looooool
― dayo, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
im kind of glad i cant remember any racist shit my teachers did
― ffun. (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
I gotta go home, but I just found the best site:
http://celebrity-cash.com/catalog/images/willie_nelson.jpghttp://celebrity-cash.com/catalog/images/hank_williams_jr.jpghttp://celebrity-cash.com/catalog/images/oprah.jpg
― pplains, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 22:18 (twelve years ago) link
sorry that wasn't US History obviously, that was World History
crucial difference
― Lester the Unlikely (crüt), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
haha that's not far off, but it was a willie shot w/the iconic headband and braids i think
― konybrony (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
Given who posted it, this http://www.theroot.com/buzz/teacher-student-read-poem-blacker was probably gotcha-bait, but I do think it's worth looking at
WTF man
― the late great, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 22:24 (twelve years ago) link
tip o the hat to you crut
― terrible rappin' barney rubble sounding thing (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
fyi some ppl are saying the teacher in the Root article was black... Still racist?
― ffun. (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 22:26 (twelve years ago) link
feel like ANY teacher telling a black student he's not acting black enough for the class falls under the racism umbrella
― Lester the Unlikely (crüt), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 22:33 (twelve years ago) link
omg you guys I just remembered
my high school staged The Wiz but did a "redneck" version instead of a "black" version because the cast was almost all white
it was as inadvisable as you could imagine
― Lester the Unlikely (crüt), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
The Cheez Wiz
― ffun. (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
― Lester the Unlikely (crüt), Tuesday, March 20, 2012 3:33 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
what if the poem is deliberately written in black dialect, and the teacher & student are both black? "racism" doesn't seem like the best word to describe the dynamic...
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:00 (twelve years ago) link
i would say the teacher had a poor choice of words
instead of saying "read more black" she should have just said "read it in the voice it's written in"
when the kid asked if the teacher thought all black people spoke that way she should have answered the question instead of telling him to sit down and shut up
― the late great, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:02 (twelve years ago) link
and the poem IS deliberately written in *a* black vernacular, not *the* black vernacular
― the late great, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:04 (twelve years ago) link
I remember heads turning towards me once in fourth grade when the Holocaust got mentioned and I was the only Jewish kid in class. My teacher, who was black, expressed sympathy, and recalled the same thing happening to her when slavery came up.
So yeah tokenization sucks. Though perhaps it didn't help that for years my parents came in to class around the holidays so we could explain Hanukah to people. Though on the other hand I had to put up with Christmas carols being sung in class like everybody cared about that holiday as recently as 11th grade.
Ok back to actual racism instead of me perpetrating the War on Christmas.
― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:05 (twelve years ago) link
What so I should read "Ulysses" in a comedy oirish accent then?
― zooey bechamel (Trayce), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:12 (twelve years ago) link
Sadly I had a lot of teachers with exactly this attitude, ALL the time.
Not the black thing, the "dont question me, stfu" thing.
i've always had trouble spotting the lines between simple insensitivity, prejudice and racism
luckily there's usually a helpful white person around to sort it out for me
― the late great, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:13 (twelve years ago) link
It's probably a sign of my inner malignancy that I think this is a hilarious idea.
― Marilyn Hagerty: the terroir of tiny town (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:14 (twelve years ago) link
Jakers! meets Ulysses
― Marilyn Hagerty: the terroir of tiny town (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:15 (twelve years ago) link
Re the redneck Wiz:
I played Harriet Tubman in a third grade school play. The two black girls in my class played slaves whom I helped to freedom. One teacher suggested I do this in blackface but somebody thankfully intervened. This play aired on local television.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:15 (twelve years ago) link
trayce only the Stephen parts are read that way, leopold should be done in Mel brooks' voice
― the late great, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:15 (twelve years ago) link
comedy Shane McGowan impression also acceptable
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:16 (twelve years ago) link
jakers otm
― less of the same (darraghmac), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:17 (twelve years ago) link
shane mcgowan has a london accent iirc but i mean who can tell tbh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSahS9k9zqw
― less of the same (darraghmac), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:19 (twelve years ago) link
he just loved auctions, i guess
― less of the same (darraghmac), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 08:58 (56 minutes ago)
booming p btw
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:32 (twelve years ago) link
:)
― less of the same (darraghmac), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:36 (twelve years ago) link
No. Only Shakespeare should be read in a comedy oirish accent.
― Aimless, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:45 (twelve years ago) link
Singling one kid out to be the group spokesperson for whatever group is just bullshit imo.― Marilyn Hagerty: the terroir of tiny town (Abbbottt), Tuesday, March 20, 2012 5:33 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark
― Marilyn Hagerty: the terroir of tiny town (Abbbottt), Tuesday, March 20, 2012 5:33 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark
http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxp2fzAqAJ1r9zsizo1_500.jpg
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 04:46 (twelve years ago) link
BIG HOOS w/the tumblr white perspective
― Lester the Unlikely (crüt), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 04:56 (twelve years ago) link
bam
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 05:05 (twelve years ago) link
Suddenly I am very embarrased to own that tshirt >:|
― zooey bechamel (Trayce), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 05:18 (twelve years ago) link
blame the glasses imo
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 05:48 (twelve years ago) link
Why do you have a shirt asking for Black perspective on that proposal?
― Marilyn Hagerty: the terroir of tiny town (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 14:43 (twelve years ago) link
hahah I know I was kind of , whoa Tracye, on that at first
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
that's like the 00s version of wayne and garth
― the late great, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
the reboot if you will
Guy on the left is p cute; I'm going to assume he was never asking a dumb superimposed question.
― Marilyn Hagerty: the terroir of tiny town (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
on of my coworkers has started using the term 'canadians' when referring to black ppl. i know it's racist bc he does it when he wants to say something racist about black ppl, but i don't know where it comes from. is there some piece of popular media he got it from or is this his own invention?
― Mordy, Thursday, 22 March 2012 13:33 (twelve years ago) link
Derived from Geoffrey Canada, maybe?
― AnnieHalldonia (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 22 March 2012 13:37 (twelve years ago) link
If that's the case, it makes the usage feel somehow doubly heinous.
― AnnieHalldonia (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 22 March 2012 13:38 (twelve years ago) link
Hasn't the "Canadians" thing been brought up before?
― Number None, Thursday, 22 March 2012 13:39 (twelve years ago) link
It's an old restaurant worker meme. I'm sure if you wanted to Google "black people" Canadians, something would show up. (besides pictures of Rick Fox.)
― pplains, Thursday, 22 March 2012 13:41 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I've read it on here in a t*pping thread or 'share your terrible table waiting experiences' thread
― Cantera: Vulgar Display Of Puyol (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 22 March 2012 13:48 (twelve years ago) link
the same colleague passed around the office yesterday a picture that one of our contractors sent him of Reagan petting the monkey from Bedtime for Bonzo with some racist Obama joke attached to it.
i kno, i kno whiney. this doesn't fit the exact parameters of the thread. don't tase me, bro.
― Mordy, Thursday, 22 March 2012 13:53 (twelve years ago) link
Seems like there's enough of a smoking gun there to get the guy disciplined?
― pplains, Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:02 (twelve years ago) link
It's an old restaurant worker meme.
Yes, still in use (in the US south at least) c. 2003 when I last waited tables.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:23 (twelve years ago) link
ask him if he has a funny euphemism for jewish people and then set his desk on fire
― mh, Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:29 (twelve years ago) link