Again I ask the question, if a majority of people say a thing is offensive and ask you to stop, why can’t you simply stop the behavior instead of justifying its continuation?
The answer to your question, "Why can’t you simply stop the behavior instead of justifying its continuation?" is that exceptions to the rule do nothing to justify the continuation. In fact, they do the opposite. The SCTV example uses the same means ( black-face) to illuminate the problem ( racism ) while making a mockery of racism ( not of black people ). It is throwing the pie back in the racists face. It is only offensive to someone who doesn't get it.
Not to mention that the part of a white detective disguised as a black butler is not a part that can be easily played by a black actor, but it might be funny to see it attempted. It would require the black actor to use white-face to disguise themselves as a very bad white detective in order to get hired to impersonate a black butler. Sorry if you don't find that idea humorous either, but it cracks me up almost as much.
What would be even be funnier is to carry the whole idea to its maximum absurdity, like for an oriental to disguise themselves as a native american who disguises himself as a bad white detective who disguises himself as a black butler who is in reality Russell Peters.
On the topic of slavery, I am personally not a supporter of it, so don't assume that
anything I'm saying here is an
endorsement of either slavery or racism. However, the fact is that the history of slavery isn't all about white people enslaving black people.
Both races have enslaved and sold members of their
own race, whites were the first to abolish slavery, and Africa continues to enslave its own people to this day.
Armed conflict, state-sponsored forced labor, and forced marriages were still prevalent in Africa.
qz.com
It's time to stop blamin' whitie and look at the bigger picture. We all need to work together. Or maybe your one of those who think that if blacks want to keep enslaving blacks in Africa, that it should be up to them because they're black and it's none of whities business? It was a part of their culture long before the transatlantic slave trade. Funny how that doesn't get talked about much. If they had gotten the technology first, the whole situation would probably have been the other way around and they'd have been hauling white slaves out of Europe instead.
Here's something else nobody talks about:
A new study suggests that a million or more European Christians were enslaved by Muslims in North Africa between 1530 and 1780 – a far greater number than had ever been estimated before.
Editor's note (3/21/20): For an update on this story, visit: Why is a 16-year-old book on slavery so popular now? A new study suggests that a million or more European Christians were enslaved by Muslims in North Africa between 1530 and 1780 – a far greater number than had ever been...
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