rolling "Is This Racist?" thread

a lovely deer printed on the front of the youth fashion

i don't class that as engrish at all

speaking of, what do y'all think of the "Chinese Woman" Seinfeld episode? I'm not really sure if it's offensive or not though it basically revolves around the "yellow fever" concept without saying it directly

more akin to using the term 'oriental' and wondering why people are getting upset.

xp

elmo otm

best part of that "about us" text is this admission nonchalantly slipped into the middle of it: "Nowadays, Abercrombie and Fitch piracy in China has spread to unimaginable proportions."

well A&F has a history of race problems for sure, especially in terms of hiring practices iirc

goole - i was referring to myself posting the "about us" text for laughs, not the name of the pants

i was too slow posting so it looked like the ^^ was pointing at you instead of at myself

oic

Shakey Mo str8 posting racist internet memes, uncool use of thread imo

shit, i'd never seen that abercrombie pirate site, so news to me. fact that it's apparently chinese ESL does make it different in kind from most of the other stuff on this thread, tho.

http://www.snopes.com/racial/business/sofa.asp

Racial slur on sofa label stuns family

http://i.imgur.com/a2UUC.jpg

PLESIDENTIAL ERECTION 2K8

http://www.ilooklikebarackobama.com/

http://www.ilooklikebarackobama.com/images/facegraph.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dABo_DCIdpM&feature=related

i don't know what to do with this

file it w/your latepass?

sick burn, dude

Quick, shallow take on that vid (w/ lots of room for error):

Budding british drama student. Immature. Working class. Most of what he's saying is based in how he talks on the phone with his buddies (hence the frequent profanity), but it's all mashed up with bad tv drama and crappy stereotypes.

idk how much of that is extemporized but assuming most of it is semirehearsed spiel based on knowledge of bad films its p impressive, scottish one is probably the worst

thank you, cozen

I really like his regular accent. It reminds me of how Robert Smith talks.

best part of that "about us" text is this admission nonchalantly slipped into the middle of it: "Nowadays, Abercrombie and Fitch piracy in China has spread to unimaginable proportions."

― 1staethyr, Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:12 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol

this headline is o_O

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/03/22/opinion/granderson-florida-shootings/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

Doesn't display properly. But the CNN header is "Opinion: Black People Distrust Police"

honestly that is one of LZ Granderson's more lucid pieces

header when i load it is "Why black people don't trust the police"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danziger_Bridge_shootings

mentioned in that piece

this fucking country

yeah that situation was fucking enraging

wow. i'm gonna assume that was covered in Treme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIvSeIdxX8s

There was a Frontline story on Danzinger
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/law-disorder/case-six-danziger-bridge/

http://jezebel.com/5896408/racist-hunger-games-fans-dont-care-how-much-money-the-movie-made

kind of lol but mostly sad

not even really lol

kind of sad but mostly infuriating

not even a shred of lol tbh

xposts DJP otm

"LOL, all these kids are growing up to be racist monsters"

both times collins describes rue physically, she says the same thing -- brown skin, resembles prim in size and demeanor. same words both time. bad writing, but it's explicit and she makes sure to point out that she ONLY resembles prim in size and demeanor.

cinna's only described by his clothes and makeup, so these people are literally getting mad that the film didn't reach inside their head and extract the assumption they made about his skin color. the ridiculous thing is that lenny kravitz was probably the best casting decision they made. i've never said this about him, but he was perfect. he totally embodies the tranquility and sincerity of the character. people suck.

revoke their entertainment privileges imo

Rue and Thresh's skin is described not even simply as "brown", but "dark brown." And Cinna is described as brown, too, IIRC.

I'm just imagining the children of the corn fantasy world which these readers must be imagining when they read the books, also giving the gasface towards the people who are saying the movie should have "stuck to the book"

xp I don't think his skin is described -- only that he has green eyes, brown hair, and gold eyeliner.

p sure 90% of the readers just imagined tim gunn

Or that Tom guy from Queer Eye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjPao2yjRk4

^^ vid not racist

God fucking dammit that hunger games thing is so depressing to me