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Memoranda from the Usual Suspects
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"So she's good cop, he's bad cop, you're morally-questionable cop, and I'm set-things-on-fire cop."
"Sounds about right."
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"WARNING: When attempting to be clever, make sure you not actually just being stupid."
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"Did you remember to sacrifice the goat before burning the ISO to the DVD-R?"
"Crap! Um, I've got a charred piece of meat here."
"That's called a steak. That's dinner. What about the sacrifices?"
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"I escape through quantum-tunneling. What do I need to roll for that?"
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"Why is it called a 'Monkeylord'?"
"Because it looks like a spider."
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"I have a moral objection to this problem. It implies microwaving a steak."
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"Did you eat the crazy cookies this morning?"
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"The GPU goes 4 by 4, hurrah, hurrah."
Currently Watching:
-- She-Ra(in theory)
Currently Playing:)
--Fire Emblem: Awakening (3DS)
--Astral Chain (Switch)
--itch.io bundle (PC)
Currently Reading:
Fiction
-The Silence of Bones, June Hur
Nonfiction
-none
------------------
"So she's good cop, he's bad cop, you're morally-questionable cop, and I'm set-things-on-fire cop."
"Sounds about right."
--------
"WARNING: When attempting to be clever, make sure you not actually just being stupid."
--------
"Did you remember to sacrifice the goat before burning the ISO to the DVD-R?"
"Crap! Um, I've got a charred piece of meat here."
"That's called a steak. That's dinner. What about the sacrifices?"
--------
"I escape through quantum-tunneling. What do I need to roll for that?"
--------
"Why is it called a 'Monkeylord'?"
"Because it looks like a spider."
--------
"I have a moral objection to this problem. It implies microwaving a steak."
--------
"Did you eat the crazy cookies this morning?"
--------
"The GPU goes 4 by 4, hurrah, hurrah."
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Well, part of it is that it's not asking, it's expecting. And how outrageous to just run up and assign the responsibility to someone based on race, you know?
There's this interesting point that Chuck D made back in the 80s when several media folks were looking to him to be a political leader, and he pointed out, "I'm a 24 year old musician. You need to talk to actual political leaders..." which wasn't a "I'm not a role model" dodge, but a realistic assessment both of his role and the way the media (and white culture in general) likes to assign a few people the role of spokesperson regardless of whether it makes sense to or not.
For my experience (yours might differ), I've only found white people demanding me to be a spokesperson, or to educate them, on a whim. There's a level of assumed privilege to demand that someone, effectively become the magical wise Negro/Indian/Asian/Yoda and answer their race related questions on a dime.