rolling "Is This Racist?" thread

Dude, that incinerator scene was nothing to laugh at.

seriously that was intense

pixar somehow understands how to incite bro tears

its a metaphor

I will end with a story. One of my daughters plays on an elite soccer team, meaning her practices are never done on time. One day I sat in the van with my other daughter waiting for practice to end. Nearby several white boys were clowning in front of two girls. They were all teenagers. One of the boys wore a blackfaced mask and he mocked the mannerisms of "street blacks." He turned toward us and I immediately looked at my daughter. She had lowered her head and covered her face. If you have a child then you know what I felt. If your skin is dark then you know why I do what I do.

fucking hell sometimes I hate the world so much

One of the boys wore a blackfaced mask

what the fuck

hi guys, welcome to my America

hopefully "why i do what i do" means jumping out of the van and beating those kids w/ a golf club

i'm shocked to hear you wear blackface masks dan; really disappointed with you

hopefully "why i do what i do" means jumping out of the van and beating those kids w/ a golf club

― the late great, Friday, April 27, 2012 6:22 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that essay is one of the best and most affecting conveyances of life under the weight of racism that I have ever read.

When I was reading the essay and looking at the images I was of course reminded of european anti-Jewish caricatures -- it's interesting how they have a similar hateful exaggeration to them, as though they were actually drawn under the influence of a kind of pornographic, titilated rage.

http://www.captainthoms.com/voodoo_L.jpg

I wanted to try it because I really like another of their sauces, but I felt uncomfortable bringing it up to the checkout counter. Note: in Whole Foods it didn't actually have a Voodoo Doll affixed to it. I discovered that looking it up online.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6_2PjDQdXI

hope it's not racist to think this is funny as hell.

reminds me of that dude who had all the beverages for different types of ladeez in his place

I wasn't aware of this stereotype where black people couldn't stop singing inside McDonalds.

no idea if that's racist or not but she is very funny

Didn't laugh, but I wasn't offended. There is something about the running gag of an African-American slipping into jive after eating some Mickey D's/home cooking/listening to the Gap Band that gets a little old, but I'm a little too removed from it to really look down upon it to make a judgement.

reminds me of that dude who had all the beverages for different types of ladeez in his place

― the late great, Saturday, April 28, 2012 6:28 PM (22 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha tfg i had forgotten

I didn't really laugh, but she's super-cute.

who was that dude

"got the green tea for the erykah badu headwrap wearin b*tches"

she is super cute but that grey top is sorta nasty looking, like her much better in florals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBRL7D0wcXM

haha oh yes, mr chi city

'droppin vagina panties'

mcdonalds woman should be on tv, real talk

uh, she is on tv

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1018068/

There are more movies on this list than the Benjamin Harrison and Rutherford Hayes pages combined.

http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0053706/

Nothing to do with racism. The Henry Kissenger page likely has more anyway.

http://www.theawl.com/2012/05/the-definitive-list-of-white-music-stolen-by-black-people

ugh

'stolen'

guys

is this racist?

i guess that's what we're all asking ourselves, right?

the headline just seems offensively dumb and inflammatory but i guess that's the linkbait huh

the awl sux

i'm not really grasping the point but no, i don't think so

a shame how the staple singers stole 'slippery people' from the talking heads, never forget

its a tongue in cheek response to a silly onion av club article

never heard this cougar/me'shell cover of wild night, pretty dreadful

i LOVE that cover of wild night!

wish it were more.. tongue-behind-cheek

well rest easy knowing that i would not be so hard on it if i hadn't watched the video. mellencamp goes down a lot smoother when i don't have to look at him. also wild night is one of those songs where i can't really understand how a cover would ever be necessary.

this list would have been funnier had they just matched up random songs with similar titles that sounded nothing alike, or if every pair had been the wrong way around as opposed yo just a couple

It took three tongues in three cheeks to write that article.

that's sexy

yo just a couple

many times I have cursed the proximity of 't' and 'y' on the keyboard but never louder than today

no no! thank you so much.