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[–] frog@feddit.uk 35 points 4 days ago (13 children)

Seinfeld is in the top of my list. Kramer can show up in black face and they left the episode in but someone can't be a dark elf in Community.

They also had Kramer making the Native American noises and stomping the Puerto Rican flag. Basically anything racist, they had the racist guy do. And it was okay because he looked like he had mental health issues.

[–] MBM@lemmings.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Huh? The whole joke with Chang going as a dark elf was that it was blackface and it made Shirley uncomfortable. I don't think it should've been removed because Chang was the punchline and not black people, but it was definitely about blackface. (I've also not heard anyone complain about that joke)

[–] presoak@lazysoci.al 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Remember when references substituted for humor? I think the same thing happened for moralness or something. The symbol became accepted as being as real as the actual thing. Which is completely psychotic of course.

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