Watching Chelsea Handler's specials on Netflix. The current one is "Chelsea does Racism". It opens with her saying "Nobody wants to talk about their true feelings about race on camera". Agreed, but why?
In my mind it's because people are hammered for being honest. If they voice an opinion, it's not enough to just disagree with them or, even better, prove them wrong, it's become too common to bully, berate and destroy them for saying such a thing. A great example is Justine Sacco. She's the media company PR exec who tweeted "Going to Africa. Hope I don't get AIDS. Just Kidding. I'm White!" as a joke and, after tweeting and a 12 hour flight to Africa, found out she was fired upon turning her phone back on.
We see it here on PJ, lately with the hypocritical use of "thug". Call a black criminal a thug, you're a [Unwelcome language removed] racist. Call a white criminal a thug, no problem. People, those who make that differentiation are clearly racist.
In my mind it's because people are hammered for being honest. If they voice an opinion, it's not enough to just disagree with them or, even better, prove them wrong, it's become too common to bully, berate and destroy them for saying such a thing. A great example is Justine Sacco. She's the media company PR exec who tweeted "Going to Africa. Hope I don't get AIDS. Just Kidding. I'm White!" as a joke and, after tweeting and a 12 hour flight to Africa, found out she was fired upon turning her phone back on.
We see it here on PJ, lately with the hypocritical use of "thug". Call a black criminal a thug, you're a [Unwelcome language removed] racist. Call a white criminal a thug, no problem. People, those who make that differentiation are clearly racist.