On the whole, a very powerful post that really had me until, "They occur in relationship to their environment; in a society built on forcible domination of bodies, it takes no large stretch of the imagination to conceive how rapists and killers are made."

I don't think that every horrific crime can be pegged to society, though I think caricaturing criminals as 'evil' and 'animal' is too easy, too reflexive and happens far too often. I don't, for example, see the relevance of poverty or fatherlessness or racism to a recent retaliatory gang rape committed by young teens and I don't see the collective social responsibility for it. Maybe someone can elucidate . . .

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I don't see this as clear-cut as you do. The sketch has a triple reference that I think goes beyond mocking: the play off of the n-word, the play on the over identification of Asian men and masculinity with ninjas and Asian American stereotyping of black Americans. It's pretty unsuccessful social commentary and I don't approve of slur-play but I think it operates differently than, say, "Knitta, Please" and its n-word race-play, which I wrote about here http://www.studioist.com/knitta-please-and-resist...

On this, I agree completely.

This is super-helpful (even if it changes my menu for tonight). Thanks so much for doing the legwork.

No, it's the "let's stick to the topic" thing. But if you think violence is laudable, what can I say?

Yes, it's clearly an expression of rage; I agree. But how is body-snarking on a black biracial woman, "pointing out that White female bodies are not as perfect as the media would have us believe"? The target of the quote was Kimora Lee Simmons and I don't think that attacking her figure has anything to do with resisting white oppression. It sounds like a personal beef.

Yes, black women are routinely slandered as group. What does that have to do with criticizing other women's appearance? (ie., "Cabbage-Patch Face; Bread Box Shaped Body and don’t forget—her spectacularly flat ass, girdle-controlled tummy and butt pad supported photo shopped Ebony magazine layouts—") Really disappointing.