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Identity Politics
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Re: Identity Politics
I've a couple of issues with the video:
1 - 'My generation has never had to fight for anything' before casually mentioning that gay rights has come a long way. The way he phrases it makes it sound like something that just sort of happened and I get that J. Pie satire news guy may never have had to fight for anything but Gay rights in Britain isn't something that just happened. It was fought for tooth and nail in the face of Thatcher's opposition, Public dislike, and the stigma of AIDS. It took blood, sweat, toil, and more to get to a stage where being gay is no longer a reason for your boss to fire you. It's no longer a reason for people to avoid touching you. It's no longer a reason for people to attack you. And while the J. Pie News guy may not have sweated, toiled, or bled to achieve that end it doesn't mean it wasn't a fight.
2 - Why does it matter to J. Pie that the literary award keep a name? I haven't looked into the reasoning behind dropping the name but the logic J. Pie attributes to the award doesn't seem too bizarre. What's wrong with the award body deciding they'd rather not be associated with depictions of 1800s racism?
1 - 'My generation has never had to fight for anything' before casually mentioning that gay rights has come a long way. The way he phrases it makes it sound like something that just sort of happened and I get that J. Pie satire news guy may never have had to fight for anything but Gay rights in Britain isn't something that just happened. It was fought for tooth and nail in the face of Thatcher's opposition, Public dislike, and the stigma of AIDS. It took blood, sweat, toil, and more to get to a stage where being gay is no longer a reason for your boss to fire you. It's no longer a reason for people to avoid touching you. It's no longer a reason for people to attack you. And while the J. Pie News guy may not have sweated, toiled, or bled to achieve that end it doesn't mean it wasn't a fight.
2 - Why does it matter to J. Pie that the literary award keep a name? I haven't looked into the reasoning behind dropping the name but the logic J. Pie attributes to the award doesn't seem too bizarre. What's wrong with the award body deciding they'd rather not be associated with depictions of 1800s racism?
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