where does it stop

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comment by Robb Sancho (U22311)
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comment by Cinciwolf----JA606 NFL Fantasy Champion 2019----No Emotional Attachments....five long years (U11551)
posted 19 seconds ago
The whole black face thing baffles me. If people were dressing as minstrels fair enough but they are not, feck me you could dress as Lando Calrisian from Star Wars and still be deemed racist for feck sake.

Surely the intent of something is what makes it racist.
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If you dressed as him that’s fine. If you put boot polish on your face then that’s what makes it racist.
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What about coal dust?
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Brb, gonna call one of my black friends in case Just Shoot thinks I’m some kind of white saviour figure.
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You don't have any black friends.

You didnt answer my question btw. It wasnt rhetorical. How do you think my black friends feel when they see blacked up racist tropes tropes used by white people as a source of comedy and entertainment?
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I will try and answer this, though it wasn't me you asked, and though it's a fraught question.

The first answer is: well, I don't know, do I? That's not a cop-out. If I tried to guess in another context how a black person might feel about something, I'm sure I'd be told very quickly that I couldn't possibly have a clue. So I can only guess here.

The second answer is that I don't know your friends. You might be talking about two black friends, or ten, or fifty, and they might all feel the same way. But I'm thinking back to the Bernardo Silva/Benjamin Mendy thing, when Silva put up the Conguitos mascot and said it looked like Mendy. Though it didn't "offend" me in the slightest, I was amazed how many people, on here and in the wider world, simply could not see the issue and could not understand why Silva was reprimanded and fined. That was a figure with clear racial overtones and caricatured features, and yet Mendy himself obviously didn't care, Raheem Sterling said it was just a laugh between mates, and I'm sure I remember black posters on 606 who thought it was a lot of fuss over nothing. So how could I possibly know that your friends are offending by blackface comedians, when to me it's pretty similar to something I've seen for myself didn't offend black people? Though I haven't spoken to them about it, I can imagine black friends I have had being pretty bemused about it.

So, my second answer is the same as my first one: I don't know. But I would imagine there are plenty of black people (I might even venture that it's a majority) who would simply laugh at the idea of Little Britain's sketches being offensive, or the issue of representation in Gone With the Wind being offensive, and not really care one way or the other.

But, as I said, I could not possibly know. I can only try to use my judgement and experience.

comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 3 hours, 48 minutes ago
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comment by Robb Sancho (U22311)
posted 10 seconds ago
Wonder how many of those weird double entrendre 70s shows were written by paedophiles. Getting their rocks off on kids not quite getting the inside joke.
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Like the infamous episode of Jim'll fix it where they set up a huge spit roast.

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Don’t remember that but wow
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No doubt just another urban myth like the pugwash one

comment by Cinciwolf----JA606 NFL Fantasy Champion 2019----No Emotional Attachments....five long years (U11551)
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comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
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comment by Robb Sancho (U22311)
posted 10 seconds ago
Wonder how many of those weird double entrendre 70s shows were written by paedophiles. Getting their rocks off on kids not quite getting the inside joke.
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Like the infamous episode of Jim'll fix it where they set up a huge spit roast.

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Don’t remember that but wow
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No doubt just another urban myth like the pugwash one
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if it's an urban myth it's a very recent one, i only made it up 3 hours ago

comment by Don Draper's dandruff (U20155)
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comment by Cinciwolf----JA606 NFL Fantasy Champion 2019----No Emotional Attachments....five long years (U11551)
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comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 3 hours, 48 minutes ago
comment by Don Draper's dandruff (U20155)
posted 15 seconds ago
comment by Robb Sancho (U22311)
posted 10 seconds ago
Wonder how many of those weird double entrendre 70s shows were written by paedophiles. Getting their rocks off on kids not quite getting the inside joke.
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Like the infamous episode of Jim'll fix it where they set up a huge spit roast.

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Don’t remember that but wow
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No doubt just another urban myth like the pugwash one
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if it's an urban myth it's a very recent one, i only made it up 3 hours ago

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I don’t think you can call it “urban” any more.

comment by Clockwork Red (U4892)
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comment by Cinciwolf----JA606 NFL Fantasy Champion 2019----No Emotional Attachments....five long years (U11551)
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comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 3 hours, 48 minutes ago
comment by Don Draper's dandruff (U20155)
posted 15 seconds ago
comment by Robb Sancho (U22311)
posted 10 seconds ago
Wonder how many of those weird double entrendre 70s shows were written by paedophiles. Getting their rocks off on kids not quite getting the inside joke.
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Like the infamous episode of Jim'll fix it where they set up a huge spit roast.

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Don’t remember that but wow
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No doubt just another urban myth like the pugwash one
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if it's an urban myth it's a very recent one, i only made it up 3 hours ago

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I don’t think you can call it “urban” any more.
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Fawlty Towers episode The Germans - fondly remembered for the line 'don't mention the War' - will return to UKTV platform with warnings highlighting 'potentially offensive content'.

comment by Clockwork Red (U4892)
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comment by Cinciwolf----JA606 NFL Fantasy Champion 2019----No Emotional Attachments....five long years (U11551)
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comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 3 hours, 48 minutes ago
comment by Don Draper's dandruff (U20155)
posted 15 seconds ago
comment by Robb Sancho (U22311)
posted 10 seconds ago
Wonder how many of those weird double entrendre 70s shows were written by paedophiles. Getting their rocks off on kids not quite getting the inside joke.
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Like the infamous episode of Jim'll fix it where they set up a huge spit roast.

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Don’t remember that but wow
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No doubt just another urban myth like the pugwash one
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if it's an urban myth it's a very recent one, i only made it up 3 hours ago

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I don’t think you can call it “urban” any more.
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Not now I’ve read it.

comment by Oscar. 2019 YEAR OF THE MACK! #TeamFury (U12980)
posted 1 hour, 38 minutes ago
Fawlty Towers episode The Germans - fondly remembered for the line 'don't mention the War' - will return to UKTV platform with warnings highlighting 'potentially offensive content'.


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Sensible.