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12/30/2002 03:13:00 AM | Timothy Color Blind So, what do you think would be a more offensively racist display to put on TV during prime time? a) Showing a movie in which a white man wears a placard with the phrase "I hate Niggers"in a predominantly black neighorhood, and is subsequently attacked by a mob of young black men who were outraged by this display of deliberately anatgonistic racism. b) Showing a movie in which a white man wears a placard with the phrase "I hate everyone" in a predominantly black neighborhood, and is subsequently attacked by a mob of young black men who were outraged by nothing more than this rather odd display of general misanthropy. If you chose a), and proceeded to edit that scene so that it becomes as in b), you too could be an executive at Fox Television. (the movie in question is Die Hard With a Vengeance )-from atrios. If Fox was so insistent on not having the 'N-word' appear on television, why didn't they at least just change the sign to 'I hate blacks'? Hmmm... if I was conspiracy minded, I was would say it is all part of Rupert Murdoch's plot to decontextualize black rage! heh. But television network execs are just that idiotic in general, I guess... Should Fox have left it unedited? Does anyone have opinions on when it might appropriate to leave racial slurs present, in order to provide context? (say, on this website or in academic work?) perma link |
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