Cultural sensitivity. At the heart of the success of religion.
from tvparty, via metafilter:
After Beulah was cancelled, the three networks and independent television producers, fearful of being accused of perpetuating racial stereotypes, stopped casting Blacks in their shows almost entirely for the next fifteen years.
Some Advice
This goes off our usual posting but thought I’d put up a little PSA
If you preface a statement with
“I’m not racist but…”
or
“I don’t mean to sound racist but…”
You’re probably about to say something racist.
Mickey Rourke as “Mr. Yunioshi” Breakfast at Tiffany’s 1961
We’ve come so far
The U.S. Supreme Court case of Plessy vs. Ferguson in 1896 started the era of “Separate but Equal” the basic idea of which being that to keep everybody happy there would be equal right to schools, voting, etc for all races and to keep racial tensions low these rights would be administered separately. The above is an example of this kind of thinking taken to the extreme of even drinking fountains. This image and ones like it have become icons of the 20th century era of extreme segregation.
Super I.T.C.H » Blog Archive » Buffalo Bill & Queen Victoria, at Her Golden Jubilee, 1887
…Meanwhile back in the Colonies, as the Brits parodied the influence of Buffalo Bill upon England, American cartoonists were wondering how England might influence Bill & his troupe by the time of their return. Below left, C.J. Taylor’s cover art for the May 25, 1887 issue of Puck…
China We Owe A Lot to You, 1917
Music sheet book cover
Composer - Milton Ager, Lyricist - Howard Johnson
No, China we all realize
the magic of your dreamy almond eyes
It’s plain to see our crockery is china
Ev’ry cup and saucer
All our Broadway Johns and Janes
Couldn’t do without your bamboo canes
Tho’ you’re weak in song
We all know your tea is strong
