THREAD: There's two ways to view that Bill Burr SNL clip as funny, and I fear some have underestimated how some could find humor its irony.
Here's how I did.
Here's how I did.
I am always going to find humor in the irony of white people going after each other on the things that Black people been saying for years.
I'm aware that Bill Burr has a problematic history of racist/homophobic jokes. Therein lies the joke within himself.
I'm aware that Bill Burr has a problematic history of racist/homophobic jokes. Therein lies the joke within himself.
For me, I didn't find Bill Burr a hero or exempt or "woke" for what he said -- I found it comical that another white person was basically ranting about how a subset of their demographic was being seen anything less than.
His rant reveals more about himself, than white women.
His rant reveals more about himself, than white women.
Perhaps that's the deeper context I got from it is that the joke says more about white men than white women. They are bitter that they don't have the duality of whiteness and a marginalized identity -- which turns into their betrayal of white women altogether.
Internalized misogyny and white privilege is what ironically keeps white women from never leaving white men...but white men still envies that they take the burden of crap for white supremacy (as they should).
Bill Burr's SNL joke is a reflection of that and he can't help but lament about the lack of absolution he doesn't get that white women appears to have.
I laughed because I find that neither white men or white women are exempt and his whining about it was humorous within itself.
I laughed because I find that neither white men or white women are exempt and his whining about it was humorous within itself.
It's like when Biden tries to check Trump on law & order...and Trump is pretty much like "yeah, but didn't you push a crime bill that supported these ideals?"
Again, I personally find it funny when white people get themselves together as pieces of shit.
Again, I personally find it funny when white people get themselves together as pieces of shit.
I hope some understand that during this time, humor is going to be found in sometimes the oddest places -- with context and nuance often not easily read.
But at least for me, I wasn't laughing with Bill Burr, but at him, and white people losing it for what he said.
But at least for me, I wasn't laughing with Bill Burr, but at him, and white people losing it for what he said.
Now go back and watch this clip again with that perspective in mind.
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