Behavior typically regarded as racist, defended as intended to be ironic or satirical
Hipster racism is engaging in behaviors typically regarded as racist and defending them as being performed ironically or satirically. Rachel Dubrofsky and Megan W. Wood have described it as being supposedly "too hip and self-aware to actually mean the racist stuff one expresses".[1] This might include wearing blackface and other performances of stereotyped African Americans, use of the word nigger, and appropriating cultural dress.[2][3] Talia Meer argues that hipster racism is rooted in what she calls "hipster exceptionalism", meaning "the idea that something ordinarily offensive or prejudiced is miraculously transformed into something clever, funny and socially relevant, by the assertion that said ordinarily offensive thing is ironic or satirical."[4] As Leslie A. Hahner and Scott J. Varda described it, "those participating in acts of hipster racism understand those acts as racist when practiced by others, but rationalize their own racist performances through a presumed exceptionalism."[5]
^Dubrofsky & Wood 2014, p. 285.
^Pearce, Matt (1 May 2012). "Trayvon Martin, Kony 2012, L.A. riots – and Now 'Hipster Racism'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
^West, Lindy (26 April 2012). "A Complete Guide to 'Hipster Racism'". Jezebel. New York: Gawker Media. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
^Meer, Talia (2 January 2013). "Die Antwoord — Are We Missing the Misogyny?". Thought Leader. Johannesburg: M&G Media. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
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