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> There's no need for hypothetical situations, we have innumerable actual examples to choose from. And yet, we have people crying racism where none exists. He
by anamax 16y ago
> There's no need for hypothetical situations, we have innumerable actual examples to choose from.
And yet, we have people crying racism where none exists. Heck, we have people worrying about being exposed to racism in fictional worlds.
See Is HBO's Game of Thrones racist? http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/browbeat/archive/2011/04/20/is-game-of-thrones-racist.aspx http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/browbeat/archive/2011/04/20...
"They are, in short, barbarians of the most stereotypical, un-PC sort. As I watched, I kept thinking, 'Are they still allowed to do that?'"
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"... if it was 'possible to be racist toward a race that does not actually exist.'"