I see why contenderizer is making this argument; the female anchor immediately jumps in with muttered "THEY'RE DREAMY!" comments while the sportscaster is laughing. The problem with that argument is that they are coming from the same person who starts the clip by asserting that a dude who is of average height for an NBA player in his position in short, which JUST SO HAPPENS to be another "thing" people talk about re: Asian men.
Really, all that clip needs is for someone to ask, "Do you think he gets... intimidated, when he looks around the showers?" and for the sports reporter to say, "Oh no, the entire team is proud of his success and has his back 100%?" to fully transform this into the type of joke being called out upthread as a racist Family Guy bit.
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 23 February 2012 14:28 (twelve years ago) link
for furthur context: is the video going around because ppl are actually legit offended or it is mostly a "haha accidental racism" viral video like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmQ4nRbtbTM
― CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE (dave cool), Thursday, 23 February 2012 14:40 (twelve years ago) link
this is way more offensive to me tbh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxN1zkQgKKA
― CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE (dave cool), Thursday, 23 February 2012 14:41 (twelve years ago) link
I had to watch that twice before I even noticed what happened
when did The Boondocks become live-action
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 23 February 2012 14:44 (twelve years ago) link
haha I had no idea spike lee was already in his rambly old man years
― iatee, Thursday, 23 February 2012 14:47 (twelve years ago) link
dave cool, which answer would you choose?
― flagp∞st (dayo), Thursday, 23 February 2012 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
he's always been kinda rambly!
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Thursday, 23 February 2012 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
I call him Ramblin' Spike Lee
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 February 2012 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
40 acres and some blues
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 23 February 2012 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
I read it as being racist against asians, 99% of asian americans would read it as being racist against asians, and I wish you would stop telling me otherwise.
― flagp∞st (dayo), Thursday, February 23, 2012 12:16 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^ important post
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 23 February 2012 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
but we can always plays "white people tell others when its ok to be offended" some more
What did Spike say upthread? I couldn't pay attention through all the sports.
― beachville, Thursday, 23 February 2012 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
shortly after :22 in the video, Spike says "I like Dick" (re: someone on the Knicks) and the announcer calmly says "Pause" while Lee is still talking
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 23 February 2012 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
i have never heard "pause" in lieu of "no homo"; this is common parlez?
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 23 February 2012 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
yes
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 23 February 2012 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
Ok, so it wasn't Spike but the announcer. I get it now.
― beachville, Thursday, 23 February 2012 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
forks it hasn't been THAT long since you listened to any new rap has it?
― some dude, Thursday, 23 February 2012 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
anyway, homophobia transcends race so that offensive clip is not racist
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 23 February 2012 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
still classic:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8BMA6r3_xI
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Thursday, 23 February 2012 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
"Pause"
― pplains, Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
...but we can always plays "white people tell others when its ok to be offended" some more
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, February 23, 2012 10:36 AM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
jeez, not sure it's necessary to personalize this in such aggressive terms (said to both of you). wasn't trying to say that no one has a right to be offended, just that i don't perceive clear evidence of racist intent on the reporter's part. maybe, maybe not, and i'm inclined to presume innocence in such cases. that's just me, though. i fully expect others to read things differently...
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
dude: uh, i listen to new rap pretty much dailyi just never hear anybody say this in regular speech and i must filter it out or something... post a song that does this?
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
and fuck boondocks really
?
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
lol Boondocks 4eva <3
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
As a white dude, I would never feel comfortable saying that "99% of white people believe x", but hey.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
nothing against you crut; i just can't stand that cartoon. or mcgruder, really. i respect that guy as much as i do jim davis or scott adams.
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
contenderizer, keep digging
― flagp∞st (dayo), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
i respect that guy as much as i do jim davis or scott adams.
:O
― dream words & nightmare paragraphs from a red factory in a dead town (Abbbottt), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
Is it because he wrote Red Tails?
boondocks is great wtf
― if you ever leave me peggy, leave some propane at my door (zachlyon), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
xp oh did he? ha, no but that's funny.he's just not a good cartoonist or comic strip writer. he's a good businessman. you ever read his comics journal interview?
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
fwiw I think Boondocks works a LOT better as a show than a comic strip, but still, wtf
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
i like that i'm discussing my distaste for aaron mcgruder in the "is this racist" thread. lost before i started.
I don't understand how anyone could find the R.Kelly episode unfunny
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
i'm not a connoisseur of the show; i've watched maybe three episodes here or there and i find the outsourced animation very bleh and the stories hamhanded on a par with family guynot my thing
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
Boondocks was the best written and best animated show on Adult Swim (damn w/faint praise).
― dream words & nightmare paragraphs from a red factory in a dead town (Abbbottt), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
forks
family guy
why
Also you realize Beetle Bailey is the only good modern comic strip anyway
― dream words & nightmare paragraphs from a red factory in a dead town (Abbbottt), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
"modern"
I'm not gonna argue "best animated" but yeah, I definitely think it's on a level above every other piece of programming they've ever had aside from Futurama
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
see, i'd argue venture brothers and mutts but what do i know
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
i think we're all forgetting a superior piece of animated entertainment called 'american dad'
― omar little, Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
Venture Bros looks like a Flash animation (esp first season)
― dream words & nightmare paragraphs from a red factory in a dead town (Abbbottt), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
no doubt, first season was weak but the building blocks were there. looks great now!but i also have always hated futurama's lack of body. different strokes, folks.
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
If you watched more eps of Boondocks you would probably not regret it.
― dream words & nightmare paragraphs from a red factory in a dead town (Abbbottt), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
venture bros i think WAS flash animation in its pilot but the visuals improved from there pretty quickly
― some dude, Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
― dream words & nightmare paragraphs from a red factory in a dead town (Abbbottt), Thursday, February 23, 2012 2:30 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
haha
I haven't read a new Beetle Bailey strip in probably like 10 years but I imagine they're still making jokes about high-ranking US military official Gen. Halftrack trying to comprehend "e-mail" while leering at women dressed like 1966
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:34 (twelve years ago) link