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HERE’S THE DEAL WITH STUPIDITY JUNE 8, 2021 PT 2

Law banning cruise ships from making people prove they are vaccinated, Pentagon won’t let Pride flag fly, School of Fools (Derek Chauvin trial support group for white students), DJs get banned for Japanese accent, Nazi News (Nashville hat store sells anti-vaccine stars of David)

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SAYONARA DJS

Tim Conway Jr and Sheron Bellio were suspended from their radio show following a nearly 5 minute skit where they used an Asian accent to impersonate Yuko Sakomoto, the wife of radio personality Vic “The Brick” Jacobs. IHeartMedia suspended Bellio and Conway after Guy Aoki, a civil rights activist and founding president of Media Action…

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FACEBOOK JOKE STANDARDS JUNE 1, 2021 PT 2

Facebook reverses decision about discussing Covid 19 origin story, Asian Americans get upset about a cartoon depicting Andrew Yang, School of Fools (Texas doesn’t want teachers discussing racism and sexism), Nazi News (a yearbook gets recalled because a student lists Hitler’s biography as his favorite book), and Bitches Be Crazy (Flight attendant gets punched)

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Jay Leno Apologizes for Decades of Jokes About Asians: ‘In My Heart I Knew It Was Wrong’

Late-night host and comedian Jay Leno has issued an apology for a series of jokes told over his career targeting Asian communities. The apology comes after a nearly 15-year campaign from the activist group Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA) for remarks as recent as Variety‘s 2020 report that Leno cracked about Koreans eating…

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