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Dissecting the Casual Racism of “Airplane!”
https://medium.com ^ | Jul 10, 2020 · | Nathanael Molnár

Posted on 06/30/2021 11:45:17 AM PDT by Red Badger

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To: Cecily

I know right, it seemed Rodney King changed everything, before that blacks and whites were getting along much better. But there’s too much money to be made in dividing people.


81 posted on 06/30/2021 12:22:29 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Political Junkie Too

“...none of the jokes involving White characters specifically involve them being White.”

If this constipated twit can’t see that the Peace Corps gag was a pointed jab at whiteness, then he’s beyond hopeless.


82 posted on 06/30/2021 12:22:34 PM PDT by Chaguito
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To: Red Badger

Someone please tell this individual to F::K O::!


83 posted on 06/30/2021 12:22:35 PM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: NohSpinZone

84 posted on 06/30/2021 12:22:57 PM PDT by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: OttawaFreeper

But-but-but... All In The Family and M*A*S*H and...were woke(!) for 1970!


85 posted on 06/30/2021 12:23:21 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Red Badger

I guess the movie “White Girls” gets a pass.


86 posted on 06/30/2021 12:25:24 PM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: Red Badger
They completely miss the point. Racism in America, except among the most ignorant whites, ended when it became an object of laughter. It continued within non-white communities including Latins, Asians, and blacks, but within the majority white community it was all but eliminated.

Then came Obama and with his and his party's sponsorship racism returned, this time against that same majority community. A hundred and sixty years after starting the last civil war Democrats are eagerly fomenting another.

87 posted on 06/30/2021 12:25:29 PM PDT by katana
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To: Demiurge2

Case in point: There was a line in the movie “Julie and Julia” (written by uber liberal Nora Ephron) in which the Julie character gets in trouble at work, and it is a fireable offense according to her boss. Her boss doesn’t fire her, but says the totally superfluous line (paraphrasing), “I should have fired you. A Republican boss would have fired you.”

That line stuck in my craw, which is why I remember it. I wanted to get up and walk out, but I was with others.


88 posted on 06/30/2021 12:26:01 PM PDT by Cecily
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To: Red Badger
When a joke goes after someone’s personal identity — their race, their gender, their sexual orientation, their physical attributes — they themselves become the joke.

Well, in that case, he'd better not watch anything by Don Rickles (RIP).

The jokes involving People of Color are usually based around that person’s color, whereas none of the jokes involving White characters specifically involve them being White.

Fine. Go watch The Jeffersons.

89 posted on 06/30/2021 12:30:08 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Florida: America's new free zone.)
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To: Red Badger

One of the funniest films ever made, and these dipsticks are going to get it banned.


90 posted on 06/30/2021 12:30:18 PM PDT by dinodino ( )
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To: dfwgator

Maybe the OJ Simpson trial too.


91 posted on 06/30/2021 12:31:17 PM PDT by Cecily
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To: Dubh_Ghlase

That one was good. In the Camptown Races scene, Brooks was making fun of White people while appearing to make fun of Black people. That was brilliant.


92 posted on 06/30/2021 12:33:00 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Florida: America's new free zone.)
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To: Red Badger
for the first time the other night

For the purpose of dishing out more SJW claptrap.

93 posted on 06/30/2021 12:34:04 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: OttawaFreeper

So another White SJW lecturing White people that only Black people can poke fun at Black people. I hope that discerning Black people are insulted by this.


94 posted on 06/30/2021 12:34:26 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Florida: America's new free zone.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

I remember that the show also had the characters Private Boone (Bruno Kirby), Ugly John, and Ho Jon from the book and then the movie but only last the first one or two seasons.


95 posted on 06/30/2021 12:35:21 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: Red Badger

“and if we don’t understand why they are problematic, then we can’t take the necessary steps to evolve as a culture.”

In other words, we can strip all humor and fun from the lives of Americans to prepare them for life as Chinese slaves.


96 posted on 06/30/2021 12:36:41 PM PDT by LizzieD
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I always thought that George Jefferson disapproving of the Willis interracial marriage and calling Jenny a “zebra” was just for laughs, but later came to learn that there really is some hostility to such marriages and biracial children in the black community. They must have been so conflicted regarding Obozo - do we like him or disapprove of him? A dilemma for some, I’m sure.


97 posted on 06/30/2021 12:36:48 PM PDT by Cecily
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Pardon me, I meant to say “only lasted for the first one or two seasons”.


98 posted on 06/30/2021 12:36:51 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

They all started singing “April in Paris.” LOL.


99 posted on 06/30/2021 12:38:11 PM PDT by Cecily
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To: Cecily

Lionel was a good character. There’s a great scene where he chastises Meathead, because Meathead only talks about racial stuff...”Why don’t we ever talk about the weather? Black people have weather too, you know.”


100 posted on 06/30/2021 12:38:26 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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