Jenn and I have had a disagreement.

I have postdated this so she doesn't see it but also so I don't have to FLock it.

So we were watching TV and there's this whole plotline around eeeeeeeeevil voodoo with eeeeeeeeevil voodoo zombies (not the undead kind, except maybe) with a character who is literally called Baron Samedi. He is evil.

I say that makes it more racist. Her argument is that it's less racist because he's an actual figure in the actual real-world religion. We both agree that the storyline itself is racist as hell, because nearly all instances of voodoo in fiction are.

But is our dear Baron Samedi a mitigating or an aggravating factor here?

I'm right, right?

Quick question, no dictionaries or google allowed

Let's say you have two people, John Doe Sr. and John Doe Jr. Which one is the namesake of the other one?

Poll #24506 Namesake

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Which one is the namesake?

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The older one
30 (23.4%)

The younger one
80 (62.5%)

It can go either way
14 (10.9%)

I'm familiar with the term but don't really know
4 (3.1%)

I'm not familiar with the term at all
0 (0.0%)