Making a joke about racism that is supposed to be witty and modern, but actually supports racism by dehumanizing a particular race for a laugh.
Some person: Did you hear about that party someone threw where a bunch of white college student dressed up in blackface? It was hilarious!
Some person 2: Eddie Izzard is hilarious... that party was just another example of ironic racism.
Some person 2: Eddie Izzard is hilarious... that party was just another example of ironic racism.
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adjective: meaning "after irony". Modern style of art or fashion that follows a phase that was ironic. Being sincere or earnest as opposed to flippant and sarcastic.
Lucky, a graphic novel
by Gabrielle Bell:
"Lucky" is also a startling achievement: a coming-of-age tale -- from hipster Williamsburg, no less -- told without a whisper of irony."
quote is from article:
Coming of age in a post-ironic black-and-white world
By Matthew Shaer, Globe Correspondent November 25, 2006
by Gabrielle Bell:
"Lucky" is also a startling achievement: a coming-of-age tale -- from hipster Williamsburg, no less -- told without a whisper of irony."
quote is from article:
Coming of age in a post-ironic black-and-white world
By Matthew Shaer, Globe Correspondent November 25, 2006
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Get the post-ironic mug.n. A type of "credibility" earned when hipsters decide with puzzling unanimity to partake of ironic enjoyment of cheesy cultural artifacts, esp. from the 1980s. Coinage: Garrett Morrison
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