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You have no problem believing a 20 something playing a 10 year old, or that the same actor with the same hair but a different dress can be two different characters, but a black man playing a white woman’s father is too much for your casually racist imagination? You’re the problem. —Expected Better
This article appears in Oct 1-7, 2015.
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But is it racism? Could there be another explanation? You have left out many details so as to make us – the readers – think this is cut and dry. But I strongly suspect that there is more to the story and this is a case of falsification by omission. Please, we are not idiots. Just because you can get this nonsense posted doesn’t make it real or truthful.
I love the term casual racism. “Darling, I was thinking about tennis this afternoon, would you like to stop for brunch first? Oh, did you hear, the Johnstons are getting a new hot tub installed. They’ve invited us over for margaritas next week but my mothers in town. And don’t you wish Black people would go back to africa? I was thinking about filet mignons tonight but if we get a bit peckish before that, I’ll pick us up some finger foods…”
Umkhumbi wami ugcwele ngenyoka zemanzini
That’s Xhosa for “My hovercraft is full of eels!”. The Xhosa are the second largest ethnic group in South Africa – after the Zulus.
^^^
Google tells me it’s actually Zulu and reads: “My ship is full of snake aquaculture.”
My friend, Dickie, was like that. That’s why we don’t hang around anymore. Other than the reason he’s dead.
^^^ Oops! I should have said, “Inqwelo etshitshiliza phezu kwamanzi izele ziipalanga”
And Google translator doesn’t recognize Xhosa so here’s a useful phrase book: http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/xhosa.php
That feeling when you are mixing up zemanzini with ziipalanga…smdh
I always wondered – how does a critic review another critic?
Critic shaming! or is it?