that make him dumber than me? He thought for a moment, and then simply said “yes.” you’re dumber because you’re darker? xDdDd yes.

A screenshot recounts a racist taxi tout claiming that people with darker skin are stupid. The narrator points out that the tout is darker than him, and the punchline is that the tout agrees this makes him dumber; the absurd exchange is paired with a crude reaction illustration. It is shared as a reaction to expose racist logic and self-owning hypocrisy.

• @afrosidemoon / 48823 2022-06-08