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An Open Response from Tracy Oliver & Issa Rae

Filed under: eloquent not so eloquent ways of using words in order to say nothing at all whilst patting oneself on the back.  This might as well have been written by the Human Relations department at a corporate law firm.

But we didn’t make the mistake of thinking that this was a show about social justice just because it widens the scope of representation so that certain college-educated black folk can see their own sensibilities comedically reflected back to them, right?  We’re not still confusing progressive politics with niche marketing, right?

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  5. thewayistare reblogged this from issarae and added:
    agree with others that this was a rather shitty non-apology I was expecting something more nuanced
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  7. vanityferia reblogged this from issarae and added:
    Well, thanks for...non-apology. I can’t believe I am saying this, but I am out Issa
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    It’s disappointing to me because I was kinda hoping for an apology. Or at least an outright acknowledgement of what it...
  11. headsupskirtsdown reblogged this from rottingvessel and added:
    (click the title above)...Exactly. THIS was the line in the sand? The show has been saying...
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  15. thesavagesalad reblogged this from brogigayo and added:
    … That’s not what an apology looks like I mean seriously people, it isn’t too hard to say “Wow- we fucked up, we’re...
  16. whidavrho reblogged this from issarae and added:
    half-assed non-apology.
  17. rhymeswithnothing reblogged this from withrevolutionarycries and added:
    Ehh I’m not surprised to see people writhing & breaking their backs to defend their precious show from outcry but it...
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    but since you don’t like it,...critical of Native...Muslim...
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