On the Chairlift, Ima Radster Discourses on Race, Stereotypes, and Snowsports

WHICH SPICE GIRL DO YOU THINK WOULD BE THE BEST SKIER? OR SNOWBOARDER? SKIER AND/OR SNOWBOARDER?

I THINK MOST PEOPLE THINK IT WOULD BE SPORTY, BECAUSE HER THING WAS TO BE THE ATHLETIC ONE, BUT I ALWAYS THOUGHT SHE SEEMED MORE LIKE THE KIND OF GIRL WHO'D PLAY A LITTLE FOOTIE WITH THE LADS. THE TRACK SUIT AND ALL. I DON'T SEE HER AS A SNOW-SPORTS PERSON.

I BET IT WAS SCARY. WHICH WOULD SURPRISE A LOT OF PEOPLE, BECAUSE SHE'S BLACK, AND MOST PEOPLE THINK OF SKIING AS A WHITE-PERSON THING. BECAUSE THEY'RE RACIST.

I USED TO WONDER IF SHE WAS SCARY SPICE BECAUSE SHE'S BLACK, AND WHITE PEOPLE FIND BLACK PEOPLE SCARY. BUT NOW I THINK IT'S BECAUSE SHE BUSTED STEREOTYPES, AND ALL PEOPLE FIND PEOPLE WHO DEFY STEREOTYPES KIND OF SCARY. SHE WAS ALL ABOUT BUSTING STEREOTYPES

I BET SHE WAS A SNOWBOARDER, THOUGH. BECAUSE SKIERS FIND SNOWBOARDERS SCARY. THAT'S A STEREOTYPE THAT SHE'D EMBRACE.

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