PBT although I think he simply misunderstood your comment.
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You meant 'in the minority' but it sounded like 'of a minority' because racist stereotypes include muscular minority women. 'Muscular with a healthy fat layer' fits some hispanic/latina stereotypes similar to the big booty stereotype for black women.
Odd that everyone associating "minority" here as racial minority and not the body type that op mentioned beforehand. Is this a US thing?
"Her body type is minority" is a bit of a strange thing to say, like "minority" is a body type. From your explanation, you meant to say "Her body type is in the minority", so I guess it was a misunderstanding.
It sounds like you're saying "the body type of a minority race" instead of "the body type that most people don't have".
No, I don't think you are racist for that comment alone (even if this is not a mere translation misunderstanding).
That being said TechTakes (awful.system) has lots of interesting content, but sometimes poor moderation principles.
I've seen them delete people's comments on TechTakes for not fully agreeing with orthodoxy on a completely different instance. This was in context of a discussion side-thread about whether trans community in non-english-speaking countries would agree with every single initiative from the english-speaking trans community.
here's a hotlink, for any Lemmy client:
I initially took your comment to mean "I bet she has the body of a black woman; baby got back".
Couldn't decide whether racist or misogynist.
Yeah, that sentence really sound backwards from what I meant, if its interpreted that way I'm in the wrong
I just realized English is a second language for you.
Do you understand what I mean by the idiom "baby got back"? (Lyrics)
Contrast with this parody of the song, (Lyrics)
There's no question that this whole situation is extremely misogynist.
Definitely clueless mod.
Not that I can't understand the confusion if you don't pay attention, but that's kinda the work part of being a modk taking a look past the initial reaction.
If my presbyopic, dyslexic ass can parse what you threat meant on the second pass, anyone can if they take the time
Not PTB or YDI. If I was a mod and saw that comment I would be torn between you being discriminatory and being unfamiliar with parts of English (it can be strange sometimes). I would have probably messaged you to clarify what you meant but the mod was being completely rational.
It seems like a gross conversation all around. No sympathy for any of y'all.
Yeah YDI.

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