Thursday 9 June 2016

Black Chives Matter


A little progressive comedy to lighten up the dialogue. Initially I was a little weary of a pun being made of something sensitive and important, but what the creator is aiming to do is raise this issue in a grammar of her own in order to make a point. A great way to make a positive impact through her forum and to connect to and inform people while being accessible.

Humour has the power to raise difficult subjects. If you read through the comments you'll find plenty of people that disagree and condemn the video for being tasteless and others taking the social amnesia root of "so sick of hearing about this aren't we all equal" (Polysemic Bimodality anyone?)

BUT you'll also find people engaging with the content in a way that continues the conversation in a progressive direction. Though I don't know why this young man thinks that black lives matter is about social inclusion. Will it help black people to hang out with him? He'd have to be a pretty top notch guy? Could Mitchell Stacy be the answer to authentic equality?  I think not. (White hero anyone?)


Thanks for reading,
Vik

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