Hey Jen, Thanks a lot for this :-)
I couldn't find the right words. This reverse racism thing is real. And, in my opinion, it's what's going on a lot in comedy today under the guise of "insult comics." (carlos mencia, lisa lampanelli, etc.)* Thanks, lisa ps. Remember triumph the insult dog? Supposedly he was the one that started it all... Well, he knew how to insult without being racist....if I remember correctly... but i digress... > Yeah, ya'all this video is totally racist. I find it very strange we > now live in a world where many want to say "hey it's ok with me" and > "that's not racist, just lame". Yes, it is a bad video, lame, etc. > But also it is racist. It plays on and depends on racist stereotypes. > > Let's just call it what it is.... The right has certainly > succeeded in twisting our ability to understand what racism is, how > it has worked, and how it is currently being perpetuated. That was > their goal, well stated, documented... in the 1970s after the two > decades of civil rights movement successes. David Duke and company > (otherwise known as the Klan) set out a 20-year strategic plan that > included introducing the idea of "reverse racism" into our culture. > Which they did (check out the 1992 republican national convention). > Yeah, ya'all this video is totally racist. I find it very strange we > now live in a world where many want to say "hey it's ok with me" and > "that's not racist, just lame". Yes, it is a bad video, lame, etc. > But also it is racist. It plays on and depends on racist stereotypes. > > Let's just call it what it is. > > Do I think Blip.tv should pull it no. > Do I think we should make a big deal out of it no. > In fact the "its ok with me" trend of this discussion is more > upsetting to me than the original video. The right has certainly > succeeded in twisting our ability to understand what racism is, how > it has worked, and how it is currently being perpetuated. That was > their goal, well stated, documented... in the 1970s after the two > decades of civil rights movement successes. David Duke and company > (otherwise known as the Klan) set out a 20-year strategic plan that > included introducing the idea of "reverse racism" into our culture. > Which they did (check out the 1992 republican national convention). > > It's the how of racism looks today, people. Which is different than > how racism looked twenty years ago, or forty years ago, or 100 years > ago. But just because it's different, (and thank god it is), doesn't > mean racism doesn't exist or this isn't racist. > > Jen > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
