Ras Trent: Saturday Night Live - Digital Short
source: http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/digital-short-ras-trent/787201/
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Does SNL realize that "fire pon a batty boy" means killing homosexuals?
I thought the rest of this skit was hilarious, but that hateful line ruined it for me. Much of Jamaica's dancehall music is homophobic and it's very sad. Many Jamaican artists are turning away from this type of hate and skits like this perpetuate it. Also, I wonder if white Rastafarian's generally encourage murdering gays?
It's one thing (not good) when an individual artist spews hate, but when a popular show like SNL does it, it becomes more institutionalized (worse).
Imagine the reaction they would have gotten if the joke was lynch blackie!
I realize this is humor, but that part didn't seem funny to me.
Maybe as satire this says something important, what do you think?
I thought the rest of this skit was hilarious, but that hateful line ruined it for me. Much of Jamaica's dancehall music is homophobic and it's very sad. Many Jamaican artists are turning away from this type of hate and skits like this perpetuate it. Also, I wonder if white Rastafarian's generally encourage murdering gays?
It's one thing (not good) when an individual artist spews hate, but when a popular show like SNL does it, it becomes more institutionalized (worse).
Imagine the reaction they would have gotten if the joke was lynch blackie!
I realize this is humor, but that part didn't seem funny to me.
Maybe as satire this says something important, what do you think?
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covelogibbs
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By Carol J. Williams
January 09, 2005When gay rights activist Brian Williamson was stabbed to death in June and jubilant crowds danced around his mutilated body, police said he was a robbery victim.
When Jamaican reggae dancehall musicians were bumped from U.S. and British concert appearances last year over lyrics encouraging the killing of gays, people here called the censure a failure to respect free speech.
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