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So, I think we should make an effort to have a real discussion and not just a knee-jerk reaction when some of us say that the comedy stage has no place for sexism, racism and homophobia.
CNN: Tracy Morgan and the limits of comedy
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The Atlantic headlined its story "The Banality of Seth MacFarlane's Sexism and Racism at the Oscars" and opened with a vignette of the host's brief introduction of Meryl Streep: "Our next presenter needs no introduction" before walking away.
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For God's sake, don't just offer a surface rebuke of Tracy Morgan, think about how profound sexism, racism and homophobia -- and violent crime based on such bigotry -- is in our society, and how you are willing to deal with it.
CNN: Tracy Morgan and the limits of comedy
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Many of the worst aspects of racism and sexism in this country are structural issues baked deep into the system itself.
FORBES: The Problem With Profiting Off Of Sexism In Games
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Rather, because these became socially less acceptable, the costs of racism or sexism increased for anybody who hoped to be taken seriously by society.
ECONOMIST: Economics Focus: The PC crowd | The
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But why is it that soccer, which has waged a largely successfully battle against racism and sexism in western Europe, remains one of the few bastions of homophobia in sport?
CNN: Soccer's last taboo: Why gay players stay in the closet
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While their sketches about gay soldiers or obtuse officialdom still retain their charm, Milligan's broad parodies of racism and sexism - littered with slang and slurs - make uncomfortable viewing today.
BBC: And now for something completely different?
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" And by illuminating uncomfortable truths -- about racism and sexism and anti-Semitism -- he's been called "our jester, asking us to see ourselves as we really are, determined that we laugh ourselves sane.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Celebrates Kennedy Center Honorees
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"I think it's outrageous that we'd have a cover that would depict racism, sexism, anti-religion, also anti-patriotism, and then on top of it to try to draw a conclusion that Mr. Obama has some sympathy toward terrorism, " Parks told CNN.
CNN: New Yorker editor defends controversial Obama cover