Comment on UK cinema chain won’t screen new Ali G film
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 6 days agoIt’s not a black stereotype, it’s a stereotype of a white person who appropriates black culture. It’s not making fun of black culture itself.
Comment on UK cinema chain won’t screen new Ali G film
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 6 days agoIt’s not a black stereotype, it’s a stereotype of a white person who appropriates black culture. It’s not making fun of black culture itself.
geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 6 days ago
Just a guy imitating all the worst racist tropes of stereotypical racist black culture as right wing media pushes it. But he’s white! So now he can wear a Jamaican outfit and talk with a Jamaican accent and do racist tropes… While being white!
And he’s called Ali. A very white name!
By the way remind me how long it took SBC after th
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
A guy imitating a white person imitating racist black stereotypes. The joke isn’t “Look at this ridiculous behavior which is representative of black people”, the joke is “Look at this ridiculous white person imitating racist stereotypes”. The punchline isn’t black culture, the punchline is cringey white guys. Ali G is more often than not the butt of the joke.
geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
Is Ali a white name?
athatet@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
It is if a white person names their white child that. What is this question?