SERIOUSLY??? How long will this ridiculousness last? How far will it go?

Zitat

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A tweet written to celebrate the plus-size body type of an otter unceremoniously backfired when someone pointed out some of the language used was akin to cultural appropriation.

The Twitter account for Monterey Bay Aquarium called Abby the otter a "thicc girl," a "chonk," and used the phrase "OH LAWD SHE COMIN" which has been popularized as a meme originally used to describe overweight cats.

In a follow-up tweet, the account described Abby's job, which is raising stranded sea otter pups - hence her size.

"She's one of 6 resident females that train orphaned otters in the necessary skills to survive back in the wild," it read. "There's a lot more to this sea otter than meets the eye!"

"It contributes to a hostile environment for Black people, including Black scientists," she wrote on Twitter. "I'm certain that @MontereyAq didn't realize that they were basically comparing Black women to animals by using AAVE [African American Vernacular English] developed to talk about Black women's bodies to describe an animal. But that's pretty bad."

However, the seemingly harmless tweets came under fire when Chanda Prescod-Weinstein pointed out that the tweet was "offensive" because the word "thicc" originated in African-American slang to describe a curvy body shape.

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Absurd as this is the aquarium 'apologized 24 hours later for being "problematic and insensitive," and posted a thread about the "learning moment."'

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/life...ocid=spartanntp