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So here's the thing, is that joke making fun of a Chinese restaurant, or is it making fun of racist americans who make comments like that? The reality is most
by ryanobjc 4y ago
So here's the thing, is that joke making fun of a Chinese restaurant, or is it making fun of racist americans who make comments like that?
The reality is most Americans have someone like that in their family. Read the rest of the scene: Leonard is distinctly uncomfortable, tries to politely correct the wordage, the comment is lost and the originator moves on.
In any case, are you saying that... words that offend you should be removed from media? You know, like... some kind of... woke person who is really sensitive to racism?
- the_optimist 4y agoThe joke is the latter. The woke college grads who write the shows think it's funny to have/lampoon racist characters. However, it is a staple of the fare that these characters must exist in the shows to add foils and character depth.
- ryanobjc 4y agoWell the shows were written before wokeness was invented, so we're gonna need a new theory.
- the_optimist 4y agoSorry, no. You don't get to be a college professor teaching woke theory without spending decades polishing and teaching it. As someone who have been well-exposed to US higher education for decades, I can speak from experience. The theories that embody wokeness have been taught for at least the last 30 years.
- noitpmeder 4y agoI disagree with your main point -- subjects do not need to be well established before being presented in a college curriculum. Case in point, there is a class at UCLA titled "Law of Elon Musk". I assume we both agree this class hasn't been polished for decades. And I imagine it's decidedly different than any prior class in related topics.