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minus-squareBaphomet_The_Blasphemer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoOr maybe the character is historically accurate, and yall are just being racist… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke
minus-squareTommySoda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoThis meme was created way before Assassin’s Creed added Yasuke to their game. Which sucks because this meme was pretty funny before people got racist.
minus-squareMrVilliam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoWait, you think that racism is new? Where were you during pretty much every history class ever?
minus-squareOozingPositron@feddit.cllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoSo was he a samurai or not?
minus-squarePotatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoYasuke was a retainer. And Retainers were loyal and trusted individuals who served a lord, such as a daimyo or the shogun, in various capacities, especially in military matters. In other words, a warrior. And Samurai are the warrior caste.
minus-squareOnlyTakesLs@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·6 months agoAh yes, because Japanese people are totally over represented in media! Gotta find the one black guy!
Or maybe the character is historically accurate, and yall are just being racist…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke
This meme was created way before Assassin’s Creed added Yasuke to their game. Which sucks because this meme was pretty funny before people got racist.
Wait, you think that racism is new? Where were you during pretty much every history class ever?
So was he a samurai or not?
Yasuke was a retainer. And Retainers were loyal and trusted individuals who served a lord, such as a daimyo or the shogun, in various capacities, especially in military matters.
In other words, a warrior. And Samurai are the warrior caste.
Ah yes, because Japanese people are totally over represented in media! Gotta find the one black guy!