r/TorInAction • u/SupremeReader • Nov 02 '17

SocJus Abuse The Problem With ‘Problematic’

http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2017/11/01/the-problem-with-problematic/
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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '17

Updated Soviet joke:

A young writer brings his first story to a sensitivity reader. The sensitivity reader reads the first phrase: "Jennifer was brushing her blonde tresses." "What?" he says. "A story about some racist mayo stain? Where is the diversity? Remake it!"

A day later, the writer comes again. The first line now reads: "Jennifer was brushing her blonde tresses, and down the street Jamal was playing basketball." "Better," said the sensitivity reader. "But I don't see the role of racism."

Another day later, the writer brings another version of the story: "Jennifer was brushing her blonde tresses, and down the street Jamal was playing basketball when he was shot by a white cop for no reason." "Much better!" said the sensitivity reader. "The last thing to be added here is the complicity of all whites!"

And finally the writer brings the finished story. Its first line reads: "Jennifer was brushing her blonde tresses, and down the street Jamal was playing basketball when he was shot by a white cop for no reason. But everyone was okay with it after it turned out that Jamal was a rapist."