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In reply to the discussion: How Bout This, Tina Fey: Give Us (Black People) the Sheet Cake, and You Go Confront the White Women [View all]beastie boy
(9,330 posts)Some of you may remember, and others may look up, how victims of AIDS were treated in the early 1980s. Because they were predominantly gay in an era when "gay" was an insult, they were shunned, ignored and openly disrespected by the society at large. Until the straight celebrities stepped in and lent their conspicuous voices to their defense.
This is not happening, at least not to the degree that would make a decisive difference, with white celebrities taking a stand against racism.
I don't see the OP dissing Tina Fey. Rather, I see this as an invitation. An invitation for Tina Fey and other white celebrities to step beyond the safety of ambiguously sarcastic comedy routines and into decisive, unambiguous support of full equality for all Americans. This is no rocket science.
History shows us that they can do, and have done, better. All it takes is the courage to leave white privilege behind and, as naked as they (we) might feel without it, do the right thing.