elsewheregreen:Australian Muslim and bisexual poet Omar Sakr finds himself dragged into the sewer of
elsewheregreen:Australian Muslim and bisexual poet Omar Sakr finds himself dragged into the sewer of British centrist-right politics…British “comedian” and presenter David ‘Blackface’ Baddiel has written a book entitled “Jews Don’t Count” which manages to be about as badly thought out and downright racist as the very racism it claims to be attacking. If you’ve never heard of Baddiel, then count yourself lucky. Here’s hoping somebody does sue him. He went for Ash Sarkar too. Funny how Baddiel’s quest to end antisemitism always ends up targeting black and brown people, isn’t it? Bonus: this is the passage in the book where Baddiel talks about his history of blackface in the 90s and the passage where he claims that no other minority would be subjected to having people outside that minority play them in movies. This book is being taken seriously as an anti-racist text. He is being invited onto TV to talk about it, ffs. Why have we allowed the British light entertainment industry to take charge of these discussions? -- source link
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