http://b.vimeocdn.com/ps/283/768/2837685_300.jpg
― omar little, Thursday, 23 February 2012 00:52 (twelve years ago) link
*takes Jeremy Lin on nature hike*
― buzza, Thursday, 23 February 2012 01:41 (twelve years ago) link
hiking the Appalachian Trail iykwim
― tinker tailor soldier sb (silby), Thursday, 23 February 2012 02:23 (twelve years ago) link
ok i know it's kind of a dead season for sports, but the fact that boxer floyd mayweather and ufc prez dana white get espn headlines for *commenting* on an nba player is . . . something
also lol that lin > carmelo
― mookieproof, Thursday, 23 February 2012 02:32 (twelve years ago) link
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
well, there's also the "haha, lols w my coworker" possibility, but that doesn't play into any enticing rage narratives, i guess
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 23 February 2012 04:51 (twelve years ago) link
u may be reading more about ghetto hikes soon
i'm not sure why u write abt the internet, max. i mean, the internet's just words to begin with...
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 23 February 2012 04:52 (twelve years ago) link
contenderizer, while i think it's kinda creepy admirable that you've decided to fill frogbs' shoes while he's been gone, maybe you don't need to go to bat to explain away every racist comment?
― Mordy, Thursday, 23 February 2012 04:54 (twelve years ago) link
harrumph i say. one /= every, deej. i read this as "news dullard fumbles dumb joek abt his co-anchor crushing on lin." sure, it came out fucking weird, but not shock horror racism, imo. of course, that's just my interpretation. i may well be wrong, but it's hardly in yr taco mayor leagues no matter what you make of it.
[/frogbs]
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 23 February 2012 05:02 (twelve years ago) link
countdown to matt p screeching in to call me a nazi or some shit...
deej?
― Mordy, Thursday, 23 February 2012 05:07 (twelve years ago) link
jokes, bruv
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 23 February 2012 06:38 (twelve years ago) link
I think thats kinda otm, but also just reminding everyone that too many people think racism is still okay if its against a group they (meaning the racists themselves) don't think of as "disadvantaged".
― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 17:45 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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.
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 17:50 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Well, if you want to consider 'disadvantaged' and 'black' synonyms, you're ... on the right thread at least?
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 23 February 2012 10:45 (twelve years ago) link
ENDLESS mexican menial "jokes" on family guy
I've said it before, from a UK perspective, the anti-Muslim/Arab jokes on Family Guy are really jaw dropping
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 February 2012 10:52 (twelve years ago) link
xp Oh come on, that's low. contenderizer obviously means that the people who make racist jokes about Mexicans equate "black" and "disadvantaged", and therefore apply different rules, not that he does.
― Suede - the fabric, not the band (DL), Thursday, 23 February 2012 11:41 (twelve years ago) link
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, February 23, 2012 12:02 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark
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, 23 February 2012 12:16 (twelve years ago) link
lol good try
― Mordy, Thursday, 23 February 2012 13:02 (twelve years ago) link
dayo is racist against Asians
― max, Thursday, 23 February 2012 13:06 (twelve years ago) link
That savage
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 23 February 2012 13:22 (twelve years ago) link
wait, just so I get this clear, dayo, do you think his joke was:
A. What do you think about his [dreamy] eyes? [<--Potential for double meaning makes it offensive]B. What about his [narrow compared to us white ppl] eyes? [<--Horrifying explicit racism makes it offensive]
― CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE (dave cool), Thursday, 23 February 2012 13:35 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.doletown.com/simpsons/wiggum/ralphface.gif
"Oh boy, news! That's where I'm a racist!"
― CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE (dave cool), Thursday, 23 February 2012 13:40 (twelve years ago) link
how are things going, dave cool? pretty cool?
― Mordy, Thursday, 23 February 2012 13:41 (twelve years ago) link
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
― 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