NFT: Students blast Steve Martin's King Tut skit as racist

is sooo screwed.

I am so sick of this. So the student is incensed by Steve Martin's King Tut song, which I love personally. This is so out of control.

It never amazes me what will offend people today.

Were these students even born when the skit was made?

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In comment 13700261 figgy2989 said:

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Were these students even born when the skit was made?

Check that, I wasn't even born when this was made!

What's next, Richard Pryor's standup outlawed because of the racist comments he did during his act?

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“That’s like somebody … making a song just littered with the n-word everywhere,”

So you mean like almost every rap song ever made?

for their Apu character being too much of a negative stereotype.

WTF?

An immigrant, hard working self-employed business owner, good dad, good citizen, but that's a terrible stereotype?

I get the bodega/convenience store thing, but why is that bad? sometimes stereotypes are created based on actual commonalities among a group and aren't always bad.

offspring for some time now, as Khrushchev predicted... And parents today sit idly by supporting these "everyone gets a trophy crowd". Look inward and you will see the warts.

Physical contact, cursing, etc. will be outlawed.

when the National Anthem is played. What a crappy country...

[quote]...And bought me a museum. (King Tut)Buried with a donkey (Funky Tut)He's my favorite honky![/img]

Unspeakable... the "H-word"

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The video and song was brought to students’ attention when it was played in a humanities class at Reed to spur discussion. Students became so worked up over the video, however, that they have demanded the course be made optional until alternative coursework can be created.

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link related to Apu.

It's a f-ing sitcom, no shit there will be jokes. Some may be offensive. It can't all be fat people and midgets.
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start? Maybe they can all kneel outside 30 rock.

I see it becoming more a mesh between Demolition Man and Idiocracy. But yeah, no doubt our society is in decay, History is cyclical with these things i guess.

There are always issues. I disagree with it and it’s absurd to be offended, but there have been improvements as well in society. For one, speaking up against creeps in powerful positions. Generations previously covered up the Catholic priest scandal among many others. Not all bad.

racist is further evidence of our country's impending demise?

There's some great leaps there.

was that it was that the joke was a statement about the commercialization of Tut and his traveling exhibition...

In comment 13700268 antdog24 said:

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Quote: “That’s like somebody … making a song just littered with the n-word everywhere,” So you mean like almost every rap song ever made?

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In comment 13700268 antdog24 said:

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Quote: “That’s like somebody … making a song just littered with the n-word everywhere,” So you mean like almost every rap song ever made?

I had the same thought.

In comment 13700308 Britt in VA said:

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was that it was that the joke was a statement about the commercialization of Tut and his traveling exhibition...

Context is irrelevant when people are offended.

Unbelievable.

In comment 13700304 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:

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racist is further evidence of our country's impending demise? There's some great leaps there.

I guess people forget Woodstock & the hippie era of the 60’s. This is nothing new.

Some people are offended by everything. Some people are offended if they can't say/do anything they feel like doing. So the push-pull of those *two* groups of snowflakes just gets everyone worked up.

The real shame of it is that the broadening brush of the terminally offended emboldens those who doing things that are really offensive, because they see it all as a false equivalency. It's a destructive cycle.

is its one small group of college students and it therefore makes us a "country of victims", when you all whiney, middle aged white men sound like you are just as offended as they are.

Reed College is an institution of higher education in the liberal arts devoted to the intrinsic value of intellectual pursuit and governed by the highest standards of scholarly practice, critical thought, and creativity. Founded in 1908 in southeast Portland, Oregon, Reed College is a coeducational, independent liberal arts and sciences college. Referred to as one of the most intellectual colleges in the country, Reed is known for its high standards of scholarly practice, creative thinking, and engaged citizenship.


Enrollment: 1400 little bitch ass snowflakes

Is that so many people read an inflammatory headline on certain websites and draw conclusions without bothering to find out the actual facts. The headlines fuel the outrage they already feel, so they are satisfied their ignorant opinion is truth.

from or vote for.....it can't be fun or motivational to teach some of these students who are ready to stick their i-Phone up at a moments notice to catch an unsuspecting or even innocent comment, course content or rendering without being called out by the PC Police.

And to think that if Reese is fired at the end of the season, there won't be some/any political flak for firing a minority GM???????

Get real. This is the new world!

oh the humanity.

My son is taking Japanese in college. I recently played the song "Turning Japanese" for him, and he was mortified. He asked me to stop the song before it was finished, and he couldn't believe I was such a racist!

Man, I used to DJ and that was one of my favorite songs to play at the end of a fun night.

'This country's going down the drain'-dumb Baby Boomers (easily the worst generation) who ran up the national debt and did nothing of positive consequence.

In comment 13700339 Jim in Fairfax said:

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Is that so many people read an inflammatory headline on certain websites and draw conclusions without bothering to find out the actual facts. The headlines fuel the outrage they already feel, so they are satisfied their ignorant opinion is truth.

What were the actual facts? "Students find Steve Martin's King Tut sketch to be racist". In the article, several students quoted calling Steve Martin's King Tut sketch racist.

"Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me". This is the generation who played sports growing up where they didn't keep score and everyone got a trophy.

LOL...I kind of see his point...however, I wonder if he knows what the intent of the song and what is making them turn Japanese is?????

Richard Blade on Sirius XM First Wave is a Brit turned Californian and one of the more outwardly liberal radio DJ's.

He plays "Turning Japanese" at least once a day on his radio program and again during the events he DJ's. So until he bans it from his playlist, I guess it isn't as racist as thought.

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I just thought the article was funny.

I happen to like Steve Martin, whom I saw in a great concert with Martin Short last year.

Guy did not strike me as racist, nor did the sketch.

In comment 13700336 Sgrcts said:

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is its one small group of college students and it therefore makes us a "country of victims", when you all whiney, middle aged white men sound like you are just as offended as they are.

Bingo! A lot of offense taken on this thread.

One has young folks, barely adult aged finding things to rebel against or get offended by. A national pastime.

The other has full grown adults constantly scanning the webs looking for the next headline about what kids think to set them off and take offense to.

Baby boomers don't get the shit that they deserve, and I'm not just talking about drowning the future in debt.

i blame the parents... they set the tone.

In comment 13700365 GiantFilthy said:

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One has young folks, barely adult aged finding things to rebel against or get offended by. A national pastime. The other has full grown adults constantly scanning the webs looking for the next headline about what kids think to set them off and take offense to. Baby boomers don't get the shit that they deserve, and I'm not just talking about drowning the future in debt.

The problem, as I see it, is that everybody's platform is amplified due to being about to throw every opinion out to the entire world via the internet.

Listen to me talk! I'm awesome... We're all guilty of it.

it would be terrible if everybody was kung fu fighting.

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about Little Black Sambo?

In comment 13700336 Sgrcts said:

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is its one small group of college students and it therefore makes us a "country of victims", when you all whiney, middle aged white men sound like you are just as offended as they are.

*slow clap*

did the prof say. Well. excu--se me"?

to a lot of things happening on college campuses these days.
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these veal medallions and their ridiculous stance on a comedy sketch. That a bit of a stretch. I'd say we're more like "What the fuck is your problem? Grow up and focus on more important things please."

But offended? No.

In comment 13700353 Britt in VA said:

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In comment 13700339 Jim in Fairfax said: Quote: Is that so many people read an inflammatory headline on certain websites and draw conclusions without bothering to find out the actual facts. The headlines fuel the outrage they already feel, so they are satisfied their ignorant opinion is truth. What were the actual facts? "Students find Steve Martin's King Tut sketch to be racist". In the article, several students quoted calling Steve Martin's King Tut sketch racist.

Yes, those are some of the facts. And people use that as affirmation of their existing belief that the younger generation is a bunch of coddled snowflakes that are brainwashed by their professors.

But in fact this is just a small group of wackos. They’re protesting in classes to stop a professor from showing the King Tut skit (among other things). And ultimately the general population of the school has fought back against the group and support for it is waning,