[svlug] Ethnic slurs, again

[Ray Olszewski]

Perhaps. I'm not acquainted with either the "All in the Family" episode you
allude to or the unnamed comedian, so I don't know how apt the references are.

I missed the original posting, since I skip by messages that consist only of
an unexplained URL without giving them a second thought (or, in this case, a
glance as the Subject: line). Looking back on this one, I suppose the main
consolation is that it doesn't really do anything more than make Mr.
Charters (whoever he is) look like a jackass ... and perhaps is a bit
embarrassing to his presumed employers (as identified in his oversized sig
block) as well.

At 08:44 AM 7/10/00 -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
>[E. Charters's stuff]
>
>You know, the comparison that comes naturally to mind is an antique 
>Archie Bunker routine -- but the difference was at least the
>script-writers could distinguish one East Asian group from another,
>and didn't apply the wrong insults to the wrong ones.
>
>(There's also a Korean-American comedian who responded to all this with
>some considerable wit.  Which again makes a sad contrast to this
>morning's post, here.)


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