"voting for the president of a country that isn't mine right now just feels wrong."

I'll just leave this here.

Someone should tell those white kids they coulda cut costs on blackface makeup. http://somethingtoobrave.tumblr.com/post/31544918723/celebrities-other-than-chris-brown-who-have-committed

Whenever I see Hugo's byline, I think of this...

Sorry, but the idea that we are bombing Pakistan (or Yemen, or Somalia, or Afghanistan) to protect innocent people simply isn't supported by the facts. And, as a matter of fact, we *do* intentionally target civilians, including first responders attempting to provide medical help. You can read about our "double tap"…

So we agree that ethnocentrism is bad. Full stop.

Agreed. But this also means that *we* are the bad guys. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/09/24/us-drones-terrorising-civilians-in-pakistan_n_1909167.html

I'm willing to bet cash money Cohen plays him as a Chinese character.

Yeah, same. I think that particular skit flatters white people by locating racism in the distant past. Also, just as satire it fails, since Amos and Andy wasn't blackface.

Looks like Sacha Cohen is gonna add yellowface to his CV too. http://laist.com/2012/10/04/sacha_baron_cohen_developing_the_lesbian.php

Reminder that Bill Clinton is a sexual predator.

Yeah, I didn't watch the episode. Only the blackface skit. Really, no amount of context can make blackface less problematic, though.

Cool. Sorry I missed that.

The actual perpetrator Matias Reyes confessed, and is behind bars. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/oct/05/central-park-five-rape-case?newsfeed=true

Thanks for saying this. Jez hasn't gotten worse on these issues in the time I've been reading. From concern trolling obesity articles to bodysnarking on people they deem fair targets, shit's gotten out of hand.

So calling it satire somehow magically erases that it's problematic? Nice try. http://www.womanist-musings.com/2012/04/jon-hamm-does-blackface-on-30-rock.html

Didn't hear that joke. Why do you ask?

Yeah, I thought it let the audience of the hook by placing TV racism safely in the past, while allowing them to laugh at racist spectacle. I think this is a sharp response.

Here's a deeper and more critical analysis. http://www.womanist-musings.com/2012/04/jon-hamm-does-blackface-on-30-rock.html

There are lots of reasons it's weird to have Michael Jackson costumes for children, and not all of them have to do with race.