| "whose eyes are oddly made" |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 04:32 pm EST 02/20/19 |
| In reply to: re: Happy Talk racist? - Chromolume 01:31 pm EST 02/20/19 |
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It's lyrics like that which make it hard, especially out of context of the time period, to not see some inherent racism in the anti-racism song. Which I think for this character works just fine, as it would for almost any person of the time (or now even) because "we're all a little bit racist". You can be recognizing racism and rallying against it while also having some slanted ideas or "problematic" wording to your well-intended points.
I don't think the lyric is racist, and I think even just in the context of the verse it's in your can see it's not. But the next line about skin color a different shade is NOT guilty of the same issue, because it doesn't use a word with judgement or connotation inherent in it, like "oddly" has. At least how I understand it.
I would never do the show without Happy Talk, nor do I think You've Got to Be Carefully Taught is racist. |
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