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I would show it to my teenager if I had one. But, before I did, I would try to explain that, even way back in 1974, Mel Brooks was trying to show the ridiculousness of racism through humor. (Something some adult Dwellars have problems grasping.) I believe he was trying to take the power from the word 'nigger', (and racism in general), by using it as a foil for humor so often it loses it's grip in the psyche.
And the reason he used that word and that particular form of racism more than, say, the Irish, the Scottish, the Chinese, the Jewish, (and he hits them all) is that 'white-on-black' racism was the form of racism that was way prevalent at that time.
Show it to 'em. But, make sure they know he was making fun of racism and racists, not the races themselves.
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