andrel <byt### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Why is it offensive?
> I don't know the guy and I have only watched this part of the show, but
> to me it sounds like a sarcastic joke. What he implied is that TV and
> society used to be much more racist and that he is glad that has changed.
> Sure, if you take the exact same words and put it in a speach with a
> racist context it would be offensive. In this context, in the way he
> says it and with the reaction of the other guy, it clearly isn't. So
> again: why do you think it is offensive?


I took it as a cynical joke on the current (not past) state of race in the US.
I think it shows he has a low view of the general public and/or the studio or
television network.   I'm not sure that having a low view of the public is even
what bothers me.  Basically it sounded accusational to me.   To me, being
accused out-of-hand actually would offend me.

Charles

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