These tattoos are racist, right?

[christidee]

I've mentioned before that I don't like BIL's girl friend. They are looking for a house together and are pretty serious, which gives me the sads. I mean, I'm happy that he is happy, but I don't want her to be J's aunt and I would just altogether prefer to not have her be the potential mother of my nephews and nieces. I know that is really harsh, but I am being truthful with you ladies.

Anyways, she has two tattoos that strike me the wrong way. I have nothing against tattoos. I even have one myself, but these two might be taken as racist or I don't know. I'm hoping your April 2012 knowledge will provide me some more insight.

One is just an iron cross, but the other reads "made in America" with the anarchy symbol for the letter a.

[thedahliharpa]

She may not intend them that way but they sure might be perceived that way. Either way she sounds like 909 or Huntington Beach trash. Is she from OC? There are a lot of white supremacists in the area.

[Deleted]

Anarchy isn't a racist thing, it is a societal thing. While I think that tattoo is in poor taste, I don't think is it racist. I think it is more a political statement about the state of government in the US and her feelings about how things work - or she was just along for the ride and all her friends were getting them, so she did too - without really understanding what it means.

[dixeedeluxe]

Unless she's racist, what you're describing is not a racist tattoo.

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Jan 10, 2013 10:32:51 GMT -5 dixeedeluxe said:

Unless she's racist, what you're describing is not a racist tattoo.

Thumbs up and I am CH.

[erniebufflo]

The Anarchy one isn't.

The iron cross one is probably related to something else, but it's a WWI German symbol as well. Still, I don't think it's necessarily racist. (ETA: but if she got it because Hitler awarded them during WWII or something.... why not ask her what it means to her? Maybe she just picked it out from a selection thinking it was just a cross?)

Now, if she's got an SS bolt tramp stamp or a Confederate flag on her ankle, that's another story.

[christidee]

Thanks, ladies.

Talking to this girl is less productive than talking to a brick wall.

"Hi, how are you?"

"Good"

Awkward silence, she returns to staring at her phone.

"So......how is work going?"

"Ok" looks back at phone.


Perhaps next family dinner I will ask her what they mean. That could be interesting.