>“The historiographical debate on the intent and functionality of Nazi racial policies, particularly the Holocaust, centers on whether the systematic extermination of Jews was the fulfillment of Adolf Hitler’s premeditated master plan or the unintended outcome of bureaucratic radicalization and wartime improvisation.”
Holy cow.
keernan•3mo ago
I came across a reference to a TV Show I never heard of - 'Power Book IV Force' - so I searched youtube for a trailer to season 1 of the show. As always, youtube fed me an ad - this time a political ad with election day tomorrow. The ad was by Republicans but with no reference to any particular state race.
The ad showed a white person while the narrative asked something along the lines of: "Are you tired of paying higher and higher electricity bills" while showing a wallet or money leaving the person's hands.
Then it prints on the screen: "While others are always receiving sh?t" while showing black arms and hands receiving dollar bills.
And when I saw the subsequent trailer for the show, it was clear the ad was very targeted. The audience for this show is clearly young men - and with the very clearly racist message, I'm going to guess the stats show the audience to be overwhelmingly white.
I'm a 73 yo while male and I can't wrap my head around the fact that 2025 may very well be the most overtly racist year I have ever experienced.
duxup•3mo ago
Holy cow.
keernan•3mo ago
The ad showed a white person while the narrative asked something along the lines of: "Are you tired of paying higher and higher electricity bills" while showing a wallet or money leaving the person's hands.
Then it prints on the screen: "While others are always receiving sh?t" while showing black arms and hands receiving dollar bills.
And when I saw the subsequent trailer for the show, it was clear the ad was very targeted. The audience for this show is clearly young men - and with the very clearly racist message, I'm going to guess the stats show the audience to be overwhelmingly white.
I'm a 73 yo while male and I can't wrap my head around the fact that 2025 may very well be the most overtly racist year I have ever experienced.