Far from being considered inappropriate - BOTH racism and sexism are still entrenched parts of modern television. Sure, a few people tend to send in complaints when things are WAY over the top insulting - but the complaints mainly come from women and minorities.
As to Scalzi's reaction, I think citing the urban dictionary as a source automatically fails the post. Every entry in that thing is so insulting and reactionary as to make it pretty much useless. Trying to tie together Fox's attitude with a definition like that is a stretch. I think a safer connection would be the Universal Studio's release of a movie with the same name. That movie is whiter than white, and put the word into the 'safe' column for white appropriation, much like bling.
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Date: 2008-06-12 11:08 pm (UTC)As to Scalzi's reaction, I think citing the urban dictionary as a source automatically fails the post. Every entry in that thing is so insulting and reactionary as to make it pretty much useless. Trying to tie together Fox's attitude with a definition like that is a stretch. I think a safer connection would be the Universal Studio's release of a movie with the same name. That movie is whiter than white, and put the word into the 'safe' column for white appropriation, much like bling.