Back in 1993, times were different and the idea that the slightest microaggression could trigger students were nonexistent. The world was decades away from social justice warriors who claim everything is sexist, racist, homophobic, or promotes white supremacy.
Kids in the Hall, a Canadian sketch comedy show that ran from 1989 to 1995, had a sketch about a politically incorrect art class where students screamed that everything the teacher said could be construed as offensive.
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The sketch centered around the class drawing a female nude and the students freaked out that drawing a naked woman was “using economic oppression to exploit a woman’s body.”
Students continued to yell that saying the words “use” triggered them, women were victims of the patriarchy, everything was a hate crime, and that drawing is a racist construct because not enough of the models were women of color, fat, gay, or handicapped.
“Naked fat black crippled dykes are hard to find,” the teacher explained.
When one of the Caucasian students screams “white male” at the professor, a black student yells “stop trying to co-opt my black anger.”
It’s eerie how over 20 years this type of scenario went from comedy to reality that is played out in college classrooms across the country.
Watch the full sketch below:
