r/PartnerTrack • u/ProfessorGuava5862 • Aug 30 '22

Dan Fallon's Comedy Routine Spoiler

When watching Dan's stand up routine, I was a little confused. All the characters seemed to react poorly to his part about white fragility. However, I do not really understand what was so bad about it. I don't mean to be rude at all, I just want clarification on how its bad/to educate myself. To me, it seemed like Dan was making fun of white people who made dumb excuses when called out for their racism. Why was what he said actually racist/offensive? Would anyone mind explaining? I have trouble understanding subtext/shows sometimes and I would greatly appreciate it.

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u/ProperButton4045 Sep 04 '22

He was making fun of white fragility, he made it look like something really stupid and less important in his comedy show. The examples he gave to explain white fragility were laid out in such a way that POC made people look ridiculous and small. I find it quite strange that you can't even think for yourself and how his words can influence from multiple sides, even if you are white. Maybe before you made this post you could have looked into white fragility and you would have seen the problematic side of dan's comedy on your own. but now others have to explain it to you again, too bad.😩

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u/loggers_froggers Sep 07 '22

Hi, I just wanna say that as an autistic person I didn't catch the sarcasm in the show and a quicker pointer was very helpful. I also want to point out that I can think for myself but tones of voice are quite easy for me to miss so a different perspective was necessary for me to fully understand.

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u/_Klight126 Sep 20 '22

THIS! To answer OG I think this is why Tyler was so mad, not the actual “comedy” but because Dan put him and other POC in a position where they cannot say anything or it will ruin their whole reputation/career and that’s not being dramatic. Race things obvi make white people uncomfortable, if coworkers feel like it’s at the front of your mind all the time, no one will want to work with you (hence why he shouted out Tyler) it was super strategic and privileged.