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December 11, 2002

"Racist jokes can be funny"

URGENT UPDATE

Ok, way too many folks are ending up here looking for r*c*st j*k*s. Ain't none to be found. Management would apologize for the inconvenience, but has no respect for motherfuckers looking for the damned things. So.

Uncle Sam Don't Want You

End update.

So says Virginia Postrel, anyway.

Which reminds me, in a roundabout way, that I was going to (finally) post something at wimmenandminorities about the series NPR is doing on Comedy and Race in America.

Like I said, in a roundabout way.

Any road up, wossername links Glenn Reynolds, who links all over creation.

Senate Republicans are missing a golden opportunity here. If they act quickly and forthrightly to remove Lott from a leadership position, they not only eliminate this as a future campaign issue, but they actually look better than the Democrats. Removing Lott after Daschle tried to sanitize the situation sends a clear signal about which party has principles.

I constitute one of his biggest defenders simply because I don't think he should be dumped from the GOP leadership because he's allegedly racist. I think he should be dumped because he's politically stupid. . . . [. . .] One has only two choices here: Either, you take Lott at his word or you don't. If you don't believe him, then, well, he's a racist and a foolish one for being so obvious about it. But if you take him at his word, that he made a mistake, that's even worse. I mean, he's been smeared with the racist label enough times to have learned his lesson, especially considering the fact he's supposed to lead the Republican Party.

The lack of genuine concern for people of color generally (no clue why everyone acts like Black folks are/were the only ones affected by racism. . .) is overwhelming. If I didn't know better, I'd say them folks were more interested in assuring other white people they're not racist than in actually, you know, confronting racism.

Perhaps I just need more coffee.

Update: Yep. Coffee. I forgot the punchline.

Racist jokes can be funny. That's why I read Daily Pundit.

Bill is joking, right?

Well. . . he's a joke, anyway.

Update 12/14: Much-linked on blogdex, and appearing in the Washington Post, so there's hardly much point in my mentioning how Lott Has Moved Little On Civil Rights Issues:

The controversy over incoming Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott's praise last week for Strom Thurmond's segregationist 1948 presidential campaign has focused attention on the Mississippi Republican's record on racial issues. An examination of his record shows that over the past 40 years, he has consistently taken positions at odds with those of the traditional civil rights community.

Since, you know, this thread exists solely for the purpose of allowing visitors from Tacitus to offer profound insights into the psyches of the Black people posting here.

And who cares what "the traditional civil rights community" has to say anyway? What do they know about racism?

And just noticed, I added a few italics to the quotes in the original entry, to demonstrate how the right wing sees this more as a tactical issue than anything else. Which point is rather driven home by the article on Lott's voting record, as well as some reports on Salon I've no intention of paying for the privilege of reading.

Not buying your anti-racist stance, kids.

Posted by Aaron at December 11, 2002 08:09 AM

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