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Sacha Baron Cohen Defends Ali G As Racism Debate Follows Movie Return

Sacha Baron Cohen Defends Ali G As Racism Debate Follows Movie Return

Sacha Baron Cohen defended Ali G against racism claims, arguing that the joke targeted a white man copying Black culture rather than the culture itself. In a new TIME essay, Cohen called the character a fool whose borrowed style helps expose powerful people’s bias. “The fact that Ali G is outdated and problematic is the very reason I resurrected him,” he wrote.

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