1. Starting another twitter essay on humor boundaries riffing off this tweet from @JAMyerson https://twitter.com/JAMyerson/status/449576270742175744 …
@hoodedu In Crumbs case, to use widely accepted 1920s convention in 1960s (when they had been suppressed) was valid strategy.
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@HeerJeet No; I'm not assuming anything of the sort.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet I'm saying using exaggerated racism to parody racism is ineffective, because racism can't be exaggerated. -
@hoodedu No, but point isn't even exaggerating racism, it's reviving older accepted norm in new context to jarring effect. - Show replies
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@HeerJeet I don't think that it really matters what time period those racist tropes are from. Blackface is old, but resurrecting it doesn'tThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet in itself critique racism, because just pointing to racism and saying, "that's ridiculous" is ineffectual, bec. racismThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet doesn't have a grounding in reality. -
@hoodedu Point isn't just "this is ridiculous" -- it's: "this is history that now makes us uncomfortable & we don't want to face." - Show replies
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@HeerJeet Also...resurrecting older racism may be "bracing", but to whom?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet I think Bamboozled had a thing or two to say about that.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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