Talk:Shirley Q. Liquor

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Contents 1 Discussion 2 From VfD 3 Sounds racists 4 Changes to article

[edit] Discussion

Anyone who does think that this is racist, just take a look and see if this stereotype holds true. Go to the Southern USA and see for yourself. The only good thing that could come of this is that some ignorant black people might try to become educated.

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Sure sounds racist to me. -- Zoe

• Any performance that focuses on stereotypes to fihd humor could be contrued as bigoted. But is it not the intent behind the performance and material that drives the ultimate message? It is almost assured that were a black female doing the same performances it wouldn't be protested; she would be heralded as finding humor in a legitimate sect of her culture that is often overlooked or demonized.

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Easter Bradford's public response seems to have been limited to an email to "LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, GAY CITY NEWS/New York" orthogonal 03:03, 20 Nov 2003 (UTC)

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I chopped out all the PR puff-piece language to just present the facts. Alcarillo 19:35, 6 May 2004 (UTC)

[edit] From VfD

• Shirley Q. Liquor looks like a vanity page. --Jiang 00:32, 17 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Keep. >1000 Google hits. Tempshill 01:41, 17 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Delete. Looks like self-promotion by user 66.32.144.63. --Imran 03:11, 17 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Delete. - UtherSRG 05:56, 17 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Keep, but prune. silsor 07:39, Jan 17, 2004 (UTC)
  • Keep, but must be pruned. RedWolf 08:11, Jan 17, 2004 (UTC)
  • Keep ledgerbob 10:42, 17 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Keep because it has a lot of Google hits. SpellBott 12:22, 17 Jan 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Sounds racists

The fact that the performer so easily discounts the comments of the many black people who find this racist, is very revealing of true attitudes towards blacks as a group. (unsigned comment)

[edit] Changes to article

I cut out a big chunk of the "personal history" for "Shirley" in the article. I understand that it's part of her act, but I think listing sixty names of "her children" is a bit of overkill, and not what Wikipedia is here for. The remaining text relays the essence of the act, and people who are interested in her material can springboard from there and find her skits. NickBurns 02:52, 4 October 2006 (UTC)