Don’t #CancelColbert, but…

Stephen Colber’s Colbert Report came under fire for racism this week. Ultimately, the question is:  where does satirizing racism end and racism begin?

https://twitter.com/AyadeLeon/status/449777322862714880

 

It’s late, and I’m too tired to write anything well-reasoned, but I sweated over my own two tweets to the public debate last night, and I’ll also post a few tweets I found compelling in the #CancelColbert hashtag.

 

@StephenAtHome, racist speech triggers folks, even in humor/satire context. PoC fed up. A wake up call but #CancelRush don't #CancelColbert.

— A y a d e L e o n (@AyadeLeon) March 28, 2014

https://twitter.com/AyadeLeon/status/449407694529503233

@ericming5 Stereotype humor for the sake of pointing out a stereotypes is just lazy comedy writing #CancelColbert

— DigitalBridget (@BridgetMarie) March 28, 2014

Oh, just imagine if #CancelOReilly and #CancelRush were as popular as #CancelColbert … the wonderful world we'd all live in.

— Adriana M (@vamps0) March 28, 2014

I'd rather see activism target vicious racists who advocate my destruction, before liberals who insensitively mock them~Don't #CancelColbert

— A y a d e L e o n (@AyadeLeon) March 28, 2014

 

I like the Colbert Report.  I find it offensive at times on a number of issues, but overall a very important voice at the level of fake news national politics.  I don’t want to see it cancelled, but I think an apology is in order.  I look forward to seeing if he can pull it off, in character.

 

And while we’re at it, back to his original point, the offensiveness of the term “Redskins.”