Letter to Abby Martin from Breaking the Set

[midnight_luz]

All right, I know I said I was going to start the Law School Diaries or whatever, but I'm adding something else in here real quick. I am a growing fan of Breaking the Set with reporter Abby Martin and I've been watching her show for a couple of weeks now. That said, I find some of the stuff I've seen on her show a little problematic and I think I

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Part I

[jejunum_time]

Hey, I edited your letter! I hope you find some of the revisions helpful.Dear Abby

Part II

[jejunum_time]

The second example I want to share with you concerns the opening to your "Hero's and Villians" segment. When I saw the opening introduction this morning, I was so shocked I had to pause your show for several minutes to process how I felt about it. In fact, I found myself so upset that I couldn't actually convince myself to turn the tv back on and finish watching your show. I still have not finished watching that episode. I am not sure if you are familiar with the concept of yellow face, so I will explain it a bit here. Yellow face has some similar roots to black face. It is the performative "drag" wearing of one race on another, with it's origins in mockery. It has an offensive history, especially in hollywood where white actors would be painted in yellow face paint and have their eyes taped down to appear more asian. Many of these actors played annoying/subservient side characters, or villains who were meant to appear menacing. It may not seem that the makeup or acting in your short segment could live up to the horrible legacy of