"In retrospect, I question just how good our schools were if 'dot heads' was the best racist insult we could come up with for a group of people whose gods have multiple arms and an elephant nose."
I actually understand the tone he's going for: I suppose there's a degree of "yuk yuk, isn't racism funny" that some stand-up comedians can pull off with the correct amount of irony. Mr. Stein fails at it completely.
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on 2010-07-07 08:56 pm (UTC)"In retrospect, I question just how good our schools were if 'dot heads' was the best racist insult we could come up with for a group of people whose gods have multiple arms and an elephant nose."
I actually understand the tone he's going for: I suppose there's a degree of "yuk yuk, isn't racism funny" that some stand-up comedians can pull off with the correct amount of irony. Mr. Stein fails at it completely.