rolling "Is This Racist?" thread

urban kids

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

No it's not

maybe he's not white ; )

http://www.outwardbound.org/index.cfm/do/obs.photo_search_result/activity/Urban%20Expeditions

wait, you mean, real as in the fact that organizations do organize hikes in urban areas or real as in there is a person tweeting things that kids say on these hikes

the latter duh

as a 'funny shit kids say' this is a great twitter feed - too bad about the name

dun dis da dat

as a 'funny shit kids say' this is a great twitter feed - too bad about the name

― bob loblaw people (dayo), Thursday, January 12, 2012 1:19 PM (22 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

"as a bit of old-fashioned slapstick fun 'long duk dong' is a great comedic performance - too bad about the name"

??

pretty thorough sonning tbf

reading thru a bunch of these, the kids, if real, all sound really funny and engaged with what's going on around them, and being held up for gentle mockery, mark twain accents and all, is really pissing me off.

Ghetto Hikes
Comedian

https://www.facebook.com/ghettohikes

ghikes

"Bring the first aids kit, Leon think he tore his rotisserie cuff."

and being held up for gentle mockery, mark twain accents and all, is really pissing me off.

― goole, Thursday, January 12, 2012 1:52 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah, this is the problematic part

the only way this would be better is if there was a button that, when you clicked it, would play a clip of the author reading them

i dunno how 'gentle' it is tbh. i mean, i'm assuming this guy has some affection for these kids and his job.

i thought the name was the only problematic part, dayo?

I simply write down shit they say.

are you implying that the twitter is a parody?

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