nytimes.com - 11/8/2008
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Many Italians reacted with incredulity and outrage after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi called the first African-American president-elect in history “young, handsome and suntanned.” >
brusselsjournal.com - 11/10/2008
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brusselsjournal.com —
Whether a joke or comment is racist or
not, highly depends on who makes it. When Barack
Obama tells a racist joke, journalists are laughing tears, but when Silvio Berlusconi tries to make a compliment (though as usual in his own peculiar way), they ...
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When Is A Joke Racist?
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The Saturday Word: The World Over
The Caucus —
... end ethnic bloodletting in the Balkans, yet three years passed before President Clinton took effective action. In 2000, George W. Bush belittled Clinton’s nation-building in Bosnia-Herzegovina, only to see his presidency consumed by a similar, painful mission in Iraq. There is one overseas uproar that, although related to Mr. Obama, he probably won’t have to deal with: Italian President Silvio Berlusconi’s joke that the he’ll get along with the American president-elect because he is “ young, handsome and suntanned .” But It’s the Economy … First and foremost for many is how the ...
When Is A Joke Racist?
The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe —
... » causing an outrage amongst Italians. Racist remark? I have no idea how Silvio Berlusconi, who is well known to care a lot for his own tan, could make a larger compliment than trying to relate the new president-elect to himself. And outrage amongst Italians? I bet most of them couldn't care less, but the media always like to pretend that the 0.1% of the Italian population that has literally nothing else to do than to try to interpret Silvio Berlusconi's remarks and comments in the worst possible way represents more than itself. ...
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