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Of interest: "The male voice, tinged with a Southern-sounding accent, stopped him cold: I’m going to slit your throat." What would you think if Vice had writte
by RickJWagner 4y ago
Of interest:
"The male voice, tinged with a Southern-sounding accent, stopped him cold: I’m going to slit your throat."
What would you think if Vice had written:
"The male voice, tinged with a Black-sounding accent...."
"The male voice, tinged with an Asian-sounding accent...."
"The male voice, tinged with an Italian-sounding accent...."
Why of course you'd think "That publication is hate mongering! They're trying to subtly guide the reader to bad thoughts about their target!"
Which is exactly true.
- BlargMcLarg 4y ago"Remember kids, discrimination is wrong, unless X" ~ practically every society in history believing they can determine X and would scoff at both their ancestors and predecessors. Vice just having a little slip of the tongue and showing what's really up.
- NackerHughes 4y agoInteresting and telling indeed. A southern US accent is acceptable to portray as threatening (or unintelligent or otherwise villainous). I would say the Russian accent is similarly A-OK to use for such prejudice. Racial stereotyping is exempt from being considered hate speech, it seems, when the target is the Bad People™.