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| Students in a humanities class at Reed College blasted the inclusion of the ancient skit in their coursework, branding it a vile example of cultural appropriation — as they demanded that it be removed entirely. “That’s like somebody … making a song just littered with the n-word everywhere,” a member of Reedies Against Racism told the student newspaper, according to The Atlantic. The student called the performance, which includes African-Americans clad in faux ancient Egyptian attire, as racist. “The gold face of the saxophone dancer leaving its tomb is an exhibition of blackface,” the incensed student told The Atlantic. |
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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.
As is woefully evident in this thread.
It’s a shame that anyone has given these particular fuckwits the time of day. There’s probably a gray area somewhere where an interesting debate can take place about whether people should be even remotely offended by something. Far be it from me to decide where exactly that gray area lies, but the fact that this specific incident isnt considered to be clearly on the “not harmful” side is what’s lamentable to me.
These are upper classmen, er classpeople, disrupting a freshman course.
True .... maybe they should teach the truth about how N.A. and Mexico was stolen from the native people of the lands using genocide and war vs the fairly tale currently taught. Then go into how religion has been used as a tool by zealots and people only out for personal control, gain and wealth vs trying to paint the Muslim faith as something evil.
Japanese interment camps, US terrorist acts on US citizens .... yeah teaching the real truth would be ideal ...
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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.
Is it really backlash?I know there is an Indian comedian who has a film out about why Apu is bad. He does it as a documentary and interviews other Indian actors and comedians. I think it is done very tongue in cheek.
Did you read the link, it's not tongue and cheek.
and for the overreacting self-loathing middle-aged white men on here calling out other middle aged white men for being hypocritical with their outrage, I'm not outraged - not many more overused words these days than outrage - simply surprised and even a little saddened.
you can't comment on anything anymore without being outraged.
tangentially related, Brooklyn college is taking steps to remove NYPD from being on campus, using bathrooms and policing because their mere appearance triggers students and "makes safe spaces seem not so safe". Incidents like this are not as isolated or rare as some think and commenting on them with an opposing opinion is not outrage. It's discussion and how society works.
They'd all curl up in the fetal position until someone took them to their safe space. The sad part is somewhere, a wealthy parent is paying for this shit, only to have these losers ending up in the basement.
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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.
Is it really backlash?I know there is an Indian comedian who has a film out about why Apu is bad. He does it as a documentary and interviews other Indian actors and comedians. I think it is done very tongue in cheek.
Did you read the link, it's not tongue and cheek.
and for the overreacting self-loathing middle-aged white men on here calling out other middle aged white men for being hypocritical with their outrage, I'm not outraged - not many more overused words these days than outrage - simply surprised and even a little saddened.
you can't comment on anything anymore without being outraged.
tangentially related, Brooklyn college is taking steps to remove NYPD from being on campus, using bathrooms and policing because their mere appearance triggers students and "makes safe spaces seem not so safe". Incidents like this are not as isolated or rare as some think and commenting on them with an opposing opinion is not outrage. It's discussion and how society works.
criticism.
As for your other comment, I didn't criticize anyone about being outraged.
I read the Brooklyn college story yesterday. I thought it was very strange. How does a police officer using the restroom on campus make you feel unsafe? It seems like a very misguided form of protest.
Personally, I would be very proud if one or both of my kids volunteered. Damn right I would.
That said, the baby momma probably signed up to say 'no visits'...and there is not a
-damn- thing I can do about it.
There have been any number of fairly extreme and one sided partisan communications from the schools. As an independent voter I would appreciate more objectivity or more focus on the process of civic discourse rarher than the granted assumption that we are all on a percieved "side".
But. Would I raise my voice? Hell no. Anything less than abject demonstrations of hate for the current leadership ees flatly verboten.
Who is oppressing whom here.
Smug, self-satisfied, petty, angry, incurious and dismissive of most thoughts that they hadn't held for decades.
I never thought it would happen to us!
The people saying this is some outlernare ignorant or intellectually dishonest