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Showing posts with label racism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label racism. Show all posts
Barbie knows, with #hate, size matters...
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Barbie calls out @SteveKingIA for his #WhiteSupremacist words
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Sorry, no actual joke this week. I just couldn't find anything funny about Congressman Steve King's words.
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Billy is down about the world but knows where to find HOPE!
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Billy & Barbie Ballpoint lament the loss of the @NightlyShow.
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Now, it's not like canceling The Nightly Show was like canceling any other underperforming (ratings-wise) comedy show. You're taking away a good chunk of underrepresented voices from the American media landscape. This is a serious tragedy that I don't think anyone fully grasps. The Nightly Show was providing the service of, not only, reporting on race and gender issues in a funny way, but also in helping teach white viewers that People of Color and women could be smart, funny and have something important to say.
The idea that Comedy Central had expectations of audience size less than 2 years into The Nightly Show's run seems pretty absurd to me. I mean, how many shows helmed by black hosts are there? Isn't it zero now? How do you measure the success of a show run largely by PoC? You can't compare it to other shows because there are no other shows like TNS.
It's like putting a can of Coke in front of a caveman and getting angry at the Coca-Cola Company because the caveman doesn't chug the whole can immediately. It took a couple decades and a really cheap price to cement Coca-Cola as America's Sugar Water of Choice. You can't expect modern America to gloop down a healthy drink made by people with faces that, frankly, scare an all too sizable portion of them.
Speaking of which, White America is still learning. We've come along way, but a lot of us are still dragging their heels. The media is where adults get their education (another fact, I don't think most people grasp) and taking a metaphorical megaphone away from even a few People of Color, even by canceling just one show, holds America back as a people.
Like Barbie said above--shutting down one show run by so many People of Color is removing a disturbingly large number of People of Color from the American media landscape. Do I need to hang a lampshade on this and suggest that it smacks of systemic racism? I'm not saying that someone at Comedy Central was like "Aw, that's a black show! Screw those guys! #CANCELED!"
I'm saying that because CC seemed to only consider ratings when determining whether TNS should stay on the air, they're falling into the same racist trap the rest of our culture has fallen into decades. Howard Zinn once said "You can't be neutral on a moving train." Well, CC can't just say "Sorry, you're ratings just weren't good enough." and then replace TNS with another white-helmed show and not be labeled racist. Though, maybe I'm the only one with a labeling gun. Well, fine:
I suppose they're probably sexist, too, since there were a ton of talented women on that show, also. Maybe CC thinks they'll all get hired over at Full Frontal?
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From 12/29/2003: #BillyBallpoint has found a solution to too many white people on TV!
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#BillyBallpoint takes on #AllLivesMatter, #BlackLivesMatter, & #BlueLivesMatter!
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From 12/22/2003: Remember when movies only starred white people? Not much has changed since '03
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This week, Billy and Barbie think the #USG is full of crap re: the #WarOnDrugs. Find out why!
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From 1999: Billy takes an Ax to Racism (in the face!)
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In this week's #BallpointAdventures, Billy has a PSA for anyone feeling ignored. #WARNING: #AdultLanguage
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BALLPOINT ADVENTURES for 3/16/15: Barbie Explains America's Position in the World
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More on the direness at hand in America next week on BALLPOINT ADVENTURES!
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BALLPOINT ADVENTURES for February 2, 2015: When Criticizing, Don't Broad-Stroke (even if it's true)
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Not necessarily the truth... except when it is. Am I right fellow white guys? Back me up on this--we're all psychos in sheep's clothing, right?
Well... not ME...
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