Justice takes down video of Léo Lins on YouTube and Porchat says: “Just a joke”

recreational racism

Specialist in ethics, diversity, equity and inclusion, Deives Rezende Filho, debates the importance of the anti-racist fight

Fábio Porchat’s name remains among the most commented subjects on Twitter this Wednesday (17). After the Court of Justice of São Paulo removed the comedy special by Leo Lins from YouTube, where he makes jokes with elderly people and people with disabilities, of a religious nature, slavery and minorities, the presenter went to social networks and said that the case is unacceptable. “Don’t like a joke? Don’t consume this joke. If the joke has not incited hatred and violence, it is just a joke. There are all kinds of jokes, farts and puns, acidic and silly. Is there a bad joke? Also has. Is there an aggressive joke? Oops. But then just don’t watch it,” he wrote.

Recreational racism is not only present on the internet and, as one of the tools of structural racism, it has been present in all facets of our society, whether through everyday jokes, television programs, movies, series and others. A very successful Brazilian program on Brazilian television in the 1980s was Os Trapalhões, which had one of its central characters in the quartet the comedian Mussum, an alcoholic who made jokes about his condition as a black man.

Racist humor is a strategy to maintain racial structures of white privilege by reproducing satire that perpetuates violence against the black population, points out the specialist in ethic, diversity, equity It is inclusion, Deives Rezende Filho. The jokes express several negative stereotypes of the black population, promoting the idea that they cannot have social respect.

“Think how many times there have been ‘jokes’ along these lines in your group of co-workers, friends and even family members. And also how many times you, anti-racist ally or ally, took a stand. It is important that, after understanding this concept, we become active people in facing this type of racist behavior”, says Rezende, who is also CEO and founder of Condurú Consulting.

*With advisory information

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