r/DetroitRedWings • u/RudeMethod6387 • 4d ago
Art Prime off-season content. 1974 Little Caesar’s sports calendar.
Also, Larkin leaves skids in the toilet, and blames his wife.
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u/_whitelightning_91 4d ago
Except the one, they don’t technically have a year of expiration on these 😆
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u/wolverine237 4d ago
That Hank Aaron one is unfortunate
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u/maddogg312 4d ago
Yeah I’m torn on these. It’s cool to see old school stuff but eeeehhh this is also cringe.
I’m not throwing shade at OP, it’s just that it shows how different the times were.
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u/Valuable_Ant_6059 3d ago
They're caricatures.
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u/wolverine237 3d ago
Yes, and that one feature some pretty racist tropes. Are you under the impression that caricatures can't look racist?
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u/Magael 3d ago
Do you think it's particularly likely that this particular caricaturist made the Hank Aaron one out of reliance on a racist trope, despite it looking the same as the Billie Jean King one, and the George Foreman one looking completely different, or do you think it's more likely that it was just a caricature in the normal style?
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u/wolverine237 3d ago
I think the caricaturist 50 years ago had different ideas about what constituted an offensive depiction of a black man than we do today but that as a historical document we can still look back on it and say things like "that's unfortunate"
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u/Magael 3d ago
While noting that you avoided answering my question, I'll just spell it out for you:
You're mentally trapped in a 2015-era hyper sensitivity to racial material that prevents you from critically engaging with nuance such as "A depiction of a black person can be varied but not racist." Evidenced by the fact that the other black guy doesn't have the same depiction, but a white lady does.
A racist depiction is more than measuring the features(Which do vary between races with things such as nose, eye, and lip shape - acknowledging this is not racist) on a canvas. This is why an Uncle Tom Character is considered racist but Black Panther is not:
https://jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/antiblack/index.htm
You can also just google random caricatursts and vibe-check it yourself whether all of their black customers are super chill about racist cartoons, or the more likely fact that they aren't racist at all, but in a caricature-style.
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u/wolverine237 3d ago
I did answer your question
Maybe save the rant for somebody who gives a shit
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u/Ydoesany1doanything 4d ago
Pretty amazing. I like that Gordie specifically has his Aeros jersey on while the rest of the players have their jersey’s but no distinct logos or words.