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Is Ali G racist?

By Aaron Teo, Lecturer in Curriculum and Pedagogy, University of Southern Queensland

A new Ali G film is out, and the old argument is back. Campaigners are pressing cinemas to pull Ali G: Who Iz I?, calling the character a racist caricature. Defenders say the joke was never targeted at the people it appears to mock.

Both sides assume the character must be one thing or another. That assumption is overly simplistic.

Media scholar Simon Weaver offers a better description:…

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