I also think the hyper-sensitive triggered-happy culture of right now is very quick to forget that there's a BIG difference between racist vs ignorant, and racism vs racial insensitivity (which i think is, for example, the difference between wearing black face in the 80s to dress up like a black celebrity you like vs black face to mock black people or do a fake KKK scene - both are wrong to do, but they display a notably different intention and outlook).
I think in the Carmen Jones intro you describe, it seems to me like ignorance from someone who is anti-racism, rather than actual racism.
But as a white person, I recognize I may be limited in my understand here and I am happy to hear if I'm wrong from someone who knows this kind of thing from another perspective. |
