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Katy Perry's geisha performance at the AMAs... racist or not? -- (link)

Posted by Mop (200 lbs) (aka rburriel) Nov 25 '13, 13:44

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http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/yourcommunity/2013/11/was-katy-perrys-geisha-clad-ama-performance-racist.html?cmp=fbtl (www.cbc.ca)

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I was waiting for a wardrobe malfunction and I was left disappointed. That's what I took away from it -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 25, 15:12
I find it interesting, given the headline, that the only two people being quoted who are calling this racist aren't Asian -- nm - con_carne Nov 25, 14:39 2
- Calling out people for being racist is something "white people like" -- nm - Roger More Nov 25, 14:43
- three, even -- nm - con_carne Nov 25, 14:42
though I also see why the Chinesse and Japanesse can get pissy at their cultures being combined - Jovian Nov 25, 14:24 9
- Don't mistake the governments' being at odds (which they often are) and their people - con_carne Nov 25, 14:32
- maybe, but *that's* racist. -- nm - Max Nov 25, 14:26 7
  - thats not racist! they do hate each other! - Jovian Nov 25, 14:32 6
    - That's just what someone who'd done that would say... -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 25, 15:05
    - right, but they hate each other because they're racist! It's an outrage! -- nm - Max Nov 25, 14:35 4
      - unless I just racially profiled their outrage. oops. -- nm - Max Nov 25, 14:36 3
        
        why do you hate...what, I'm confused...whatever you hate, Max? -- nm - spamlet Nov 25, 14:39 2
        
        White people are terrible at figuring out racism. -- nm - Max Nov 25, 14:48 1
        
        I'm pretty sure that's racist. -- nm - spamlet Nov 25, 14:53
...!" complained the diner, as he finished his plate of "General Tso Chicken" and reached for a fortune cookie. -- nm - Max Nov 25, 14:20
As a white person, and not an Asian, I don't think I can accurately judge. I don't see it equalling "dressing in blackface" though. - JaxSean Nov 25, 14:19 8
- Just equivocating, but it might be more along the lines of someone dressing "American" by wearing an Uncle Sam suit with a mountie hat -- nm - con_carne Nov 25, 14:47 2
  - those bastards!!!! -- nm - groiny Nov 25, 14:53 1
    - Exactly. Part of the sensitivity might be that geisha culture is on the way out and people would hate for it to be remembered incorrectly - con_carne Nov 25, 15:00
- All of those *can* be - there's a long history of Westerners mocking Asian culture from a position of superiority. -- nm - Roger More Nov 25, 14:29 4
  - But this didn't seem to be mocking in any way. The outrage generally seems to be a white person in Asian garb. -- nm - spamlet Nov 25, 14:30 3
    - I'm talking about the examples in Jax's IM generally, not Katy Perry's performance. - Roger More Nov 25, 14:40
    - I'm thinking the outrage is PR plants trying to get some media attention for Ms. Perry - Epiphany Nov 25, 14:31 1
      - well, thank god she is not trying to out crazy Miley. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 25, 14:37
I totally had to click on the white privilege hashtag. It was what you'd expect. -- nm - spamlet Nov 25, 14:15 3
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  - Like Twitter isn't already the Comment Section of the entire Internet -- nm - con_carne Nov 25, 14:44
  - I'll pay it gladly. -- nm - spamlet Nov 25, 14:29
how about "Katy Perry blah blah blah = hot no matter what" - i'm not dead yet ! Nov 25, 14:11
It's not like she was singing African Child. Do you want to string up the Beatles for dressing like Ravi Shankar? -- nm - Max Nov 25, 14:11
Boobs... er what? -- nm - Qale as Folk Nov 25, 14:09
i'll take bugs bunny doing a parody of the Barber of Seville as a slur on all fine italians -- nm - thanksgeisting Nov 25, 14:06
I thought it was lovely. Guess I'm a racist. -- nm - Was Bar Was Nov 25, 13:56
I don't know about all that, but she would look hot in a Mummy Suit. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 25, 13:56 2
- egyptian racist! -- nm - dogbert Nov 25, 14:11 1
  - she can walk my little egyptian. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 25, 14:18
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right. cause god forbid and American take two asian styles and combine them! The Horror! -- nm - Jovian Nov 25, 13:51 2
- It looks like what Power Girl would wear in an undercover mission. - the wrong element, bad guy Nov 25, 13:55
- *an -- nm - Jovian Nov 25, 13:51
there was probably 15 more racist things at the show than that -- nm - Beaker Nov 25, 13:46

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