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Originally Posted by Not Bob
Dude, I love you like that younger cousin who annoyed everyone by using “money” as a substitute for “cool”, “neat-o”, or “the cat’s pajamas” for an entire summer, but anytime one compares a black woman or man to an ape, one is a racist. It’s a comparison that has a long and specific history of being used to dehumanize blacks such that they could be held as property (or given fewer rights after 1865 than whites) by society at large.
Even if someone doesn’t “know” that, it is still racist because the culture that created and perpetuates that comparison is racist (or “white dominant” if you prefer a little euphemism with your coffee).
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I agree 100%.
But the Rice comment had some wiggle room. She could have weaved around that comment. PR flacks could have handled it. The Jarrett comment had zero wiggle room.
The proof is ABC's quick cancellation. You know damn well that wasn't just doing the right thing. Nobody in entertainment does things solely because it's the right thing to do. Management looked at that comment, looked for an explanation, for wiggle room, for anything, and finding nothing, they did what they'd no choice but to do.
