Gloria

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• Commented on A Lesson on Blackface
  I guess the problem here is that you seem to think (correct me if I'm wrong) that "offended" pretty much means "freakin' furious letter-writing campaign/boycott." Not true for me. I can be offended if someone uses "gay" as a slur....
• Commented on A Lesson on Blackface
  All right, all right, I got this: "That the black characters they are portraying are Jamaican is entirely irrelevant." No. Like I pointed out, it was funny because they're Jamaican, because native Jamaicans generally know jack shit about bobsledding because...
• Commented on A Lesson on Blackface
  Lucky Charms are gross. Just saying. But yes, I'm also saying that the Irish are gross....
• Commented on A Lesson on Blackface
  I guess my point was that I just think dogs are kind of dirty (despite whatever dog owners say). Similarly, some races in some cultures are seen as "dirty" -- connected to the idea of separate fountains for whites and...
• Commented on A Lesson on Blackface
  "Yeah, because that's ridiculing the features of an Asian person. Which, by the way, is what makes blackface offensive." I don't see how painting your face dark and taping back your eyes are different. One is "ridiculing" and the other...