• DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    “I didn’t know her skin color, but I figured fuck it I’m gonna do monkey noises because there’s a high percentage I would be right and offend someone” /s

    Sure she didn’t see the skin color…

    Lying while apologizing just means the apology is insincere.

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        2 days ago

        It definitely comes off like a cop out, an attempt to deflect some of the blame from her.

        I’m sorry, as a white American, which I am, you’re not making exaggerated monkey noises and gestures without racist intentions, it’s like Elon Musk’s super freaking sincere Nazi salute, there should be no doubts about it based on the intensity of the action, and this girl and at least one other of the three leaned into that racist act.

        The only acceptable use of exaggerated monkey gestures is if you’re trying to entertain a small child or trying to get a reaction from an actual ape at the zoo.(although still kinda racist in that regard)

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          20 hours ago

          Americans are insane. I’m a Pole living in Germany and i love doing gorilla chest knocks and monkey noises when I’m winning something, think shooting a 3 points basket one hand.

          I’d never think it could offend someone.

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            19 hours ago

            Are you doing at a black person? No? Then your point is? Because that’s the point here, she did it at a black person, and tried to deny it.

            My point is, you don’t do that at a black person and it not be racist, and if you do it towards a black person with no ill intentions, then you’re still guilty of ignorance, because it will be, at best, misinterpreted.

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    2 days ago

    Why do they act like this? Are they racist just to be mean, or have they legitimately had enough poor experiences with people of color that making fun of them makes sense?

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    2 days ago

    According to a representative for the family, Kunes is the granddaughter of Gregg Kunes, the owner of Wisconsin-based Kunes Auto Group. Her father, Scott Kunes, was the former COO before leaving the company in February 2026.

    In a separate incident in January of 2025, an Oak Creek woman said a racial slur was written on an oil change sticker placed on her vehicle following a service appointment. Kunes Auto Group fired the employee at the time.

    When a shit apple falls from a tree