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I don't even need to watch the skit because whether it is 'racist' or not is irrelevant. I think the word racist is used inappropriately a lot of the time when what we are really talking about is insensitivity and jackass-ism. No, these are not offenses as unforgivable as racism, but it is disingenuous to purport that they are totally harmless. And that they are not possibly indicative of at least some capacity for racial intolerance. I don't see it as being any more reactionary to comment about it than it is to comment on any other disagreeable personality trait a person might exhibit. And, as for baggage, what about the baggage that makes people react by bringing up rappers every time an issue like this is raised...that isn't baggage? I can't remember one time ever hearing that Eminem made white people look like buffoons. I can't even begin to count how many times I have heard the reverse logic used to characterize black people.
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