mecegirl said:
This is why diversity in media matters op. You noticed how the hosts background influenced the content of the show. Well guess what! Even when the host is White it influences the content of a show. It is not an unbiased or nutral perspective. And those of us who aren't White notice. Unlike your situation though it isn't just an hours worth of television. If that hour is all it took for you to start feeling annoyed how do you think those of us on the other side of things feel?
Besides, if less racist shit happened then they wouldn't have anything to talk about. Even in our oh so enlightened society some people are still racist. And they will continue to be racist if they think they can get away with it. Talking about their words and deeds on a show that reaches a large audince puts pressure on them and those who think like them. And for those who aren't racist but do/say racist things half the time ignorance is the reason why. If racism is spoken about publicly some folks might learn something.
The funny thing is, I forgot about Trevor's rebranded Daily Show until this thread reminded me. I've been watching, and Noah doesn't seem to be talking much about race. Yes, he mentions it occasionally, but so far, he seems less likely to bring it up than Jon Stewart did.
You know, Jon, the white guy most people seemed to love?
Oh, and occasionally, he mentions he's not American in some format.
So yeah. You have like, an hour of major network stuff that has dark-skinned people, but only half of that actually leans to covering racial issues as a given. So, maybe 30 minutes (being generous) out of the 46 total minutes of running time in that hour? Yeah, this is a focus on race, I guess? The correspondents don't seem to be playing the race card, either.
I think this is an extension of the same phenomenon you see when race issues are brought up on the news. People get "tired of hearing about it." I'm sure unarmed black people are tired of dying, too, but sure. Let's drop an issue of systemic violence because it depresses people to be reminded that another group has it worse.
It seems any amount of focus on race (or other issues) is too much. And unfortunately, that's a line where the rest of us should not have to compromise.
Sorry, wandered away from whatever my original point was, but yeah. I love the point that if an hour is all it takes, how does everyone else feel?
Anyway, yeah. The Nightly Show talks about race. That's good since it brings up shit I'm not seeing elsewhere. The Daily Show sometimes covers race, like it did when Jon was in charge. It doesn't seem to have changed its focus just because Not Jon is the new host. And the only thing I can really say about Not Jon is that he's not Jon.
But then, I really wanted Jessica Williams to host, so it's not like I was exactly burned a black person got it. I just really adore Jessica. <3
Dagra Dai MC. VSO. said:
If someone is delusional or outright psychotic they can project their actions on another, but more usually we all project in little ways. The things we most dislike about ourselves, our anxieties and insecurities, we tend to betray them in small ways all of the time. Sometimes if people are particularly maladjusted, or worse, if they have a nasty personality disorder it all gets more gruesome. Those are the people you meet who will scream at you, while you calmly ask them what's wrong. So they scream at you, that you need to stop being so angry.
An extreme example, and a more common one is something we're all familiar with: liars never trust anyone.
Well, as a liar, I can understand that. Though my situation is more a feedback loop, but...I digress. Thing is, I'm not quite sure it's worth jumping to projection when there's another, simpler example.