Found on latest ride...

[William]

Just laying on the pavement along a rural local road...I hope no one takes their parking spot.







William

[Heisenberg]

why did you feel the inclination to post this?

[shoota]

Can you imagine if that said "Parking for whites only"?

[Tony]

Most likely because its unusual to allow parking for one race of people only. Stating others will suffer the consequence.

[AngryScientist]

years ago i had a sign very similar to this in my driveway.

[FlashUNC]

Originally Posted by shoota

Can you imagine if that said "Parking for whites only"?

The reaction would probably be quite a bit different. Why, one might ask?

Context matters:

1) For, oh, say, half a millenia across a couple continents, a "Whites Only" sign went deeper than just a sign at the side of the road. It spoke to only approved participants in the political, economic and social power structures of broader society. This is not a United States only-issue, but really if you're talking the history of Western civilization, it is one rooted in a "White Only Parking" mindset, if you get my drift.

2) Particularly in the United States, there is a long and ugly history of white supremacy. I won't dive into the details -- we all know it -- but the reality is a sign that said "Whites Only Parking" meant something in our not too distant past. And it had a very drastic meaning depending on factors that were largely determining by genetic dice that were rolled at the time of one's conception. For some, a sign like that still means something.

The irony this is a sign highlighting an ethnic group that was, itself, subjugated by American expansionism in some uber late 19th/early 20th century Apex Manifest Destiny writ large across the Pacific is not lost on the subject matter either.

So to your question, yes, there would be a very different reaction to a "Whites Parking Only" sign, because the legacy of that kind of language is entirely too fraught that any of us with a passing understanding of the last few hundred years of social order know that it means anything other than menace, the implicit threat of violence and a call to preserve things "as they've always been."

This is just a lazy and stupid sign.

[ultraman6970]

That sign is just super funny did you take it home? I would put it in my living room

[Peter P.]

Did you look up the city ordinance printed at the bottom of the sign?

[WNC rider]

Holy cow, it's a novelty sign, they're <$20 on eBay.

[CunegoFan]

Originally Posted by FlashUNC

The reaction would probably be quite a bit different. Why, one might ask?

Context matters:

1) For, oh, say, half a millenia across a couple continents, a "Whites Only" sign went deeper than just a sign at the side of the road. It spoke to only approved participants in the political, economic and social power structures of broader society. This is not a United States only-issue, but really if you're talking the history of Western civilization, it is one rooted in a "White Only Parking" mindset, if you get my drift.

2) Particularly in the United States, there is a long and ugly history of white supremacy. I won't dive into the details -- we all know it -- but the reality is a sign that said "Whites Only Parking" meant something in our not too distant past. And it had a very drastic meaning depending on factors that were largely determining by genetic dice that were rolled at the time of one's conception. For some, a sign like that still means something.

The irony this is a sign highlighting an ethnic group that was, itself, subjugated by American expansionism in some uber late 19th/early 20th century Apex Manifest Destiny writ large across the Pacific is not lost on the subject matter either.

So to your question, yes, there would be a very different reaction to a "Whites Parking Only" sign, because the legacy of that kind of language is entirely too fraught that any of us with a passing understanding of the last few hundred years of social order know that it means anything other than menace, the implicit threat of violence and a call to preserve things "as they've always been."

This is just a lazy and stupid sign.

Oh, brother. The typical leftist excuse for racism against whites. Is it really so hard for you to think everyone should be treated the same?

[William]

Sign says this..."xxx"

"But what if it said this.... Well then OMG I can't believe...!!!!" Except it didn't.

Holy cow, it's a novelty sign, they're <$20 on eBay.

Someone gets it.


It was a found item on the road, I posted it because its not something you see every day. It's obviously a novelty sign, I knew a family from Samoa who had one hanging in their driveway and they obviously found it humorous. I'm willing to bet that who ever had it probably did as well.







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