Social Justice Warriors - Now With Less Feminism Sperging

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So apparently they're trying to cancel Helen Keller for some reason.

Modern black disability activist (fat retarded black women) claiming that they, who have been basically taken care of their entire lives with all the modern conviences, say that a woman born in 1880, who went blind from smallpox or some other shit we've beaten before these fat bitches were born, didn't have it as rough, being blind, deaf, and dumb in 1880's Alabama, as they do now.

So they want her basically stripped of everything she ever accomplished, despite the fact she co-founded the ACLU.

It's right up there with canceling Laura Ingalls-Wilder.

Black fragility to the point that even dead white people oppress them.
 
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Private Pyle said:
I always thought he was pretty genuine about this.
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I always assume anyone who's successful in media has at least a few skeletons in their closet. If you don't know about them, it's because no one exposed them yet. I haven't been surprised by "shocking revelations" yet.

Regardless, even if he's genuine (he is a good friend of Ian McKellen, after all) Stewart is a smart man. He knows the mob can and will turn on him for the smallest slights. So it's very likely he does what everybody with two functioning brain cells should do: he tailors his public image to the crowd. Keep "unpopular" opinions close to the chest and voice the popular ones so he retains a buffer of goodwill in case someone goes digging.
 
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Nike’s Anti-Racism Campaign Is Making Japan Very Uncomfortable
Its social justice playbook, which worked in the U.S., may not translate to a nation that’s much less diverse.

Two years ago, Nike Inc. put politics at the center of its U.S. marketing strategy, embracing Black activist and former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick as the face of its 30th anniversary “Just Do It” campaign. Now it’s testing a new market for its anti-racism message: Japan.

Nike Japan’s latest ad, released in late November, features three young women, including one who’s biracial and one who’s ethnically Korean, who grapple with racism and bullying but find refuge and joy in their excellence on the soccer field. The company said the ad was inspired by accounts from real athletes in Japan.

The spot—using the hashtag #YouCantStopUs—caught fire online in the country, where racism and discrimination aren’t common topics of public discourse. The government census doesn’t collect data on race or ethnicity, though there are small but distinct minority groups in the country, including indigenous people and citizens of Brazilian, Chinese, and Korean descent. The official count looks only at nationality, categorizing 97.7% of the population as Japanese. “Foreigners,” which can include people born in Japan, comprise the rest.

“There is no cultural space to have a hyphenated identity in Japan,” says Allen Kim, associate professor of sociology at International Christian University in Tokyo. “If people can say I’m Brazilian-Japanese, Korean-Japanese, or Chinese-Japanese, that shift would be powerful for this country.”

In recent years some minority Japanese people have started speaking out about their experiences. SoftBank Group Corp. Founder and Chairman Masayoshi Son has talked about the harassment and bigotry he’s faced as a zainichi, as ethnic Koreans are known. In a 2017 survey of non-Japanese foreigners, 40% said they’d faced discrimination in housing, 25% in employment.

Largest Activewear Brands in Japan
Market share in 2019


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The Nike ad has sparked controversy. “Thumbs-down” accounted for 40% of the ratings on YouTube, where it has 11 million views. On Twitter (16.8 million views), some users said the spot was moving and empowering; others blasted the company for being anti-Japan or exaggerating the extent of racism in the country.

Nike’s social justice campaigns back home have generated plenty of buzz for the brand without turning off its customers, most of whom said their opinion of the company was neutral or unchanged a year after the Kaepernick ad first appeared. But compared with the general American public, Nike’s U.S. customers are younger, more diverse, and more politically liberal—an audience predisposed to the message.

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Osaka wears a face mask bearing Ahmaud Arbery’s name after winning a match at the 2020 U.S. Open in New York.PHOTOGRAPHER: AL BELLO/GETTY IMAGES
In Japan, companies typically steer clear of social issues. Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka, whose father is Haitian, supported the Black Lives Matter movement during her championship run at the U.S. Open in September, wearing masks that memorialized Black Americans who’d been killed by police. Plenty of Japanese companies celebrated her win, but almost none—including her sponsors—mentioned her activism. In what many took to be a swipe at the seriousness of Osaka’s protest, one sponsor, Nissin Foods Holdings Co., promoted her lighthearted declaration that she was headed for a shopping spree under the caption “Here’s something cute.”

Nike is still one of the most popular sportswear brands in Japan, behind Adidas and ahead of homegrown Mizuno, according to Euromonitor International, and its products are especially hot with younger customers. But they may not be as liberal as their U.S. counterparts: Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump, a Kaepernick critic, is more popular with younger Japanese than with their parents, according to the Social Survey Research Center in Japan.

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Japanese sneakerheads and Nike fans may not be too shocked by Nike’s anti-racism push. In addition to Osaka, the company sponsors Washington Wizards player and Japanese national basketball team member Rui Hachimura, who’s been outspoken about the challenges of being biracial in Japan. “I grew up in a small town six hours away from Tokyo,” Hachimura told reporters in October at the release of his new sneaker, the XXXV. “My family was the only Black family in the city. When I grew up and started playing basketball, I started to gain more respect, but it was hard, especially for my brother and sisters.”

Overcoming adversity through sports has long been a hallmark of Nike’s marketing image, so tying itself to social justice causes beyond its home market hasn’t been a stretch for the brand. “Racism is a problem that exists around the world,” Nike Japan said in a statement. “True anecdotes of athletes gave us an opportunity to candidly state our opinion on discrimination and bullying.”

The Nike ad also takes aim at anti-Korean sentiment, an enduring legacy of Japan’s early 20th century colonization of the Korean peninsula that pushed many zainichi to adopt Japanese surnames and hide their heritage. One of the players is shown wearing chima jeogori, a traditional Korean outfit, to the stares of passersby. At the end of the spot she’s walking through a school corridor in her soccer jersey with “Kim,” a Korean surname, written on the back over a Japanese name. In the background, students are still staring, but this time they’re smiling—and she’s enjoying the attention. In Nike-world, that’s the whole point. —With Marika Katanuma

BOTTOM LINE - Almost 98% of people living in Japan are Japanese nationals, obscuring the country’s small but distinct minority groups. A Nike ad highlights the bias many say they face.
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Bizzarre how they're all "BOTTOM LINE" at the end, like they're talking about Pork Belly futures or changes in accounting standards.

Also, when I read this:

“There is no cultural space to have a hyphenated identity in Japan,” says Allen Kim, associate professor of sociology at International Christian University in Tokyo. “If people can say I’m Brazilian-Japanese, Korean-Japanese, or Chinese-Japanese, that shift would be powerful for this country.”
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it reminded me of this speech from 1915:

“There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all.”“This is just as true of the man who puts “native” before the hyphen as of the man who puts German or Irish or English or French before the hyphen.
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Teddy Roosevelt: "No Room in This Country for Hyphenated Americans"

Guess ol' Teddy didn't get his wish. For better or worse.
 
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Nike’s Anti-Racism Campaign Is Making Japan Very Uncomfortable

Bizzarre how they're all "BOTTOM LINE" at the end, like they're talking about Pork Belly futures or changes in accounting standards.

Also, when I read this:



it reminded me of this speech from 1915:



Teddy Roosevelt: "No Room in This Country for Hyphenated Americans"

Guess ol' Teddy didn't get his wish. For better or worse.
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If Abraham Lincoln had know about the troubles with African-Americans down the river, do you think he would've transfered them all to the east coast of Africa and damn the consequences?
 
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So it's very likely he does what everybody with two functioning brain cells should do: he tailors his public image to the crowd.
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James Woods is pretty smart and he's told the lot of them to go fuck themselves. He's old enough and rich enough not to give a fuck but so is Stewart. I have no particular reason to think Stewart is insincere, although he may be pandering somewhat more than necessary.
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- Hey dad, who was General Lee?
- ...Who?
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Next let's forget Hitler. To make way for the new one.
 
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