https://contemporaryracism.org/2727/the-oscars/ An academic blog about whiteness, implicit bias, and systemic racism Sat, 24 May 2014 00:48:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://contemporaryracism.org/2727/the-oscars/comment-page-1/#comment-421 Fri, 02 May 2014 05:15:34 +0000 http://contemporaryracism.org/?p=2727#comment-421 I think what Ellen said as a joke just allowed people to continue to ignore the racial issues our society has. As you said everyone laughed, but I bet you no one really thought of it as a “oo maybe she has a point” but more of an “oo this great film was made and omg it was by a black director with a black cast, isn’t that great”. While the movie did deserve the win, I think it is unfortunate that our blacks have to present a life changing work of art for it to get the same recognition that most others don’t try for. I can see how it might leave a negative impression on the viewers but racism in america today is widely supported by colorblind ideology and many people probably called her a racist for bringing up that point.

]]> https://contemporaryracism.org/2727/the-oscars/comment-page-1/#comment-412 Fri, 02 May 2014 00:40:52 +0000 http://contemporaryracism.org/?p=2727#comment-412 I feel like the fact that “you’re all racist” was presented as a joke certainly reinforced a family’s, especially white families, belief that racism is a thing of the past since we are joking about it and people of all races are laughing about the joke in the audience. In can be argued that this situation is a victim of Americans convincing themselves that racism no longer exists and is now something to laugh about. It would be interesting to see if white people in the crowd waited to seen non-white people laughed first and if whites surrounded by other white people were quicker to laugh at the joke, signs of modern racism.

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