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In response to "Another stellar Girl Meets World." by Imperator

In the last season of Community, Keith David played "the black man who's really good at complimenting white people".

Posted by Mop (aka rburriel) Aug 22 '15, 09:48

It was done ironically. You know "Now this is a man who knows how to eat his dinner!" Yeah, there was a black kid like that in the Girl Meets World I saw this morning, and it wasn't played for comedic irony. It was just token racism. "Well, he's looking at you now!"

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"Well, he's looking at you now!" is sweet character development. The two people in question are about to become a couple. -- nm - Imperator Aug 22, 09:48 3
- Corey could have said it and it would have had more meaning. Instead, it felt like it was played for laughs. Look at the token black kid being silly. - Mop Aug 22, 09:55 2
  - He's the new character who knew another character from a previous school. He's being used to show the outsider perspective of the main cast. - Imperator Aug 22, 09:57
  - to be fair, all the tweens on Disney Channel shows are awful reflections of society - jangles Aug 22, 09:57

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In the last season of Community, Keith David played "the black man who's really good at complimenting white people".

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