rolling "Is This Racist?" thread

she can be racist and an idiot, come on, guys

never attribute to malice what can be explained by idiocy

then again, she's a malicious idiot, I am so on the fence here

The way she plays the 'I can't be racist, because I'm married to someone not totally white' card? What a crass bit of whataboutery.

I don't know firsthand, but this Palin's husband's part Eskimo sounds like how everyone around here who has a grandmother who was a quarter Cherokee.

you too?

p. sure you mean inuit, racist

xp

palin thing's like the manifest destiny thing in that, while i can actually believe that sarah palin is uneducated enough to not know what "shuck and jive" means, her reaction to having it explained to her isn't "oh shit i had no idea i'm sorry" but an ultrasarcastic version of "fuck you liberal p.c. police for making a big deal out of something which as far as i can see totally doesn't matter at all, i will not consider the feelings or experiences of others and i certainly will not learn any history, stop telling me i can't say and do whatever i want all the time. next you'll be saying we can't talk about low temperatures amirite haha buymybook."

manifest destiny guy was a designer by profession and not a culture warrior so his version of this was more benignly phrased (who knows what words mean man, i have my own meaning and it resonates with me) which is less obnoxious but not really any better.

all of that is obv yes racist.

anyway i liked hill's comeback here a lot: http://mediamatters.org/video/2010/05/26/oreilly-to-marc-lamont-hill-say-youre-a-cocaine/165373

(i guess it'd be better if he didn't laugh as if this was all just friendly japery but whatever it's nervewracking being on tv and coming up w "you look like a cocaine user" in the allotted time is plenty fleetfooted enough)

kudos Tesco!
https://www.tescoparty.com/FancyDress/Product_Detail.aspx?ProductID=FANC0177

https://www.tescoparty.com/images/fancy/thumbs/FANC0177_lnk.jpg

https://www.tescoparty.com/images/fancy/thumbs/FANC1915_lnk.jpg

Includes:
Two arm cuffs, two ankle cuffs and grass skirt.
Excludes:
Wig and necklace.

Includes: grass skirt
Excludes: the things we added to make it more obviously racist

many questions are raised by these photos, one of which is "was Rob Brydon really that hard up?"

what in the shit

I'm just sad there isn't a "this is definitely racist" thread.

i am genuinely a little surprised that a company the size of Tesco thinks this shit is okay. can see a fairly high profile backlash happening if people pick up on this.

link was taken from a friend's Twitter stream, it's the kind of thing that might "go viral" I suppose, or at least I hope it does.

does the costume come w/ full body blackface, too?

this guy's expression is killing me tho, also is he holding a bottle of hot sauce?

https://www.tescoparty.com/images/fancy/thumbs/FANC1915_lnk.jpg

FWIW https://twitter.com/neilstewart/status/263691305220202497

I'm guessing it's Reggae Reggae Sauce

think that's a yellow bottle but yeah that's the idea

if ilx had avatars this would be my shit

http://i.imgur.com/ldDsH.png?1

Barenaked Lady in racist Halloween costume shockah

‏@neilstewart
Hey @UKTesco it's unacceptable you're selling racially stereotyped Halloween costumes https://www.tescoparty.com/FancyDress/CostumeThemeListing.aspx?pmo=0&gg=ma&ThemeCode=177&mo=0 … care to comment? #racistTesco

‏@UKTesco
@neilstewart I am sorry, which one do you feel is offensive?

was just about to post that! Do they REALLY need me to spell it out? Apparently so...

Miley Cyrus dresses as Nicki Minaj for Halloween:

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcrpjpVikN1rk5d6vo1_1280.jpg

Honestly, if i were to be offended everytime I see a white dude with rastafari/reggae attire, I wouldn't live anymore.

well but blackface

I saw like three dudes in blackface this morning, no big deal

were they coalminers?

Tesco employees.

black face? i thought it was just excessive tan. like a tourist or something.

this is a losing argument at this point but "blackface" is a specific thing and using the term to describe every instance where someone puts on brown makeup (which often can be offensive!) is stupid

I think that was just that guy's natural skin color... I mean, if you're going to do blackface the point isn't to look like George Hamilton, rite?

in other words, DJP OTM.

idk man the one with the afro wig and bone necklace is pretty close to blackface, altho i guess they used red lipstick instead of white lipstick. obv i am using the term as shorthand, but yeah, i dont have a better quick term to go with.

i get the criticism tho and accept it, chalk it up to lexical laziness on my part

I had actually forgotten about that one and was looking at the rasta pic so I retract my pedantic bitching

we sure do have our pick of ninnies itt don't we

oh no you didn't

lol

yeah the reggae one is just kinda crappy and off, the restless natives one is next level bottle opener shit.

xpost hahahaaaa

;-)

that miley costume is pretty good

Not entirely sure that rasta guy isn't actually made of leather or beef jerky, I mean

http://i.imgur.com/ldDsH.png?1

so....... grantland definitely just awarded first prize in its costume contest (just roll with it) to a group of people in space jam costumes and one is almost definitely in blackface, right?

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

http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/41395/grantland-halloween-costume-contest/?Aera

race jam

http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/c0.0.403.403/p403x403/68299_10100453149961367_725600736_n.jpg

Well, his ear isn't. xp

flopson idk if "tsetse fly pimp" is racist nec

miley dressing as minaj is racist?