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rig-a-rendal · 2 years ago

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scared to keep this 500-word blurb about the civil rights movement in my review of "some like it lukewarm" because it doesn't ascribe to Internet Morality (i.e. I say that having Charlie Smalls on the show is actually a big deal for the legitimizing of black artists in the eyes of the show's largely-white audience). I know the jackals are going to gut me for "congratulating the white production team". I know they're going to be mad I'm promoting small, step-by-step practical change instead of adhering to the impossible standards of wokeness.

#like if im not just saying “END RACISM” and refusing to accept anything less than the black and white Absolute Ideal of Correctness #as progress #then I'm totally despicable and want to bring the movement down.#god how did this happen to us (the left)#I know black artists shouldn't have to depend on white broadcasting corporation owners to give them screen time. I know that.#but we're never going to get from here to somewhere better by giving demands we know aren't going to be met and then just getting angry #when they aren't met. milling rage isn't going to help artists of color get more recognition it's just going to weaken the whole movement #ugh you'd want the patience of a goddamn saint #sorry #noura talks politics #<- I won't do this often because its not worth it but there in case anyone wants to block this kind of post I dont blame you whatsoever

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