Yup.
If someone got you a bottle of liquor you probably have drank with them or spoken about it... it's not difficult to assume someone said oh he likes this lets get it for him. Further this is a pretty common brand and has a good chance of getting picked in general.
The speed at which people assume the worst and get offended recently needs to get dialed back... a lot. If I wanted to slight a dude I wouldn't spend money to do it.
Your entire argument depends on the fact that this dude Hennessy with his co-workers or talked about.
A fact which (as far as I can tell) you just made up.
That's sort of the point. There is minimal context on the image so we are left to extrapolate from what we can see.
I see a nice office setting with a fairly dressed down couple of people who seem reasonably at ease in the space. It is a chocolate cake which is the typical go-to in most situations and appears to be store bought. Depending on where you live you can get liquor in the store or at a small store nearby. Some of the largest displays and most well known brands are Makers, Crown, and Hennessy. These are typically larger displays where even if you knew nothing about liquor you could probably pick one of those 3... and of those crown comes in packaging which would be a pain to take apart if you were just looking for a quick better than a birthday card gift.
...So assuming they knew fuck all about him there's still a coin flip it would have been Hennessy. As far as the cake goes probably better than 60-70%. So hanlons razor: did someone just blow 70 bucks for a cake and booze to take a cheap shot at the guy? I doubt it.
I've worked in a lot of offices and I can tell you most people won't go out of their way to get you a gift on your birthday outside of maybe a gift card from a boss. I see no malice here. Am I making assumptions? Sure. It's an image and I provided my take on it. What was yours again?
I'm looking at the text associated with the image and see two possible scenarios.
The one that you describe where the co-workers are being nice and the black guy is being an asshole for complaining about it.
Or the other scenario where the black dude's co-workers are making assumptions about the dude based on stereotypes. In which case the black dude is rightfully bothered by this and the co-workers are making ignorant assumptions based on race.
And I see you making further ignorant assumptions and assuming the scenario that the black dude is being an asshole is the correct one without really considering the image and the text we're discussing at face value could actually be accurate. You're preferring a made up scenario which implies the black dude is being dishonest, rather than the scenario as presented.
We can't know which scenario is true. But we do know which assumptions you prefer, and your assumptions says something about you. You preference is for scenarios which assume black people are dishonest.
Try to be a better person.
Hypothetically, someone that assumes a black person to be dishonest based on no evidence is a racist.
To make this less hypothetical, are you assuming the black dude is dishonest or not? Just want to know who's a hypothetical racist and who's an actual racists here.
I must be outta the loop. What does liquor and cake have to do with stereotypes in this context?
I worked at a design Co once where they gave everyone a bottle of patron for a gift. I didn't want that crap, it's no don Julio, so I look at it and say "I can't take this, I'm sober" just to be an ass but they took it like I was in recovery, started to apologize profusely. A few minutes later they came back with a check for $200, a much better gift. I never drank at work functions anyways.
And your name “Blackout” haha. You’re committed to the bit!
Its the added guilt of thinking you gifted alcohol to a recovering alcoholic. Also legal issues, if its the US I assume one could sue for some bullshit.
Ya, Hennessey is associated with African Americans
Hennessy has a long-standing relationship with African American culture, especially hip hop. It has been described as "synonymous with rap music and African Americans, who are the brand's major consumers and advocates". While music, especially the 2004 2Pac song "Hennessy" has been credited with popularising the drink, some historians have pointed to a much older relationship, which began when African American servicemen encountered cognac in France during World War I and World War II.
Hennessy has actively pursued this consumer group for decades. It targeted minority audiences as early as the 1950s, when it placed advertisements in African American magazines like Ebony and Jet, used African American models, and hired African American employees. By some estimates more than two thirds of Hennessy sold in the United States is consumed by African Americans. It is sometimes referred to as "Henny".
Hennessy appears frequently in the lyrics of popular music, and by one estimate the words "Hennessy" or "cognac" are referenced in more than 1,000 songs.
Its delicious. Idk I don't blame anyone for liking it
Look... I really like grape soda, watermelon and fried chicken. I have at least one of these things at home. If my friends come over, I offer them stuff I'm about to cook, drink etc. I am Caucasian...
Fuck whoever made these things a stereotype! I had to explain myself more than enough to some of my friends.
Maybe to some, but certainly not everyone.
Some people aren’t
Chocolate isn't racist. They picked it to match the color scheme.
My cake was strawberry.
You a redhead? That’s hairist and you needn’t tolerate that!
My nigga, Fizz, gets it
And this comes from a CertifiedBlackGuy!
And some cracker downvoted him anyway.
Cracker with a hard R
That’s the implication here, yes.
Hopefully it was just a joke though.
Oh, I thought they were being accused of alcoholism.
Nah, this is 100% about Hennessy being a stereotypical drink for black people.
I was not aware of that stereotype. Thank you for the enlightenment. I think.
I am sure this comment section filled with sheltered white tech nerds won't be embarrassing.
Happy Cake Day!
The little cardboard platform in the middle is reusable, if it's not all covered with icing!
If you put the cake on top of the bottle it just breaks the cake apart.
If the bottle is in the cake then you can't read Hennessy.
It's an hyper realistic cake.
That booty 🍑? Also cake 🎂
Everything is cake.
My wife is cake.
Lemmy is cake.
It's so realistic, it functions as an actual Hennessy bottle and has real Hennessy inside. Art is amazing.
I had a friend (black) who got a fruit basket with majority bananas from her employer. She was really happy about it, so I didn't say anything, but it gave me pause 😂
It's really easy. Do they provide this for all their workers? Is this particular worker being treated to this particular gift when no one else did?
If this was specifically provided for this worker without input from them, then it's a problem.
If everyone in the office gets a chocolate cake with Hennessy, then it's fine.
If the worker selected this treat for themselves, then it's fine.
Maybe they go out as a group occasionally and he always orders one. It's most likely a thoughtful gesture but we don't have enough info.
Most likely it isn't that scenario, because if it were it wouldn't bother the dude.
You're inventing a scenario in which a black man is creating problems by acting upset over a thoughtful gesture. You're making assumptions based on nothing that white people were being kind and considerate while the black person as just being an asshole about it.
That's not cool bro.
I didn't say he was being an asshole. He might be legitimately upset, or he might be posting it because he's in on the joke.
Like I said the first time, we don't have enough information to say anything about this so I prefer to think he's friends with his coworkers.
You might be inventing drama where there isn't any, and that's not cool dude.
Let's just make up whatever story we feel like.
You're making up stories that imply that a black person is dishonest. You can make up whatever story you want, but I can make assumption about you the same way you're making assumptions about the person that posted the photo.
So I'm going to assume you're racist against black people.
Just making up whatever story I feel like!
As a white dude, can I get Grand Marnier on my cake? ;)
What cake is supposed to go with the cheapest tequila?
Tequila/lime cake stuffed with sprinkles?
This is glorious.
They did something nice for you, and instead of being appreciative, you have a victim mentality of being a victim of not just racism, but the strongest kind? Because they made you a chocolate cake? Yeah, I think that's a you problem.
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Stereotypes aside, a bottle of cognac and chocolate cake is pretty good as far as office birthdays go.
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