rolling "Is This Racist?" thread

My point is that going HAHA at college kids naming MLK right off the bat as an important figure in Black History isn't really "shocking".

Only some hipster kid would name Ronald Demon first and then MLK.

The video would've been sub-average as far as your idiot in the street videos go, but the fact that he decided to do it in blackface and go yo yo yo dropped it way under the Is this Racist? bar.

its like leno jaywalked on himself :(

http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/10554224-418/groups-demand-new-probe-into-marine-photo.html

the few
the proud
the horribly embarrassed (hopefully)

Also requesting controversial forks-style mod-lols temporary thread title change to rolling "Is KISS Racist?" thread

(nb: not really)

The Marine Corps has said it does not plan any discipline because there was no malicious intent. The Marines mistakenly believed the “SS” in the shape of white lightning bolts on the blue flag were a nod to sniper scouts — not members of Adolf Hitler’s special unit that murdered millions of Jews, gypsies and others, said Maj. Gabrielle Chapin, a spokeswoman at Camp Pendleton, Calif.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XjwhKwX8vtg/Ta2BI1rSESI/AAAAAAAAAQc/TNf1tgE3aPo/s1600/0-Film-Noir-Poster---Born-Yesterday-01-prev.jpg

This is interesting:

DULUTH - A close-up of a white woman's face confronts motorists from billboards plastered along major roads here with the message, in large, black letters: "It's hard to see racism when you're white."

The billboards are part of the Un-Fair Campaign, which also includes dozens of posters that have appeared in office windows, including one poster depicting a young woman with this message written in black marker across her forehead: "Is white skin really fair skin?"

One of the stated goals of the campaign is to create a community dialogue. In that regard, it got more than it bargained for.

Hundreds of the city's white residents have complained that the campaign's kick-off images and messages are offensive. The campaign, they say, blames all racism on whites and implies that white people aren't smart enough to recognize racism.

Meanwhile, the campaign's defenders and sponsors, including Mayor Don Ness, say they've received dozens of hateful messages and e-mails from all over the world, as news of the campaign hit websites that cater to white supremacists and other racists. One message to Ness: "Die, scum, die."

"I became kind of a lightning rod for groups outside our community," said Ness, who was accused in messages from as far away as Scotland of inviting "white genocide" and being a "traitor" to his race.

"It was disappointing to see the level of hate and ugliness," he said.

Ness said he's also heard "heartfelt objections" to the campaign from many "thoughtful, well-meaning" Duluthians.

One of those citizens, Phil Pierson, created a Facebook page called "Stop Racist Unfair Campaign" to air objections to it. More than 425 people became members.

Pierson frequently posts messages admonishing members to keep the discussion civil, and he deplores the white supremacist rhetoric showing up in some messages to community leaders.

Still, said Pierson, the campaign erred by opening with such jarring messages and images.

I'm not surprised that this is blowing up, the world being what the world is. I'm am, however, smdh at the notion that the message "It's hard to see racism if you're white" is somehow offensive to whites. Really? I mean, of course it's hard to see racism if you're not the object of it.

The campaign, they say, blames all racism on whites and implies that white people aren't smart enough to recognize racism.

Are these people 12-year-olds? ffs

you have been cordially invited to 'white genocide' please r.s.v.p.

gbx to thread! I want to know if there are actually that many people in Duluth who are not white

white people aren't smart enough to recognize racism.

new thread title

Duluth's population has stabilized: 85,493 in 1990, 86,918 in 2000, 86,265 in 2010. As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 35,500 households and 19,918 families in the city.[3] The population density was 1,278.1 /sq mi (493.5 /km2). There were 36,994 housing units at an average density of 544.0 /sq mi (210.0 /km2). The racial makeup of the city was 92.7% White, 1.6% Black or African American, 2.4% Native American, 1.1% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 0.3% from other races, and 1.8% from two or more races. 1.1% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.[13] The population's ancestry was 23.6% German, 16.8% Norwegian, 15.3% Swedish, 10.6% Irish, 7.1% Polish, 7.0% English, 5.1% Italian, 3.2% Scottish or Scotch-Irish, 1.5% Danish, and 0.4% Welsh according to the 2000 Census.[14] Thus, slightly more than one-third of Duluth's residents were of Scandinavian (Norwegian, Swedish, or Danish) ancestry.

it's hard for a Welshman in Duluth, MN

Is anyone here actually offended by this?
http://justpiper.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/racism-bill.jpg

92.7% White

to be honest, I was expecting 96%

my reaction to that billboard is "well, yeah"

more accurate would be "it's hard to see racism when you never are its target"

the sun reflects off our alabaster cheekbones, making it hard to see anything.

blinded by the white

to be fair, you get looked down upon if you don't look at least a little nordic

Some people think Italians aren't white

Richard and Patrick were coming out of a pub in Wales one evening when
Richard spotted a Sheep with its head stuck in the railings.

"Look at that Paddy, we cant miss a chance like that" says Richard

So Richard walks up behind the sheep, drops his trousers and does this business.

Richard then says "Okay Paddy its your turn next"

So Paddy drops his trousers and stuck his head in the railings......

Welsh = bestial? Irish = stupid?

Richard's not a very Welsh name tho

LOL RIchard Burton

it's hard to see racism when you're blind

you can't hug your children with nuclear arms

your automatic arms
your electronic arms
your petrochemical arms

It may be difficult to know what it's like to be on the receiving end of white-on-anyone-who-isn't-white racism (particularly institutionalized racism) if you're white, but I don't think it's necessarily difficult to see or empathize with the effects of racism if you're white.

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

irl LOL

so not gonna happen

blinded by the white

― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Friday, February 10, 2012 9:46 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

set off like a douche in the middle of the night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MmV0DDpGlo

wow i'm glad i missed everything yesterday, but this:

white dudes trying to say something with comedy videos about racism which involve racist imagery or language seem to be more interested in the shocking lols than in saying anything (cf 'the amazing racist', if anyone remembers that piece of work...)

― omar little, Thursday, February 9, 2012 3:28 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm, like there isn't a single grand enlightening thought or piece of commentary that a white person can say about race that would ever excuse their decision to extend the life of one of our most racist traditions

Hundreds of the city's white residents have complained that the campaign's kick-off images and messages are offensive. The campaign, they say, blames all racism on whites and implies that white people aren't smart enough to recognize racism.

loooooooooooooooooook billboard otm

j0rd mentioned this

http://who-is-bon-iver.tumblr.com/

so at first I was like, lol @ bon iver, but then I read the sidebar, now I think this person is a jackass

lol @ "bonny bear" though

"Hello bitches, nicki minaj should have won, she has her own nailpolish line!!!"

<3 <3

yeah that blog is more or less tumblr whites going "lol dumb uncultured non-white people"

Who is Bon Iver? People seem to like him.

Although thanks to the people quoted in that tumblr, I now know how to pronounce his name.

guarantee you that half the tumblr whites reading that blog laughing at people for typing "bonny bear" went around saying "bon eye-ver" for at 3-6 months

oh I didn't know it was pronounced that way

how popular would my new blog who-is-taraji-p-henson.tumblr.com be?

"bon eye-ver" = how I thought it was pronounced up until I heard someone say it last week.

how popular would my new blog who-is-taraji-p-henson.tumblr.com be?

that probably won't work since she's currently on a hit show

try who-is-gabrielle-union.tumblr.com

Bish please, I used to know the entire casts of BOTH Bring it On and 10 Things I Hate About You.

this was just as unfunny and weird when it was "who is arcade fire" dot tumblr

x-post - <3

My consumption of teen/youth culture has obv hit a wall since then.