He is a child rapist though. He’s not likely to face charges for that after this. They’ll either kill him or he’ll get put in witness protection. I'm pretty sure they'll remove the tattoos though, cause otherwise...
Nah. Not wasting any more time lambasting this clown but I will say the root’s milquetoast response to this step-and-fetchit sideshow is not a good look. For a site that’s usually on the ball when it comes to covering race, giving this dude publicity is a massive fumble.
Listen Jeremy, and this is coming from the entire Black community, fuck you.
And that’s that on that
Fuck him, fuck his edgy vibe, white friendly crafted ivy league thoughts and fuck the NYT for constantly catering to people like him.
So I guess this picture of him in a Trump shirt isn’t ironic after all.
I love how on one hand, he’s trying to come across as subversive and edgy and shit, going so far as to shit on another playwright he considers too “safe”...and then in the same breath when the criticism comes is all like “Why you bitches so pressed? We came up with the idea at a party. Relax.”
Like honestly, why couldn’t he just say that.
A mainstream publication lauding this removes the transgressiveness that it contains. Also, content-wise, how does this subvert the dominant paradigm?
Uh, what? The NYT arts section lauds trangesssive works, both new and old, fairly often.
The whole concept is based on a Tamara Mowry interview that was sad at the time but a bit ludicrous in retrospect. I feel for black women who are called bed wenches just for entertaining the thought of being attracted to a white man. I don’t feel as much sympathy when your husband looks like the softer side of the…
I had no idea this was a thing and I’m scared to look lol
When it comes to discrimination, black Americans need to just follow the Jewish handbook. There’s a reason talking about the Holocaust will get your ass fired but every single one of us has heard some dumb shit about slavery in the workplace. Would the Jews mock or shame themselves by portraying Jews a certain way in…
Thank you. Their publication regularly humanizes white supremacists and even invites them to share their thoughts. If they think you’re moving the needle, the people whose opinions matter don’t.
If we do not protect & guard & treasure our history, culture vultures or pimps will exploit it and shit will happen. Lately lots of shit has been happening and being created by folks who look like us and which our enemies celebrate and fund. You can even smell the shit from the page and from the stage! Our ancestors…
This play can’t be both lauded in mainstream publications like the New York Times and deemed transgressive. Pick one.
“Black people can make stupid things too,” is what we’re supposed to take from this I guess?
Harris, a 6-feet, 5-inch, Afro-clad, fashion forward, 29-year old Martinsville, Va. native, admitted he never factored in such backlash from his own community when developing Slave Play.