Posted on 03/10/2017 6:47:31 PM PST by grundle
Sometimes members of a certain group can get away with such words (like the infamous N-word). The film Hollywood Shuffle by black director Robert Townsend had a spoof ad of a black actor’s school: “Call 1-800-555-COON” (and the “coon” word was written in a derogatory way)
Years ago there were “coon songs” written, with stereotypical images of blacks. Some of these songs were even written by blacks, and as Wikipedia says, “Coon songs became tremendously popular in Britain after the 1880s. The role of racial stereotyping in Britain was different from what it was in America, in that the theatre audiences listening to the song often did not see Black people on a day-to-day basis in their lives.” (For that matter, minstrel shows in the UK, like the George Mitchell Minstrels, appeared on TV as late as the 70s and 80s with actors in blackface, and it was accepted.)
About 15 years ago the New England blues band Bellevue Cadillac put out an album called Black and White with a cover, as a joke, that showed a black member in whiteface and a white member in blackface.
From “Hair” (the musical) - Colored Spade - 1968
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udL0BuZZeog
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My, how times have changed...
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“Racism, we are not cured of, clearly. And it’s not just a matter of it not being polite to say ‘nigger’ in public.
— President Barry Soetoro
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I just came across this information.
It explains a lot about “The View” and their audience.
As far back as 2001, research firm Frank N. Magid Associates reported that 40% of the daytime viewers make less than $20,000 a year, and 85% don’t have a college degree. In September of last year, Pew Research published the following findings: “Regular viewers of daytime talk shows are less educated than the public as a whole. Among this group, just 19% have four year degrees, 26% have attended some college and 54% have a high school diploma or less education.” That same survey also reported: “Daytime talk show watchers stand out as the least well off regular audience. About half (51%) have family incomes of less than $30,000, while three-in-ten have $30,000-$74,999 incomes. Just 12% have incomes of $75,000 or more.”
[ http://www.popmatters.com/post/170869-daytime-tv/ ]
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