It's not just poor taste. The extremes exist because the substrate is made of non-extremes, you know, just "distasteful" stuff.
Blackface and KKK hoods are blatant, visible messages of hate no matter how much you want to downplay them. There are victims - every black person in America is harmed by this shit.
It's because tiny "distasteful" sexist behaviors are tolerated that predators find it so easy to brutalize women.
It's because tiny "distasteful" homophobic behaviors are tolerated that LGBTQ people are brutalized.
It's precisely because tiny "distasteful" things like black face and KKK costumes are tolerated that people of color are brutalized.
A highly visible stand taken by people in power to support the least powerful is a profound raising of the bar in what we will tolerate as a nation. This is one substantial way that meaningful cultural sea change begins to happen. We fucking mean it.
One powerful white man being held accountable on a front page, national level is a loud and clear statement. Northam's career is not the important part of this particular issue, and he himself should understand that.
And by the way, I am a citizen of Virginia.
Blackface and KKK hoods are blatant, visible messages of hate no matter how much you want to downplay them. There are victims - every black person in America is harmed by this shit.
It's because tiny "distasteful" sexist behaviors are tolerated that predators find it so easy to brutalize women.
It's because tiny "distasteful" homophobic behaviors are tolerated that LGBTQ people are brutalized.
It's precisely because tiny "distasteful" things like black face and KKK costumes are tolerated that people of color are brutalized.
A highly visible stand taken by people in power to support the least powerful is a profound raising of the bar in what we will tolerate as a nation. This is one substantial way that meaningful cultural sea change begins to happen. We fucking mean it.
One powerful white man being held accountable on a front page, national level is a loud and clear statement. Northam's career is not the important part of this particular issue, and he himself should understand that.
And by the way, I am a citizen of Virginia.