3 July 2020
I am generally loath to throw the racial identity card, but if it helps to amplify my megaphone, I will point out that recent genetic testing reveals my indigenous North American ancestry to be about ten percent.
I understand that the sponsors and supporters of the “Washington Redskins” are contemplating a name change. In light of current cultural and market conditions, that may be apt. The name is unfortunately and permanently linked to racism, cultural appropriation, conquest, and genocide. If I were a sports fan or a nativist or otherwise cared I would suggest that the team henceforth call themselves the Potomac Redskins.
update 200706: correspondent Al Assassid rebukes my jest as “racist,” declaring that “racism [is not] funny.” I agree, of course. Racism is not and never has been funny. Nor death, nor disaster, nor any other tragedy in life. Juxtaposition and surprise and contrast are funny. Or at least they are a start. Maybe they’re necessary conditions; sufficient conditions are subject to taste. Al goes on to state that “[i]t just doesn’t help to perpetuate the racist word… no matter how well you do the juxtaposition. Now if it were a joke about… gods… I might go along happily. But enough racism has happened and I’m calling it when I see it.”
Apparently, not quite enough blasphemy or profanity has happened, so while it’s currently not okeh to hurt the feelings of the racially sensitive, it is still okeh to hurt the feelings of the spiritually sensitive.
Incantations and Curses are powerful tools in the Sympathetic Magician’s kit, but only when the marks buy into his schtick.
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