rolling "Is This Racist?" thread

the "racist in a complimentary way" comment is also really important; i think a lot of people understand they'll get in trouble if they say something racist as part of a negative statement or insult but don't recognize it as racist when they phrase it as a positive statement. at least that's what seems to be popping up a lot with the lin stories.

I blame the racialists

yeah, j/v/c otm. imo, what this stuff (fucking ENDLESS mexican menial "jokes" on family guy and elsewhere, for ex) exposes is that lots of people think racist shit is okay as long as it doesn't have anything to do with black people.

Yeah, exactly.

I'm not a racist, some of my best friends aren't black.

hey so, update on @ghettohikes: fake

shocking, i know

― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, February 22, 2012 12:24 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what's worse: ghetto hikes being fake or ghetto hikes being real?

ghetto hikes

I'm 28. I have a full time job leading urban kids (of all races) on nature hikes. I simply write down shit they say.

lol @ new parenthetical on that piece of shit twiiter account

I...don't see anything racist in that local news Lin vid?

Are we talking about, "What about his eyes?" as a racial remark? I think that's just the main anchor razzing the sports lady for talking about his "great build." "What about his eyes? Dreamy, right?"

Am I missing something or is that how people are interpreting it?

Twitter response to @ghettohikes from a white girl:

Haley Stewart @HayStew

Stuck in traffic with mom and the sister. So I entertained them by reading about every @GhettoHikes tweet ever in my best ghetto voice.

Hmm.

it's already been covered how lamebook (also a good source for 'edgy humor' involving race) and ghetto hikes are run by the same dude, right? (well, ghetto hikes is at least registered to one of the dudes who runs lamebook.)

jonathan standefer:

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4065/4566773018_b62d4da5fc_z.jpg

a midget thomas haden church imo

http://madamethursday.tumblr.com/post/17730142487/so-last-night-i-got-about-fifteen-frantic-emails-from

xp Just sitting here with my water thinking about kittens and racism.

http://austinme2000.wordpress.com/2011/02/05/organic-cody-ground-on-royal-forests-direction-after-the-groups-name-switch/

I...don't see anything racist in that local news Lin vid?

Are we talking about, "What about his eyes?" as a racial remark? I think that's just the main anchor razzing the sports lady for talking about his "great build." "What about his eyes? Dreamy, right?"

Am I missing something or is that how people are interpreting it?

― So Arabian Spruce (Whitey on the Moon), Wednesday, February 22, 2012 6:53 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark

http://i.imgur.com/wRUrd.png

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/07/lady-chinky-eyes-papa-johns-store-uses-receipt-to-call-woman-racial-slur_n_1191434.html

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

http://i.imgur.com/yd6rc.jpg

yeah, but isn't knee-jerk assuming that a comment abt an asian dude's eyes MUST = le racisme! actually MOAR racisty than just, you know, saying something abt an asian dude's eyes?

oh my god, he's asian, must not mention eyes! like, wtf?

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http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9vt78UNmL1qan9mlo1_400.gif

Obviously I know the history of "slanty eyes" as a stereotype. I honestly think the way that anchor used it had nothing to do with that and was in the sense of "Did you get lost in his eyes?" after the other reporter acts like she's crushing out on Lin.

^ this

yeah, but isn't knee-jerk assuming that a comment abt an asian dude's eyes MUST = le racisme! actually MOAR racisty than just, you know, saying something abt an asian dude's eyes?

― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Wednesday, February 22, 2012 7:07 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

"man, why is it not okay to use the word 'uppity' to describe a black person? what if the black person is really being arrogant? I just don't get it..."

don't think that's exactly the same thing, but i won't deny there's history. i read the whole thing more as "awkward" than racist. ymmv.

lol i just found out a facebook 'friend' of mine "likes" ghetto hikes. pfft.

so guys, questions to ask yourselves:

1. jeremy lin is 6'3. as far as athletes in the NBA go, is 6'3" remarkable? worth commenting about?

2. when you talk about a basketball player, are their eyes something you normally talk about? do you talk about michael jordan's eyes?

"nice arms - long arms, that's what you need in a point guard" <--- definitely sounds like she has fallen head over heels in love with jeremy lin!!

god, I feel so stupid for even needing to spell it out.

that should be "nice build" not "nice arms," btw.

hey dayo--what if youre the real racist?

long arms like a simian amirite

*looks in the mirror, realizes uncomfortable truth*

i'm sick of how political correctness is ruining this country!!!~!!

is it cracked cuz if so sorry but u are linsane

can't even talk about a guy's simian forelimbs no more

chris paul is 6, steve nash 6-1, rubio 6-4, rondo is 6-1, so lin is about on the high average for point

steve nash is 6'3 btw

so short!

id guess the chance that a nba player listed at 6' is actually 6' =

was spud webb actually 5'7" y/n

soi disant 5'11.5 point guards wd make terrible used car dealers

well known in philly that allen iverson lied about his height

pretty much everyone does. dwight howard is 6'9"

oops got nash wrong but either way lin's height is p much normalish for his position

i haven't even seen him play cuz the stupids at FSN didn't broadcast the wolves/knicks game but someone on espn was saying he was more of a combo 1/2 guard than a pure point but i don't know if that's true, he seems to be getting good assist numbers

how tall is kemba

i haven't even seen him play cuz the stupids at FSN didn't broadcast the wolves/knicks game but someone on espn was saying he was more of a combo 1/2 guard than a pure point but i don't know if that's true, he seems to be getting good assist numbers

― dave coolier (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, February 22, 2012 7:42 PM (54 seconds ago)

we had a big debate on the NBA thread about this actually

i've seen kemba in person many times, he's probably 5'11" or 6'

so either the news clip is "haha what about his slanty eyes" or "haha stupid woman can't talk about sports like a man" pick yr poison