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I'm going to have to come clean and say the last few post from me around here were "post pub", and post pub I get very absolute and, frankly, stroppy.
Racism isn't one way traffic, I accept. There are a myriad instances in our day to day lives that we are negatively dealt, and sometimes race will play a part in that. We all discriminate to everyone, all the time. Its demonstrated in our actions and by what we say.
The difference is the "n" word.
The "n" word stands for what was done to a race of people when they were slaves to white people. Its dehumanising. You can't get away from that. Whatever year it currently is when you are reading this, that's what it means.
As words go its pretty powerful, and as we learn in South Park, "it doesn't matter if you said it by accident, it's still a big deal ".
Beyond any broadcasting scenario, Emily broke a social taboo. The "n" word might have a contemporary understanding within your posse or family, but she was out of her comfort zone. To use the word without a tacit frame of reference was just odd.
The conclusion of the South Park story wasn't Randy's "victimisation", it is Stan coming to realise that as a white person he will never understand why black people are so upset by the word, and why it can make black people mad when a white person says it in any context.
This may be a little off topic, but its certainly relevant to what went on last week, and I'm using up all the posts I've missed during this damp squib of a series.
Gavin Scott
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James Martin posted:
Sorry to do another post but I think Mr Scott missed the point of that episode!
If you've seen that episode all the way through the episode concentrates on how Randy Marsh (Stan's dad) is consistently witch-hunted for saying The N Word live on television.
The parallels with Emily and the British Press are uncanny.
So I don't get your point about how white people don't get discriminated against,.
Gavin Scott posted:
If you want the best explanation of why then I suggest you watch the episode of South Park that Mr Martin suggested some pages back.
If you've seen that episode all the way through the episode concentrates on how Randy Marsh (Stan's dad) is consistently witch-hunted for saying The N Word live on television.
The parallels with Emily and the British Press are uncanny.
So I don't get your point about how white people don't get discriminated against,.
I'm going to have to come clean and say the last few post from me around here were "post pub", and post pub I get very absolute and, frankly, stroppy.
Racism isn't one way traffic, I accept. There are a myriad instances in our day to day lives that we are negatively dealt, and sometimes race will play a part in that. We all discriminate to everyone, all the time. Its demonstrated in our actions and by what we say.
The difference is the "n" word.
The "n" word stands for what was done to a race of people when they were slaves to white people. Its dehumanising. You can't get away from that. Whatever year it currently is when you are reading this, that's what it means.
As words go its pretty powerful, and as we learn in South Park, "it doesn't matter if you said it by accident, it's still a big deal ".
Beyond any broadcasting scenario, Emily broke a social taboo. The "n" word might have a contemporary understanding within your posse or family, but she was out of her comfort zone. To use the word without a tacit frame of reference was just odd.
The conclusion of the South Park story wasn't Randy's "victimisation", it is Stan coming to realise that as a white person he will never understand why black people are so upset by the word, and why it can make black people mad when a white person says it in any context.
This may be a little off topic, but its certainly relevant to what went on last week, and I'm using up all the posts I've missed during this damp squib of a series.
