Racist satire consumed at face value reproduces the very racism it critiques

Evidence

Some moviegoers defended the anti-racist truth: that there was nothing wrong with Black women or Black men as a group. Some consumed Spike Lee’s satire at face value, probably not realizing that no good Black women plus no good Black men equaled no good Black people—equaled racist ideas. — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 1113

Categorization

• XREF: Extends Kendi’s scheme: antiracist art is routinely misread as segregationist by audiences lacking the framework, which is exactly why his three-way classification matters. — connects to: Theatrical parody is routinely misread as sincere endorsement of a subculture — Dolores DeLuce, Blow Jobs: A Guide to Making It in Show…, 30; Satire aims to ridicule absurdity rather than to deceive viewers — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 154