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I usually like to give political correctness the benefit of the doubt in these situations, because sometimes its hard to fully understand how or why something m
by thedz 11y ago
I usually like to give political correctness the benefit of the doubt in these situations, because sometimes its hard to fully understand how or why something might be offenseive.
But COME ON. The severity of reprisals and administrations actions on this one is completely out of proportion. I'm not faulting anyone getting offended. But I am questioning the administration's response to all of this. Especially given:
"The school’s reaction seems especially arbitrary when you learn that — on the very same night of the “tequila party,” just across campus — Bowdoin held its annual, administration-sanctioned “Cold War” party. Students arrived dressed in fur hats and coats to represent Soviet culture; one referred to herself as “Stalin,” making light of a particularly painful era in Slavic history."
- SerLava 11y ago>making light of a particularly painful era in Slavic history. This seems like it was written to shoehorn it into a racist thing instead of just a run-of-the-mill dismissive insult towards a group of people.
- pmiller2 11y agoI dunno. I found the Stalin angle to be far more offensive than anything else. Imagine if they did a similar thing where people dressed up like SS officers and one was designated Hitler?
- morgante 11y agoNothing would happen. Jews are "privileged" and therefore not protected by the safe space movement. (If you don't believe this, pay attention to pro-Palestine protests on college campuses.)
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- eru 11y agoCompare https://www.reddit.com/r/TumblrInAction/comments/2tm522/a_challenge_for_the_sjws/ https://www.reddit.com/r/TumblrInAction/comments/2tm522/a_ch...
- moistgorilla 11y agoWe've gotten to the point where your history and the oppression your people faced isn't important anymore. What matters is the color of your skin, if your skin tone is darker you receive more institutional oppression. Look at how the black community has turned on Zoe Saldana, who put on makeup and prosthetics to more accurately represent a black historical figure and was torn to shreds because she has internalized racism or some shit.
- pmiller2 11y agoI don't think that whole controversy is about what you think it is. Consider the number of google hits on this search: https://www.google.com/search?channel=fs&q=robert+downey+jr+tropic+thunder+controversy https://www.google.com/search?channel=fs&q=robert+downey+jr+... (about 9130) to this one: https://www.google.com/search?channel=fs&btnG=Search&q=zoe+saldena+controversy+nina+simone#channel=fs&q=zoe+saldana+nina+simone+controversy https://www.google.com/search?channel=fs&btnG=Search&q=zoe+s... (over 2.1 million) Why is it worse for a light skinned woman to play a darker-skinned woman than for a white man to play a black man?
- moistgorilla 11y agoI read the article and I don't think I got anything wrong, also I think you meant to say "Why is it worse for a white man to play a black man for a light skinned woman to play a darker-skinned woman than?" And it's worse because of the history of black face and why it was used
- pmiller2 11y agoNo, I really meant what I said. I know why it's worse for a white man to play a black man, but the internet apparently does not. Tropic of Thunder came out in 2008. 9130 hits? That's nothing. Why are there 2+ million pages about the Nina Simone movie? Have I inadvertently stacked the deck with my search terms?
- leereeves 11y agoRDJ wasn't playing a black man. He was playing a white character who was wearing blackface, and Tropic Thunder was actually agreeing that that's wrong. Tropic Thunder got away with blackface for the same reason Saturday Night Live gets away with offensive jokes. It's satire, and they're mocking the offensive acts.
- look_lookatme 11y agoIf you do not act swiftly, you run the risk ending up in the sights of some hashtag campaign. Administrations around the country increasingly operate in a culture of fear.