My Comments
On another note, I somehow doubt this article is entirely serious, given the mention to how Jar Jar Binks, offended "nerds" as well as "Jamaicans", especially given that the main upset in Episode One (other than it being a lame movie in general) was over the Trade Federation's oriental speak.
And while racial depictions of European ethnic groups are arguably as bad as other negative ethnic portrayals, any racist action resultant is generally small in comparison, because European groups often dissolve seamlessly into American society, (with perhaps the exception being Jews, which are occasionally still harassed) except when a European American elects to identify with an ethnic group. It's not something they're forced to deal with, because they lack the high visibility of other groups. There have been constant calls to kick out the foreign oriental as recent as 1980, and the foreign "Mexican" to this day, and fear of "Black criminals" has always been present. Irish, Italian, Spanish (Iberian), Eastern European and other European ethnic groups, while facing considerable discrimination, suffering exploited labor condition under the heels of the old definition of "white", were eventually dissolved seamlessly into the fabric of America, becoming invisible unless the elect to not be. In North Beach of San Francisco, does the suspicion of the Italian Mob have the same realism as the suspicion of the Traids in Chinatown, or the Mexican Mafia in the Mission, or perhaps the Yakuza in Japantown or Little Tokyo? Racism on any level is bad, but some forms are arguably more potent.
Buffalo Bill, sounds more or less like Ed Gein. Ed Gein was a transgendered person who wore a his victims' scalps, and a vest, complete with breasts and genitalia made from his female victims. He also upholstered his furniture with human skin, and decorated his home with bones and severed heads. It seems less like a racist depiction and more of an homage for the notorious grave-robber and serial killer (who inspired more watered down fictional killers like Norman Bates, and Leatherface).
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On another note, I somehow doubt this article is entirely serious, given the mention to how Jar Jar Binks, offended "nerds" as well as "Jamaicans", especially given that the main upset in Episode One (other than it being a lame movie in general) was over the Trade Federation's oriental speak.
And while racial depictions of European ethnic groups are arguably as bad as other negative ethnic portrayals, any racist action resultant is generally small in comparison, because European groups often dissolve seamlessly into American society, (with perhaps the exception being Jews, which are occasionally still harassed) except when a European American elects to identify with an ethnic group. It's not something they're forced to deal with, because they lack the high visibility of other groups. There have been constant calls to kick out the foreign oriental as recent as 1980, and the foreign "Mexican" to this day, and fear of "Black criminals" has always been present. Irish, Italian, Spanish (Iberian), Eastern European and other European ethnic groups, while facing considerable discrimination, suffering exploited labor condition under the heels of the old definition of "white", were eventually dissolved seamlessly into the fabric of America, becoming invisible unless the elect to not be. In North Beach of San Francisco, does the suspicion of the Italian Mob have the same realism as the suspicion of the Traids in Chinatown, or the Mexican Mafia in the Mission, or perhaps the Yakuza in Japantown or Little Tokyo? Racism on any level is bad, but some forms are arguably more potent.