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I'm not going to defend the byline (because it's cheap and inappropriate for the context) but there is a distinction between racial humor and racist humor. Not
by MartinCron 14y ago
I'm not going to defend the byline (because it's cheap and inappropriate for the context) but there is a distinction between racial humor and racist humor. Not everything that addresses the concept of race is automatically racist, especially when it's not mean-spirited or demeaning.
It's a line that I'm not clever enough to tread, but other people seem to pull it off. Look at Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder. Very racial, not really racist.
- TillE 14y ago> especially when it's not mean-spirited or demeaning. This is a common misunderstanding about the nature of racism. Read about Asian Americans and the model minority.
- MartinCron 14y agoI don't see how you get from "model minority" to "absolutely any discussion related to race is racist". Sure, some things that aren't mean-spirited or demeaning are also racist, but that doesn't mean that everything is. Am I missing something? Serious question.