rolling "Is This Racist?" thread

xp "research assistant" apparently

I mean, to be fair, I've heard the phrase "chinky eyes" dozens upon dozens of times in my life and approximately 100% of these occurrances were rap songs

the only people I know who say this are a friend who was born in the US but lived in China from ages 2 - 7 and her lily-white best friend from college; usually they are saying it to each other about Lucy Liu

neither of them is particularly into hip-hop, aside from Ludacris

that dude wasn't getting work before his outburst either. whereas mel gibson is doin alright

uhh is he? his "comeback" movie barely grossed $1m and i'm not sure if any movie producer would touch him at this point. he couldn't even hold down a cameo on Hangover 2.

his "comeback" movie was about a dude who could only communicate with the world via a hand puppet, I'm surprised it grossed even that much

sesame st themes that didn no wait

I mean, to be fair, I've heard the phrase "chinky eyes" dozens upon dozens of times in my life and approximately 100% of these occurrances were rap songs

the only people I know who say this are a friend who was born in the US but lived in China from ages 2 - 7 and her lily-white best friend from college; usually they are saying it to each other about Lucy Liu

― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Monday, January 9, 2012 3:23 PM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

At my old job the (mostly black and/or latino) kids I worked with used it pretty frequently to describe themselves or one another if they had even slightly almond shaped or small eyes. Not that it means anything but I heard it used pretty often then.

I remember telling one of my girls that she probably shouldn't use that term when she was saying she hoped her baby got her eyes and she was like "Why not? It's a good thing - I love my chink eyes!" :/

yeah FYI Gibson's career is over (thankfully)

As much as I want that to be true, I doubt it. He'll never be as big as he once was, but he'll get more chances.

little mister sundance

I mean sure, that's probably not going to be his last starring vehicle, but I can't see him headlining a high-profile movie again. I mean the last 10 years have not been kind to him (physically) and his last couple have tanked horribly. i'm not sure what's left for him.

Directing, most likely. I don't know, I'm not trying to defend the douche in the least and I'll be more than happy to be proven wrong, but the ability for Hollywood to forgive never ceases to amaze me and I won't rule out a "humble" return behind the camera some day.

When I was a waiter I was standing in a full dining room next to a busboy who was singing

[Chingy] what's up?
(Why yo eyes so chinky?) I dunno
(Is it because you've been smoking and drinking?)

And I had to explain to him that that was absolutely not OK to say in front of guests or anywhere. He said he didn't realize it was a bad word, and he said "I'll just say "Why yo eyes Chingy" instead of "chinky." I tried to explain that that was not a good substitute, and anyway, rapping or singing in the dining room was also not really OK. And anyway, the rest of the words were not acceptable for other reasons:

Maybe so
(I've been thinking) huh?
(Maybe you come get me) and do what?
(Round the town, then take me home and eat me)
Okay

LooooL

man I don't think I've ever heard anyone use chinky eyes irl

gook or slant-eyed, maybe

that reminds me

I've been around some casual racism, but I've never heard chinky eyes either.

anybody remember this fiasco?

Officers Ticket Drivers for Non-English Speaking

when I worked in a restaurant, racism was tossed around casually by everyone, including managers. which was interesting cuz the staff itself was pretty multicultural.

working in restaurants is a great place to meet lowlifes and degenerates iirc

worst 5 years of my life

Directing, most likely.

last thing he was rumored to be involved with was the Joe Esterhaz-penned movie about Judah and the Maccabees. I bet that goes over real well.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/parents-outraged-after-homework-assignment-refers-/nGHHr/

Yeah, restaurants are awful for casual racism. Have we talked about "Canadians" itt yet?

xp: that's not racist, just stupid/lazy

I had a third grade teacher that instead of giving us those canned scenarios for math problems, had us write our own. it was hell of a lot more fun working on problems with scenarios like

50 Santa Clauses traveled down the chimney one night
25 got burnt in the fire
How many Santas are left?

0, because there's no such thing as Santa Clause

Nice page code at the end of that URL there.

oh damn lol

DreamWorks gives Michael Richards voiceover work in things like Bee Movie & his asking price as a speaker is still 100k. "Speaking engagements" by dudes who've been as famous as him go on way under the radar afaik & nobody every hears anything about it & they net ridiculous money. Once you hurdle to "actually famous" you have to be an idiot to go broke, your agent will find you enough work to keep you rich.

is that in reference to Gibson

cuz if so I mean yeah dude is never going to be poor. but he is also never going to be a major force in Hollywood again

I guess he might become poor if he rapes or murders somebody and goes to jail

Michael Richards hasn't worked regularly as an actor since Seinfeld went off the air, regardless of outburst

I suck at math but if he invested like a couple million from the last season in a safe interest-bearing account doesn't that kinda keep the cash flowing?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yizpWta-5Uw

the contention wasn't about anyone going broke, it was about ppl getting work after their embarrassing racist outbursts; at any rate Richards unambiguously apologized multiple times after that incident and it had about zero impact on people's hiring decisions re: him (ie, he is still getting hired by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld and... no one else)

yeah i think w/r/t richards it's all-too-easy to suggest it destroyed his career when really, his ashen-faced appearances on tv in the weeks following his outburst were his biggest non-seinfeld roles ever.

i think aero's saying that they should have .... taken all of his money??

I guess he might become poor if he rapes or murders somebody and goes to jail

Yes because Roman Polanski is certainly being ignored these days.

apples and oranges there

I know, I know. Just sayin' that a couple of you guys are acting like its 100% inconceivable that Hollywood would ever even acknowledge Gibson again.

Polanski kept making good movies, though.

...and a lot of hilariously bad or ridiculous ones

brb gotta go find a copy of The Ninth Gate

Gibson's pissed off too many people. Foster tried to help him out and failed. at this point, the only other big name probably willing to lend their credibility to a Gibson project is maybe Robert Downey Jr.

xp

I think he's ruined because the industry of Hollywood has an image and a social narrative that it hews to really closely, and there's no room in that narrative for the redemptive third act of an artless/talentless, white, male, hetero, racist, wifebeating drunk - reformed or otherwise. "Industry Warmly Accepts a Reformed Gibson" is not a headline any Hollywood player wants to write.

all things considered, Polanski had several cards in his favor that Gibson does not

well liked by his peers, sympathy over the Tate murder, his amazing run of canonical films in the 70s, the ambiguity of the charges/public calls for forgiveness by the victim etc

Okay Shakey, the Polanski call out was just a tossed off comment. I do understand why his case is hugely different.

I don't really want to argue about this anymore becaue I too hope
Gibson is never heard from again, but I fear thats wishful thinking.

I think he's ruined because the industry of Hollywood has an image and a social narrative that it hews to really closely, and there's no room in that narrative for the redemptive third act of an artless/talentless, white, male, hetero, racist, wifebeating drunk - reformed or otherwise. "Industry Warmly Accepts a Reformed Gibson" is not a headline any Hollywood player wants to write.

― The Silent Extreme (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 9 January 2012 22:57 (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

idk wasn't there press of his kinda modest rehabilitation, w r downey jr & some pals at some award ceremony. if the guy was likely to make another zillion dollar faith movie or something i'm sure people would be all over him. i feel like there's a weird thing where he can now exist just with the by-now-familiar tag of 'asshole' attached to him, it prob makes it easier for him to occasionally be caught being an asshole w/o too much fallout