rolling "Is This Racist?" thread

I simply write down shit dey say.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tSlbFO8QCvU/TtJc7vhI84I/AAAAAAAABwY/jE-Rbk5h87E/s1600/Kids-Say-the-Darndest-Things-Volume-2.jpg

dayo i'm not saying it's a parody/not real -- i'm saying that an hour ago you seemed to say it's just a great and funny twitter feed with an unfortunate name and now you seem to be saying that the overall project is problematic

yeah, this is the problematic part

― bob loblaw people (dayo), Thursday, January 12, 2012 1:58 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

isn't this like saying that the massive buckteeth are the only problem w/ the ronaldinho bottle opener?

I simply use dem to open bottles.

that's only one word racist

I made that post more to point out that I found the content of the feed funny by itself - because I got the sense that most people who followed that feed probably did so to laugh at what was said in, as goole said, a mocking way. I probably should have paused at the method of transcription and to have considered the full implications of the twitter name and now that I do so I do realize that yes, it makes the whole project problematic.

fair enough

j0rd, love you boo but stop trying to trip me up

ghetto hikes, urban kids, ugh jesus christ

i love you too dawg

What they actually say seems quite sweet, but yeah "ghetto hikes" and the transcription style takes this over the edge to completely horrible.

i mean 'kids saying cute malapropisms' is inoffensively funny in principle but dude has gone out of his way to make sure you know dese kids be black yo

in a lot of them the kids come off pretty funny and witty imo

i think we've established that there's nothing wrong with the kids themselves

@Horse_ebonics

looking forward to some ESOL teacher starting a hilarious twitter about all the wacky things people trying to learn how to speak english say

or, dare i dream, a wacky tumblr from an irreverant special needs educator

your prayers are answered:

http://fullduplex.org/tardblog/

oh good lord

so glad my work blocks these things, saving me from my morbid curiosity

i student taught in a predominantly black and latino public school last year and some of the shit both student teachers and teacher teachers said there...so i shouldn't be surprised. i'm not really surprised, just depressed.

write down shit they said

:(

i mean it's not even like it's rocket science to do this kind of thing without being a total dick -- like when ENBB used to post about the kids she worked with it always came off very humane and affectionate

https://twitter.com/#!/search/%40GhettoHikes

heh i found out about @ghettohikes via @menshumor

menshumor not all the same thing as menschhumor it turns out

if thats real its about a thousand times more depressing then the us soldiers pissing on the taliban guy video

what a profoundly stupid thing to say

yeah, now that I look back at it, it really sounds like hyperbole

xpost yeah uh i mean, i'm pretty sure there are some ethical transgressions here as well? i mean, it's not exactly a HIPAA violation but as using the kids you're caretaking as an explicit source of haha racial comedy is super mega shitty

maz whats going on on that dom tweet, i dont wanna click it at work

We decided on the word "tard" mainly because it is not a word. We picked it for this reason, and thus we can assign our own meaning to the word "tard."

Whatever mental gymnastics make you sleep better at night I guess.

hoo boy call me dim but it never occurred to me there might be a @womenshumor too

it doesn't disappoint

holy shit @ the thing jon just quoted

the thing about that "tardblog" is there is literally not a person alive who works with the developmentally disabled who does not blow off steam about his/her clients/patients/residents from time to time. there is a correct place to do that: with your coworkers. there is an incorrect place to do that: in public. and there's a completely inappropriate to the point of "if you're my coworker and I catch you doing this, I will risk total estrangement from the entire staff just to get you fired & hopefully brought up on charges" place to do it: on the fucking internet.

malcolm's annoying chair made me lol, and the kid who liked to nap on the bathroom floor, then i felt bad for loling and stopped reading

yeah i mean everyone HAS to have a sense of humor about their job and the people they're surrounded by on a daily basis, regardless of who it is. it's all about context.

Why do you use the word "tard?" Isn't this a horrible thing to call them?
We decided on the word "tard" mainly because it is not a word. We picked it for this reason, and thus we can assign our own meaning to the word "tard."

aero 100% otm here

already posted that above am0n

ok this then

tard: n., A student in a class that is set aside for children with some sort of special need, e.g. metal retardation, autism, behavioral disorders, etc, generally referred to as Special Education classes.

If you think it is a derogatory word, then that is your problem, not ours, and reflects the biases and issues you bring to the table, not us.

Oh so its OUR fault then, glad they clarified.

We decided on the word "tard" mainly because it is not a word. We picked it for this reason, and thus we can assign our own meaning to the word "tard."

this is disgusting

everyone knows 'tard is hyphenated

i fucked that joke up

this is disgusting...

...everyone knows 'tard takes an apostrophe

ah yes, the "i'm rubber / you're glue" gambit, well played indeed

maz whats going on on that dom tweet, i dont wanna click it at work

― pug waffle (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, January 12, 2012 2:57 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

some seriously gross shit, dont bother

xxp: actually I think it was funnier the other way

"I put on the manual breaks"