• aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    This article, like many others, fails to address the multiple anti Asian racist/xenophobic remarks in "The Closer" as well. Really surprising (or perhaps very unsurprising) how that just went under the radar.

    • FunnyUsername [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      Dave has been making jokes about Asian people his whole career

      It sucks that nobody ever talks about it because racism against asians is only now starting to get some pushback

      • DragonBallsDeep [comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        Yeah - it's always under the pseudo IDPOL protection of his wife being asian. If you're gonna use the 'my friend is black so I can say it' defense - at least make the jokes funny. He's done squinty eyes with his fingers in two specials now. He's a hack.

        • CommCat [none/use name]
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          3 years ago

          a lot of white nationalists have asian gfs/wives, but they don't get away with their racist BS. Chapelle is black so he can get away with it? It's not just lib idpol, Leftists have been saying blacks can't be racist since they collectively don't hold much political power.

          Maybe leftist ivory tower academics can break it down further, since Chappelle has never grown up poor and his mass popularity (across class and racial lines), wields more political influence than a lot of politicians. Idpol is fuck'n wild...