i probably just put white, it's been awhile.
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
or caucasian. i do as i'm told
I'm a Jew, nobody can agree what we are
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
i mark 'other' and write in 'fabulous'
― Impetuous hybrid (Matt P), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 18:22 (twelve years ago) link
forms asking you to specify race are already hopelessly outdated, I expect them to disappear entirely within my lifetime
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
then just write "pinkish-yellow"obviously having to identify a race on a form is stupid but I can only remember like, three times when I've had to do this
complaining about using the term "white" because it's dumb strikes me as weird ; the terms are obviously stupid and not really accurate but that's not really the point of them is it?
― frogbs, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
actually that is totally the point of them
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
step away from the race thread xp
― Impetuous hybrid (Matt P), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 18:26 (twelve years ago) link
"I expect them to disappear entirely within my lifetime"
you're gonna live 300 years?
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
since they're very rarely actually white, i move we refer to them as wites
― the late great, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
the point of them is to be intelligent terms that accurately describe a person's color?
hey there's this new "flag post" feature, you can just hit that button instead of playing thread police, it's really neat
― frogbs, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
no I meant the point was that they are stupid and not really accurate and are used specifically to facilitate stupid/inaccurate generalizations
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
Ehhhh, that just leads to a bunch of "colorblind racism" bullshit.
― they loooovin the crut (The Reverend), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 00:49 (twelve years ago) link
I am uncomfortable when latino coworkers use "negro"
This reminds me of a funny story my dad told me about his coworker, a black man, who is married to a woman from Costa Rica. When they visit his wife's family in the old country, they all call him "negro" as an affectionate term. They mean no offense by this and he is fine with it. This was all fine and dandy until his wife's fam visited him up here and he had to shut them down like "no, you can't call me that here".
― they loooovin the crut (The Reverend), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 00:52 (twelve years ago) link
"Leave us out of this!"
http://www.labonita1067.com/site/media/k2/items/cache/8da476f72f06a276b1f930cdb28c21f1_XL.jpg
― scott seward, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 01:10 (twelve years ago) link
Can we get "Tumblr White" added as an option on government forms?
― Julie Derpy (Phil D.), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 01:18 (twelve years ago) link
"Black is black" is a timeless song!!
― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Bulgarian Tourist Chamber (Mount Cleaners), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 01:40 (twelve years ago) link
the answer to this thread title is really simple. most american white people are totally lame and uncool. that's why smart cool white people from small towns move as fast as they can to new york. that's why cool jazz musicians have to make a living playing music in sweden. sweden! i'm sure they would rather play gigs in ohio if they could get paid well for it. but ohio is lame and doesn't appreciate post-bop AT ALL. european white people are cooler. the smart arty ones anyway. they still have a child-like sense of wonder. and they dress better. and they eat better cheese. this country was founded by and filled with racist lunatic bores. i think we can all agree on that. i'm not saying that european white people - even the arty ones - aren't just as racist in their way as american white people, but the european white people at least make some killer motherfucking shoes. like, amazing footwear, in general.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 01:48 (twelve years ago) link
amen
― flopson, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 01:59 (twelve years ago) link
Wow, that's not how I see this country at all. I don't expect Cleveland to have a big turnout for post-bop concerts and I'm not gonna make a bunch of accusations about it because it doesn't.
― timellison, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 02:18 (twelve years ago) link
canadians are pretty chill. as far as white people go. they have a certain dull grace that i find pleasing. and just so you know, i'm nice to normal white people when i encounter them outside. i have manners. plus, the whole there but for the grace of god thing...but i hate almost everything that they stand for. percentage of white america that owns a fatback record: less than 1%. percentage of japanese population that owns a fatback record: 66%. case closed. fuck this place.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 02:32 (twelve years ago) link
Guys, know what I really hate? How white people dance. What's up with that? It's like, totally lame. And what's up with white people liking all kinds of cheesy stuff like mid 70s Al Stewart and foosball? It's like, wake up white people! You're so lame!!!!
Amirite? Isn't it like totally true?
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 03:05 (twelve years ago) link
foosball was created after the inventor watched a Tottenham Hotspur match. foosball is also known as babyfoot. foosball, tottenham, hotspur, and babyfoot are all really cool names. and al stewart is rad. and there are plenty of great white dancers. so, no, not true.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 03:34 (twelve years ago) link
I can't help but hear this thread title in a plaintive, Curtis Mayfield-type voice
"We've got brothers killing brothers in gunfights/and white people critcizing one another for being white"
― why would she write "argh"? (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 03:40 (twelve years ago) link
canadians are pretty chill. as far as white people go. they have a certain dull grace that i find pleasing.
I know you're not fishing for compliments, but thanks--it means a lot to us.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 03:53 (twelve years ago) link
xpost "we got to find a wayyyy to get together and watch Lena Dunham's show"
― la musica de harry frogbs (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 03:55 (twelve years ago) link
i'm nice to normal white people when i encounter them outside
i'll bet you get all bill magill with the ecrus, eh
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 04:05 (twelve years ago) link
I had a boss who found that damn stupid thingswhitepeopledo.com or whatever it was. Dance to Dave Matthews. Eat mayonnaise sandwiches. Whatever.
And she just goes on and on about how funny it is before confiding to me, "I can share all this with you because we're both white."
I had never had this feeling before. A white person makes a broad assumption about my sense of humor based solely on the color of my skin? I mean, yeah, I've had racists make assumptions before too that I shared their ignorant logic, but that was different. Where the racists may have just been "feeling me out", this woman really thought I'd give a shit about Ally McBeal t-shirts or something from the Sharper Image.
The whole "...because we're both white" thing too... I can't quite put it into words, but maybe it's the closest I can come to being critical of another white person for assessing my whiteness.
I do feel satisfied on the Census forms checking "Non-Hispanic". Not because I have anything against being Hispanic, but because it's easier just to tell people what I'm not. Should be two choices - Native American or Non-Native American.
― pplains, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 04:14 (twelve years ago) link
"go ahead . . . just take it!"
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 04:16 (twelve years ago) link
ssshhhhhh
― pplains, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 04:24 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.beautyrevolution-us.com/data/images/page_pics/ecru1.jpg
― scott seward, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 04:30 (twelve years ago) link
"A white person makes a broad assumption about my sense of humor based solely on the color of my skin?"
you lead a charmed life. i have experienced this for 40+ years. one of the reasons i hate this dump. except for the pie. pizza and/or fruit-based.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 04:32 (twelve years ago) link
and the records. i'm well-rounded.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 04:39 (twelve years ago) link
this dump?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg/480px-The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg
― contenderizer, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 05:15 (twelve years ago) link
i'm sure they would rather play gigs in ohio if they could get paid well for it. but ohio is lame and doesn't appreciate post-bop AT ALL.
I don't expect Cleveland to have a big turnout for post-bop concerts and I'm not gonna make a bunch of accusations about it because it doesn't.
Wait how the shit did my city get dragged into this? And why the shit would two people who have obviously never heard of the Tri-C JazzFest say something so butt-fuckingly stupid?
― Julie Derpy (Phil D.), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 13:50 (twelve years ago) link
take this thread w/
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vr_najuCoRs/T3HCKYAUgnI/AAAAAAAAALE/tjB6jYo-hSY/s1600/alg_salt_shaker.jpg
― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 13:55 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I don't know about Cleveland but I go to Akron every year or so and they have a huge jazz following
― frogbs, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 14:00 (twelve years ago) link
And why the shit would two people who have obviously never heard of the Tri-C JazzFest say something so butt-fuckingly stupid?
Cause they're white
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 14:03 (twelve years ago) link
What pleasant plains said. Do not assume that because my skin is tan (my mom is so dark people mistake her for Puerto Rican) that I am going to eat your bologna.
― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka New Romantic Marxists (Mount Cleaners), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 14:04 (twelve years ago) link
Maybe it's not your skin color that makes people think you're hungry for bologna…. mmmm?
― pplains, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 14:07 (twelve years ago) link
Hungry4Bologna
― Julie Derpy (Phil D.), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 14:10 (twelve years ago) link
Just kind of amazing that someone would pick a city that's got a black population at around 53% as the emblem of lame-o whiteness.
― Julie Derpy (Phil D.), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 14:11 (twelve years ago) link
You don't sound "amazed"
― Despite all my cheek, I am still just a freak on a leash (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 14:27 (twelve years ago) link
I can share you with this because we're both white *passes the blunt*
― Despite all my cheek, I am still just a freak on a leash (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 14:31 (twelve years ago) link
*looks around nervously* we're all white here... right? *takes out naked polaroids of wife*
― Despite all my cheek, I am still just a freak on a leash (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 14:33 (twelve years ago) link
why do white people?
― buzza, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
― Julie Derpy (Phil D.), Wednesday, June 13, 2012 10:11 AM (37 minutes ago) Bookmark
blame Jann Wenner and Drew Carey, i guess
― some dude, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 14:52 (twelve years ago) link
Today I learned that Screamin' Jay Hawkins and Henry Mancini are from the same town.
― pplains, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 15:01 (twelve years ago) link
Gotta admit though, Henry Mancini was one white motherfucker.
― why would she write "argh"? (Hurting 2), Tuesday, June 12, 2012 11:40 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
"we got to find a wayyyy to get together and watch Lena Dunham's show"
― la musica de harry frogbs (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, June 12, 2012 11:55 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lmao
― flopson, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 15:07 (twelve years ago) link