Italian media has said that the pope used a highly derogatory slur against LGBTQ+ people at a bishops conference. The remark may sour attempts by the pope to make the church more welcoming.
Pope Francis allegedly used a highly offensive term to refer to LGBTQ+ people during a closed-door meeting with Italian bishops, Italian media reported on Tuesday.
The major Italian daily newspapers La Repubblica and Corriere della Sera both cited anonymous sources as saying that the pope had made the remark while reiterating his position against gay people becoming priests.
The 87-year-old pontiff was reported as saying that the Catholic seminaries were already too full of “frociaggine” — a highly derogatory term in Italian.
This is something more people need to remember.
The level of casual racism and sexism in the past is staggering when looked at from today, but was no big deal at the time.
“Mr. Mom” a movie about the insane idea of having a man doing childcare, came out in 1983.
“Fu Manchu” with Peter Sellers doing yellowface came out in 1980.
For context the gap between “Mr. Mom” and The Dark Knight is 25 years. The gap between The Mummy and today is 25 years.
Go read the Ian Fleming novels about James Bond. Or don’t. By page count I think about 1/3 of the books are just his bigoted rants
Let me put it this way.
For a long time I refused to watch ‘Gone With The Wind’ because it was a ode to the Old South.
Finally it came on a free cable station and I had no reason not to watch it.
It’s insanely racist, but it’s a good damn movie.
Also, you might want to look up “The Wind Done Gone.” It’s a reimagining of the action from the point of view of Scarlette’s slave sister. One of the things she points out is that Mammy had delivered all the slave babies on the plantation and certainly could have helped if she’d wanted to.
The most succinct review of Gone With the Wind ever. Absolutely spot on.