Okay, while the "fell out of a coconut tree" tree line is fine, referring to a brown skinned person as a "coconut" is indeed problematic. "Brown on the outside, white on the inside". Even if it's kinda true in her case

[–] buh@hexbear.net 72 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The coconut tree meme exists in the context of all that is and all that came before it

[–] huf@hexbear.net 42 points 5 months ago (1 children)

boohoo turns out not even coconuts fell out of a coconut tree, when will this end

[–] booty@hexbear.net 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

kitty-cri-screm the coconuts did not fall from the tree, they were knocked out of the tree!

[–] jack@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago

The context is not a coconut that falls from the tree when it is burdened by what has been

[–] WhyEssEff@hexbear.net 44 points 5 months ago

when a mf says something so contextphobic you gotta hit em with the coconut tree stare

[–] mkultrawide@hexbear.net 23 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Isn't that more of a UK thing? Never really heard that term used in America. There's a cookie-based slur that I think is more the US equivalent to the UK one.

[–] Voidance@hexbear.net 10 points 5 months ago

Yes the correct term should be kopmala maxxing