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It wasn't a joke about Blue. It was meant to drive home how horrible the main characters are. In this, it succeeded.

Still, I say, Blue, welcome to black womanhood, where a comedian can make a career out of her "support for girls" (see Poehler's YouTube channel, Strong Girls), and still allow for this "joke."

This is a solid example of how black women are Othered and how black women fail to benefit from the patriarchy. This is the essential argument black women take against feminism, a white, middle-class construct, where "entering the workforce" was a major historical event (hello, slavery!).

Blue received none of the protections Poehler demands for her own children, that they be safeguarded from being placed in the public sphere.

If there is any piece of our community that is held as innocent, it is children. We removed them from harm, and in many ways, from ridicule. We as a society protect them. But, not this black toddler.

It's damn outrageous, and Poehler must be held to task on this. It demands a broader discussion of how easily black women may be targeted (rest in peace, Sandra Bland).

Vulgar in the extreme.[/quote]

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