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British conductor sacked by US music festival after 'innocent' joke with his [tr]
UK Telegraph ^ | September 9, 2017 | Patrick Sawer

Posted on 09/11/2017 7:33:45 AM PDT by C19fan

An acclaimed British conductor has been fired from a prestigious American music festival after a seemingly innocent joke he made to a black friend was labelled racist.

Matthew Halls was removed as artistic director of the Oregon Bach Festival following an incident in which he imitated a southern American accent while talking to his longstanding friend, the African-American classical singer Reginald Mobley.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; Society
KEYWORDS: ahaintnowaystard; race; virtuesignalling
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To: C19fan

Just so long as no one complains about Shrillary trying to “speak black”....


41 posted on 09/11/2017 9:02:53 AM PDT by Enchante
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To: C19fan
”It was an innocent joke that has been entirely taken out of context.”

Silly fool. there are no "innocent" jokes any longer.

42 posted on 09/11/2017 9:14:03 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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To: avenir

Better to sweep the floors in the tents of the righteous than to sit on a throne in the tents of the wicked. (Heavily paraphrased, I know)


43 posted on 09/11/2017 9:30:25 AM PDT by SirLurkedalot (10/10/51-7/7/16 RIP Dad, I'll be missing you until I cross over to Eternity)
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To: Leep
#5 I don't care who you are, that's funny right there!
ping
44 posted on 09/11/2017 9:34:56 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Teacher317

All of the most hilarious racial jokes I’ve ever heard were told to me by a black, conservative (I’m talking A-bomb level firebrand) deputy sheriff in CA. None of his bits would survive the open forum here. His kids are blessed, and succeeding like savages.


45 posted on 09/11/2017 9:38:20 AM PDT by SirLurkedalot (10/10/51-7/7/16 RIP Dad, I'll be missing you until I cross over to Eternity)
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To: C19fan

Question:

How do you know if a white southerner is a racist?

Answer:

If he has a southern accent.

(Or, per the article, if he eats grits.)


46 posted on 09/11/2017 9:45:58 AM PDT by Hawthorn
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To: SirLurkedalot

“black . . . savages”

Your post looks racist. Perhaps it should be reported to the Ministry of Diversity.


47 posted on 09/11/2017 9:51:18 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Sans-Culotte

Years ago while in the Army Reserve I snuck a `policy letter’ onto the Equal Opportunity bulletin board. It read:

“HQDA EEO Policy: No soldier shall be denied equal rights because of the shape of her skin.”

The females in the unit were outraged & went to the commander:

“Sir, did you post this!!? And if not, who did!?”

Somehow he knew it was me. Spoke to me quietly & said, “Chief, I got enough problems with female soldiers. Please don’t go stirring the pot like this.”

“Understood, sir.” And that was the end of it, until I put up another fake blurb:

“Effective immediately: All jokes will be taken seriously!”

;^)


48 posted on 09/11/2017 9:59:15 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: a fool in paradise

Hillary in “Black Voice” is the most pathetic pandering that I have ever witnessed. It is so embarrassing on so many levels. I don’t know if I should laugh or cry and I have always wondered what the audience really thought but dare not say. The faux Injun Warren doing a Cherokee War Dance could top this though.


49 posted on 09/11/2017 10:07:03 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Tenacious 1

You may be right, once we get the wall built and help them with their dug/gang violence we may wind up as excellent friends.


50 posted on 09/11/2017 10:09:08 AM PDT by JayGalt (Let Trump Be Trump)
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To: Vendome

Never tried grits...but if you call it polenta..

De La Estancia Organic Polenta the best!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0046HI4F6/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&th=1

Anson Mills founder Glen Roberts is quoted in the piece describing the difference as he sees it: while both grits and polenta are made from stone-ground cornmeal, “Southern grits and Italian polenta are traditionally made from two vastly different types of corn. How many times it’s milled and the fineness of the grind also differ. And then there’s the taste and texture.”

When I was researching my book months back, I wrote Robers with some questions about cornmeal and he discussed the confusion even further: Most grits in the South are traditionally made from a class of corn called dent corn whereas in Italy, most polenta is made from a class of corn called flint corn, which holds its texture better. Why do these different classes matter? Because of the different type of corn, grits can even come across as almost mushy while polenta is often more coarse and toothsome.
http://www.thekitchn.com/polenta-versus-grits-whats-the-difference-187807


51 posted on 09/11/2017 10:15:01 AM PDT by JayGalt (Let Trump Be Trump)
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To: Pollster1

LOL.

That would be a bit doubleplusungood.


52 posted on 09/11/2017 10:16:14 AM PDT by SirLurkedalot (10/10/51-7/7/16 RIP Dad, I'll be missing you until I cross over to Eternity)
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To: JayGalt

Sure you have.

Ever eat Cream of Wheat?

Same-uh-Thing-O


53 posted on 09/11/2017 10:28:33 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Leep

Don’t talk to blacks any more.


54 posted on 09/11/2017 10:29:12 AM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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To: shanover

Barack Obama lied to black people in Selma and said that his parents got together after the march. Whatever he needed to say to claim that he was down with the struggle.


55 posted on 09/11/2017 10:44:08 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
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To: Leep

Any comment that requires an acknowledgement of the race of someone who is black in order to be funny or make sense is racist. There are corollaries for sex, one of the religions and sexual orientation, but not when uttered by the protected religion. Carry on.


56 posted on 09/11/2017 10:49:55 AM PDT by Defiant (It's not antifa, it's actually antifafa. Antifa Fascists.)
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To: RightGeek

He had enough PC awareness not to say “fried chicken” or “watermelon.” Still got a citizen’s arrest by the busybody thought police, though.


57 posted on 09/11/2017 10:54:12 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: Vendome

Thanks haven’t tried Cream of Wheat. We’ve been south on vacations and others have tried grits. I’m kind of food challenged..make that super wary of new foods... but I love polenta.


58 posted on 09/11/2017 11:06:33 AM PDT by JayGalt (Let Trump Be Trump)
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To: Defiant

Does that hold for dumb blonde jokes and all the ethnic humor I’ve always laughed off when it referred to guineas?


59 posted on 09/11/2017 11:07:36 AM PDT by JayGalt (Let Trump Be Trump)
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To: JayGalt

Blonde jokes by definition are not racist because most blondes are white. However, be careful, they might be sexist. You need to check to see if the blonde in question is a Trump voter first before you can deride her intelligence.

Ethnic humor against any non-white is completely verboten.

Glad you are being serious about staying politically correct. In this day and age of KKK resurgence, it is important to know how to think.


60 posted on 09/11/2017 11:13:26 AM PDT by Defiant (It's not antifa, it's actually antifafa. Antifa Fascists.)
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