World gone mad: Music conductor fired for making racist joke even though "victim" says no.

[DonFerrari]

contestgamer said:

DonFerrari said:

So why haven't the other friend that made joke about the british accent weren't fired them? As you said, if it's valid for one it should be enforced on the other.

The joke? He offered a traditional southern dish to his black friend using a southern accent (with no direct inflection of being a dialect or accent that would be used by black people instead of white people). So there were no joke, just mock on accent that both done to one another.

Its not racist if it's directed towards a group in power - white british cannot cry racism because they are the oppressors.

Yes the british are all powerfull people. I'm always amussed to the excuses that SJW and progressives use.

Two friends joking among them about their heritage, one is offensive the other aint.

Then the jokes against minorities aren't ok, unless they are done by someone from inside.

As you said I'm latino, I'm a minority, and didn't like what you said and I'm offended, so by your proposition of law you should be throw in jail.

AsGryffynn said:

contestgamer said:

That's different, fair enough. But if you were American it would be deeply offensive. 

Thanks. For an instant I wondered if I had genuinely done something awful since I actually do care about racism. It's just that people sometimes point to something that happened fifty years ago and which wasn't a thing here and suddenly treat me awful even though it's a first. 

Never mind what happened in the US though... Reap what you sow I guess... While I think it's a bad thing over there, I am not into repressing creative freedom for the sake of political correctness. Especially when the real culprits are long gone, so I still think even things such as blackface shouldn't automatically be classed racism unless there's a clear wish to denigrate or mock someone. 

My two cents.

DonFerrari said:

So why haven't the other friend that made joke about the british accent weren't fired them? As you said, if it's valid for one it should be enforced on the other.

The joke? He offered a traditional southern dish to his black friend using a southern accent (with no direct inflection of being a dialect or accent that would be used by black people instead of white people). So there were no joke, just mock on accent that both done to one another.

Wait... that's it? It's a wonder Brits don't consider me score then, given I have a field day doing Cockney and Essex accents whenever I am in the UK... 

SJW will distort anything to make a point. Even when a false rape claim is made they won't scold the female, they will said it was possible that it would occur and she being a woman is at a constant risk.

contestgamer said:

Aeolus451 said:

That's the very same arguement alot of religious people use as a jusitification to push their beliefs on others. You and other progressives are doing the same thing. If people in general are not cool with religious people doing that then they sure as shit won't let progressives do it. Culture apporation is a warped concept on being decent and if you want to believe that, fine, do it for yourself but it has no business being pushed to become a normal thing.

So by that same logic should we also stop fighting against nazi symbolism being a publically accepted norm? Or The N word? Where is the line? As progressives we believe that line should be drawn as whatever offends minority people. Frankly it should be a law, not a "rule" so that we dont have to have these arguements anymore.

And we also should fight Socialism, Communism, Castro, Che Guevara and all other traces of prejudice right?

contestgamer said:

Pyro as Bill said:

A Brit doing an American accent is cultural appropriation? The irony lol.

If a Brit does an Australian/Canadian accent while mocking their monarchy, is that cultural appropriation too?

It doesnt apply to white-english cultures as they dont have real cultural histories.

And the others are the people with prejudice?

Sorry to tell you, but Vikings have culture, Celtics have culture, Roman, Greeks and all other people have culture.