Comments on: Step Away From The Damned Blackface, Already

By: mandolin

mandolin — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:00:50 +0000

my god, belldame, that was awesome. thanks for linking!

By: belledame222

belledame222 — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:53:53 +0000

per “politically correct,” and the “legitness” of it, at minimum of the (increasingly tired) phrase itself, i think zuky has the the best piece on it i’ve ever seen:

http://www.kaichang.net/2006/11/the_sloppy_prop.html

By: Ampersand

Ampersand — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:09:52 +0000

I didn’t mean to say that Spike Lee is the be-all and end-all, and I agree about his gender blind spots. But I nonetheless thought Bamboozled was a terrific film.

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:30:37 +0000

Right on, blackface = unacceptable. Have to say, though, that the “only Spike Lee can do it” standard doesn’t work for me. I think he’s got some major blind spots about gender. Definitely not the last word in progressive film.

By: Kate L.

Kate L. — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 13:44:00 +0000

Wow. Blackface is not a sign of anything other than stupid college kids?

I’m seriously at a loss for words on that one.

Can we just begin with the idea that MAYBE, just MAYBE 18-22 year olds CAN be smarter, more mature and better informed than we expect them to be and that this notion of “Kids will be kids” is just creating an EASIER atmosphere for ADULTS to act like children? I’m sorry. I don’t buy that anyone over the age of about 10 doesn’t KNOW that this is incredibly offensive and does it anyway. The fact that they get away with it with such minor slaps on the wrist and the fact that people are arguing it doesn’t mean anything is demonstrating just how racist we all really are.

By: JG

JG — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:39:13 +0000

I just think it’s a stupid thing to do.

Unfortunately, I did lots of stupid things in college, but I didn’t do that.

I don’t know if it’s a sign of anything in general … other than college students can be dopey.

By: Tuomas

Tuomas — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 06:12:34 +0000

I think it’s simply the way frat boy culture…

By: Tuomas

Tuomas — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 06:09:27 +0000

I don’t know if they did it with racist motives, but it was racist.

I think it’s simply the “frat boy culture” (which I find utterly obnoxious) is constructed — it’s basically one big, neverending competition about who does the most outrageously offensive thing.

But it’s so, you know, -edgy!- Smash the oppressive P.C. police! Smash, I say, smash!

I agree, those assholes are making legitimate criticisms of political correctness more difficult. This is something that has bothered me for a long time — that for some (generally right-wing, admittedly) “anti-PC” people, being “politically incorrect” all the time is thought to be required by their political stance.

In essence, for some “Anti-PC” people, “politically incorrect” is politically correct. Which is pretty fucked up.

By: belledame222

belledame222 — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 01:59:50 +0000

But it’s so, you know, -edgy!- Smash the oppressive P.C. police! Smash, I say, smash!

plus, how dare you stifle these peoples’ creative expression? I mean, it’s -really- creative. and did i mention about the edgy? Well it is. Edgy edge edge edge. HOO! Boy, is that ever edgy…

*…sorry, I must have dozed off there. Where was I? Oh, yeah, right.

“Blackface Is Cool. And: Fight for your Right to Party. Because you mustn’t let Them tell you what to do, EVER.”

–oh, shit, I think I hear Mom coming, quick, light some incense and open the window…

By: Carmen Van Kerckhove

Carmen Van Kerckhove — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:02:42 +0000

Hey thanks for the link! And yes please everyone, step AWAY from the blackface. It’s *never* appropriate.

By: Pen-Elayne on the Web

Pen-Elayne on the Web — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

spots some sexism as yet another article about blogging comes out that completely ignores over half the blogging population. Hey Roxanne, has it been three months already? • Et tu, Johns Hopkins? (Via Bint and Barry.) Et tu, Maru? • Atrios inadvertently supplies a very good reason why blog ads are a bad idea. I don’t think “people fail to understand” his point, I just think people disagree with it. Running any

By: My Private Casbah

My Private Casbah — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

After reading about it on Blackademic (I never pass up an opportunity to provide a link to her site), I skipped around the net to see what other sources had to say about it. Alas, A Blog mentions it in “Step Away From The Damned Blackface, Already” and you can take a look at the actual message from the invitation to the party here. I also found an editorial on Johns Hopkins University’s student-run newspaper’s website entitled “Sigma Chi’s Long Night”