With the sensitive political correctness in the mainstream media how does this piece slide by without backlash by media police. Especially when the targeted audience is mainly teens or early adults who have a tendency to lash out as angry activists against anything remotely racist. Mystery abounds ...
shareWas it not clear that the show puts "Negro Day" forth as an example of unjustifiable segregation? And the word "Negro" is 100% accurate to the play's historical setting. You make it sound like you think it's racist just for people to acknowledge that racism existed, even if they are objecting to it.
shareI've always considered the whole story from the first Hairspray movie to be meaningless and trivializing the civil rights era with its silly plot about a white girl integrating a dance show.
The absolute failure of any contribution or motivation from any white people during the civil rights era is well documented.
I'd love to see transcripts from your interviews of energy single white person alive in that time...
shareI'm sure the murdered civil rights workers (2 were white) would agree that their lives were given in vain.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_civil_rights_workers'_murders
The absolute failure of any contribution or motivation from any white people during the civil rights era is well documented.
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shareThere was plenty of support and contribution by white people at the time. If there wasn't we'd still have segregation today.
shareThe original movie was based on the real life Buddy Dean show which was cancelled after he tried to integrate the show. And yes, once a month the real show had a "Negro Day".
shareYou ARE aware the show takes place in the early to mid 60's, right?
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The word Negro is not an epithet. It's not equivalent to the N word. It's what black people were called in the past, before P.C. took over and "African-American" became the norm. (FYI: In Canada and Great Britain, they are called black, not African-Canadian or African-British).
Negro comes from the word Negroid, which is a classification of race of humans.
It was true to the times the story takes place in.
shareDisturbed? No. But I'm not over sensitive with politically correct topics. Especially with films, TV, and books that work with historical context.
shareI was disturbed yes. But only because that was the way Americans spoke back then, and some continue to speak and think.
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Does anyone felt a bit disturbed by the words ' negro day' ?
I'm sure people who were not flaming racists used these words back then to describe African-Americans/Black people.