They said we can’t use “🍉” in social post due to cultural sensitivity?

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I love asking those people to explain me, using the excuse of being an immigrant, so I don’t know about those contexts or stereotypes (which is true), so I ask them very “naively” to explain it to me 😂 and love how some of them have a hard time trying to explain without being an asshole..

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Oh yes

Would love to hear them try to explain why.

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I’d get it if it was like this: 🍗 🍉

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Me too lol but that wasn’t the context lol

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Because of the racial stereotypes or because it can be construed as pro-palestinian?

Yeah its because since 2023 social media platforms have been suppressing the actual word Palestine and the Palestinian flag emoji on posts, so people started using the watermelon to symbolize the flag. But people who are pro-israel will interpret it as a dog whistle even when in context it is definitely just being used as a watermelon.

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First, they came for the emojis, and I did not speak out…

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