So if you have not
heard about the SNL Slavery Joke controversy, go Here
and Here.
I know popular reality was on and you were more interested in that than SNL. (No snark
intended) I get it. So go read
it and come back.
Okay you're back. So
yeah, folks are not happy with Ms. Leslie Jones and SNL. Yeah, I'm not pleased with the joke, either. I get the joke. I also get how the
joke is offensive to Black people. In my opinion, attacking it racially is too easy. The “Oh Lawd, I’ Lonely” tone the joke had was what broke my
heart.
Are folks that desperate
to be “Booed” up or want a date that Forced Slave Breeding would seem better? Did
I miss the "Low Self-Esteem & Frantic
for a Date" memo that went out to the single people? I tend to do that
sometimes. Somedays, all the single people on my Facebook timeline all complain at once about
being lonely, While I’m happy I got a good nights sleep on my side of the bed
without fighting for the top sheet all night long, every night.
I know we all want
to be wanted and asked out. That’s feels good. Being pushed with someone just to
make more people does not feel good. Ms. Jones was so sure she would be
able produce what Massa wanted. What if the big black buck & she could not
produce Shaq, Kobe, or Sinbad even? Big Black Buck and she would have been
beaten or sold. Oh wait she said Drafted. Umm drafting has choices in it's involvement. No slave had options to my knowledge when being sold. So, give me the loneliness any day. Slavery does
not sound sexy or romantic at all.
I’m a fan of
Leslie Jones’s standup. I know her work and I was very happy when she became a
writer on SNL. I just don't like this joke, though. I'm so lonely that I could be content with Massa being my matchmaker. Yeah, I don't agree. I'll wait
until somebody sees me as pretty as Lupita and not useful as Leslie
As Always, Talking
to You in Adult Terms
