If you are under 60 and at anytime in your life you can honestly say that it was not racist for white people to put on blackface when you were growing up, we know only one things for sure; you grew up around racists.
Lots of things about race are complex and subject to POV. This is not one of those things. Of course, lots of people grew up around racists, so... On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 3:45 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm a decade older than Megyn Kelly. When I was a kid, black face was > still okay, although that was a reflection of a being in a rural mining > town. I called Brazil nuts nigger toes until I got into college. > Of course I learned to be more culturally sensitive. That seems to be > where Kelly is lacking. > I wonder if this will show up as an SNL skit? > > On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 2:30 PM Chris Neuman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Patton Oswalt tweeted that same sentiment: >> >> https://twitter.com/pattonoswalt/status/1054759947114672129 >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 1:50 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> How old is Kelly that, as a kid, black face was an acceptable form of >>> dress-up? I’m in my mid 40s... I’m almost certain Kelly is younger than I >>> am, and at no point in my life was black face ever acceptable. >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 11:33 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 11:04 AM Steve Timko <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> NBC lets her have it. Other networks ignore it. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/24/media/megyn-kelly-blackface-al-roker/index.html >>>>> >>>> >>>> As I get more of my news through Twitter I am following more >>>> journalists of color and feminist journalists in order to get different >>>> points of view than my own reacting to events. The African-American >>>> journalists I follow and the people they retweet all say that Megyn Kelly >>>> has a long history of racist remarks at Fox News and NBC knew what they >>>> were getting when they hired her. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- >>> Kevin M. (RPCV) >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
