Think now of what you said: “Black comedian”. Think how this differs from ‘Jose Jimenez’ and Gosden and Correll.Well, the Black comedian Lenny Henry wrote and starred in a series call Chef. It was about a black chef.
Should he apologize?
A hackneyed portrait of blacks in a subordinate position which whites felt comfortable with?What was offensive about the Cream of Wheat depiction?
As a resident of the Ozarks, am I supposed to be offended at the following:
Your point is??? That I mentioned he is black? That’s because he’s an Englishman who for all I know is totally unknown to most people.Think now of what you said: “Black comedian”. Think how this differs from ‘Jose Jimenez’ and Gosden and Correll.
Since when is “Chef” a subordinate position?A hackneyed portrait of blacks in a subordinate position which whites felt comfortable with?
You ever see two fat women call each other fat? There’s a difference in outsiders seeing others as the butt of jokes.Your point is??? That I mentioned he is black? That’s because he’s an Englishman who for all I know is totally unknown to most people.
Since kitchen work was the highest position to which blacks could aspire.Since when is “Chef” a subordinate position?
You obviously know nothing about the catering world.Since kitchen work was the highest position to which blacks could aspire
How does that guy look “subordinate”?A hackneyed portrait of blacks in a subordinate position which whites felt comfortable with?
Why? You think Black musicians aren’t portrayed a certain way to get maximum sales? Do you think the company label heads / marketing etc weren’t White?that is the definition of false equivalency.
Is there anything out there that’s not offensive to someone? Will we get to the point where no images are ever used and products are only advertised by lettering and box color? What if the lettering or color is deemed offensive to someone?
Kerning offends my deeply held values and so I will only purchase products labeled in a monospace font.It wasn’t so very long ago that there were complaints that black people were “underrepresented” in advertising. One real oddity of recent advertising is the near-prevalence of mixed race couples in television advertising; far more common than you see in real life. On the other hand, Amy Coney Barrett gets attacked for adopting black children.Is there anything out there that’s not offensive to someone? Will we get to the point where no images are ever used and products are only advertised by lettering and box color? What if the lettering or color is deemed offensive to someone?
And because they are subjectivists, they claim the right to decide not only if they are offended, but if a thing was offensive. The rest of us are then forced to play in a game of ever moving goalpostsFor the militants, I don’t think anything will ever be adequate to satisfy their rage at whatever they’re enraged about.
I think there are far more than people realize.One real oddity of recent advertising is the near-prevalence of mixed race couples in television advertising; far more common than you see in real life.
Some of the attacks are vicious and outright racist. Ibram Kendi Comes to mind.On the other hand, Amy Coney Barrett gets attacked for adopting black children.