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It premieres March 8 on FX. Looks to me like another great show FX has got on its schedule.
I CAN'T WAIT!
I CAN'T WAIT!
SuperFerret said:Am I the only one who thinks this concept is ignorant and racist?
boyscouT said:Please elaborate..
I think its exactly the opposite of ignorant and racist... they are literally switching lives.
SuperFerret said:It's ignorant, because it's implying that life all of a sudden gets different depending on the color of your skin. Disregarding all predjudices each skin tone attracts, life for a white family isn't any different than that of a black family of equal income, education, culture, etc. Skin color doesn't carry that much weight in reality.
It's also racist due to the use of make-up to "transform" the people into the other race, which is reminiscent of "black face" make-up used by white actors in the past to ridicule blacks.
SuperFerret said:It's ignorant, because it's implying that life all of a sudden gets different depending on the color of your skin. Disregarding all predjudices each skin tone attracts, life for a white family isn't any different than that of a black family of equal income, education, culture, etc. Skin color doesn't carry that much weight in reality.
It's also racist due to the use of make-up to "transform" the people into the other race, which is reminiscent of "black face" make-up used by white actors in the past to ridicule blacks.
Colossal Spoons said:I've never heard of it for myself but if that's the premise; I don't like it either.:
boyscouT said:what race are you? where do you live? where have you lived for most of your life? how old are you?
boyscouT said:dont you feel ignoring all the predjudices each skin tone attracts is ignorance in itself?
take a look at our history for the past 300 years.
SuperFerret said:I know that, and history proves that there are no differences between individuals of different skin tones except for the skin pigmentation itself and the differences humanity imposes on them.
SuperFerret said:Of course, race (unfortunately) is an ever present social factor, but the point I'm making is this: Life is not/should not be different just based on one's skin color (assuming all other factors are equal).
SuperFerret said:It's ignorant, because it's implying that life all of a sudden gets different depending on the color of your skin. Disregarding all predjudices each skin tone attracts, life for a white family isn't any different than that of a black family of equal income, education, culture, etc. Skin color doesn't carry that much weight in reality.
SuperFerret said:It's also racist due to the use of make-up to "transform" the people into the other race, which is reminiscent of "black face" make-up used by white actors in the past to ridicule blacks.
Colossal Spoons said:^Agreed. It has a lot of potential to either open eyes or piss people off.