Great post. This episode is an example of the moral blindness and hollow performative virtue signaling of the woke. A supposedly harmful word became the pretext for piling onto a man with a genuine disability. So much for compassion.
It's frustrating. So much of the outrage is false and performative. Do you really think working class black folks give a shit about the BAFTA Awards? I doubt they even do in Great Britain. By advertising and mocking this incident, the mockers have only increased the exposure to this event (and therefore to THE WORD) by 100x.
But they don't care. They don't really care about much, and certainly not struggling black people.
Just a note: I included the word 'nigger' in a note awhile back (quoting Nick Fuentes) and my subscriber growth immediately and completely stalled out, for about a month. It could have been a coincidence but these days I remain suspicious. Let's see if it happens again!
Exactly. Also, Brits are apparently more offended for Davidson's sake than for Jordan or Lindo's, perhaps partly because British racial sensitivities concern Indians and Pakistanis more than blacks.
Hope you are aware the “so say it” skit is not real. Does not seem like your engagement with
this extends beyond recognition of a overreaction to disability and what the brought with it. Tiring to hear this painted with such broad brushes as if every black american agrees with everyone about what the appropriate response would have been. Also as far as I understand, the question about the BBC choosing to leave it in is tied to them removing references to Palestine but leaving nigger in.
The natural and healthy desire to avoid hurting people’s feelings is the main obstacle. It’s wonderful that humans have that impulse. It helps suppress actual racism. But clearly, it can go too far. Another obstacle is that black Americans across the political spectrum are unlikely to surrender the word’s discursive power.
Great post. This episode is an example of the moral blindness and hollow performative virtue signaling of the woke. A supposedly harmful word became the pretext for piling onto a man with a genuine disability. So much for compassion.
It's frustrating. So much of the outrage is false and performative. Do you really think working class black folks give a shit about the BAFTA Awards? I doubt they even do in Great Britain. By advertising and mocking this incident, the mockers have only increased the exposure to this event (and therefore to THE WORD) by 100x.
But they don't care. They don't really care about much, and certainly not struggling black people.
Just a note: I included the word 'nigger' in a note awhile back (quoting Nick Fuentes) and my subscriber growth immediately and completely stalled out, for about a month. It could have been a coincidence but these days I remain suspicious. Let's see if it happens again!
https://jmpolemic.substack.com/p/white-supremacy-doesnt-exist
Exactly. Also, Brits are apparently more offended for Davidson's sake than for Jordan or Lindo's, perhaps partly because British racial sensitivities concern Indians and Pakistanis more than blacks.
Hope you are aware the “so say it” skit is not real. Does not seem like your engagement with
this extends beyond recognition of a overreaction to disability and what the brought with it. Tiring to hear this painted with such broad brushes as if every black american agrees with everyone about what the appropriate response would have been. Also as far as I understand, the question about the BBC choosing to leave it in is tied to them removing references to Palestine but leaving nigger in.
I've had the experience of trying to get people to break the taboo. Most simply don't have it in them. It's often difficult to determine whether they are principled or dainty. https://humanraceman.substack.com/p/a-failed-race-experiment
The natural and healthy desire to avoid hurting people’s feelings is the main obstacle. It’s wonderful that humans have that impulse. It helps suppress actual racism. But clearly, it can go too far. Another obstacle is that black Americans across the political spectrum are unlikely to surrender the word’s discursive power.