rolling "Is This Racist?" thread

hey so, update on @ghettohikes: fake

shocking, i know

Well I think this thread has pretty much evolved from "is this racist?" to "holy shit, look at this racist thing".

(djp otm)

also lol that evolution kind of happened in the first 50-100 posts

there have been several "put that in a 'this is actually racist' thread" posts but lol like anyone is going to do that

― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Wednesday, February 22, 2012 9:23 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

yeah, i said that a ways back, but wasn't really serious. was mostly a way to add emphasis, e.g., "holy shit, that's racist!"

I hear you all, but fwiw:

encyclopedia of racist products

I guess a photoshopped image isn't really a product. Just throwing it out there.

rolling "Is This Racist?" / "Is That A Trick Question?" thread

That's kind of aside from my point though, which is that everyone just sees this thread bobbing around on SNA and posts to it without thinking about it.

that's true - do people still bitch in the MIA thread?

anyway: this is p racist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1D_9XTaS4o

still lol @ i.Beat Blaxx

what the fuck WNYW

I'd like to think the producer is saying in that anchor's ear SHUTTHEFUCKUP, SHUTTHEFUCKUP, SHUTTHEFUCKUP.

New York is suddenly making Houston look really progressive.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B9teMyceN84/TtmT-AFnUoI/AAAAAAAABTo/Z9kyLqmmIug/s400/Yao-Ming+smile.jpg

they left it so you can color it yellow

the Jeremy Lin phenomenon is pulling a lot of band-aids off of festering wounds that I think most of the US has been pretending have been non-existent since the 80s

and the thing I find the most fascinating beyond that is how so many of these horrible stories are popping up around Asians, Hispanics and Muslims of a multitude of ethnicities, to the point where I weirdly feel like black people are starting to be ignored

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".

the "racist in a complimentary way" comment is also really important; i think a lot of people understand they'll get in trouble if they say something racist as part of a negative statement or insult but don't recognize it as racist when they phrase it as a positive statement. at least that's what seems to be popping up a lot with the lin stories.

I blame the racialists

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.

Yeah, exactly.

I'm not a racist, some of my best friends aren't black.

hey so, update on @ghettohikes: fake

shocking, i know

― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, February 22, 2012 12:24 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what's worse: ghetto hikes being fake or ghetto hikes being real?

ghetto hikes

I'm 28. I have a full time job leading urban kids (of all races) on nature hikes. I simply write down shit they say.

lol @ new parenthetical on that piece of shit twiiter account

I...don't see anything racist in that local news Lin vid?

Are we talking about, "What about his eyes?" as a racial remark? I think that's just the main anchor razzing the sports lady for talking about his "great build." "What about his eyes? Dreamy, right?"

Am I missing something or is that how people are interpreting it?

Twitter response to @ghettohikes from a white girl:

Haley Stewart @HayStew

Stuck in traffic with mom and the sister. So I entertained them by reading about every @GhettoHikes tweet ever in my best ghetto voice.

Hmm.

it's already been covered how lamebook (also a good source for 'edgy humor' involving race) and ghetto hikes are run by the same dude, right? (well, ghetto hikes is at least registered to one of the dudes who runs lamebook.)

jonathan standefer:

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4065/4566773018_b62d4da5fc_z.jpg

a midget thomas haden church imo

http://madamethursday.tumblr.com/post/17730142487/so-last-night-i-got-about-fifteen-frantic-emails-from

xp Just sitting here with my water thinking about kittens and racism.

http://austinme2000.wordpress.com/2011/02/05/organic-cody-ground-on-royal-forests-direction-after-the-groups-name-switch/

I...don't see anything racist in that local news Lin vid?

Are we talking about, "What about his eyes?" as a racial remark? I think that's just the main anchor razzing the sports lady for talking about his "great build." "What about his eyes? Dreamy, right?"

Am I missing something or is that how people are interpreting it?

― So Arabian Spruce (Whitey on the Moon), Wednesday, February 22, 2012 6:53 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark

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

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/07/lady-chinky-eyes-papa-johns-store-uses-receipt-to-call-woman-racial-slur_n_1191434.html

http://i.imgur.com/coRnu.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/yd6rc.jpg

yeah, but isn't knee-jerk assuming that a comment abt an asian dude's eyes MUST = le racisme! actually MOAR racisty than just, you know, saying something abt an asian dude's eyes?

oh my god, he's asian, must not mention eyes! like, wtf?

..........................

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9vt78UNmL1qan9mlo1_400.gif

Obviously I know the history of "slanty eyes" as a stereotype. I honestly think the way that anchor used it had nothing to do with that and was in the sense of "Did you get lost in his eyes?" after the other reporter acts like she's crushing out on Lin.

^ this

yeah, but isn't knee-jerk assuming that a comment abt an asian dude's eyes MUST = le racisme! actually MOAR racisty than just, you know, saying something abt an asian dude's eyes?

― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Wednesday, February 22, 2012 7:07 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

"man, why is it not okay to use the word 'uppity' to describe a black person? what if the black person is really being arrogant? I just don't get it..."

don't think that's exactly the same thing, but i won't deny there's history. i read the whole thing more as "awkward" than racist. ymmv.

lol i just found out a facebook 'friend' of mine "likes" ghetto hikes. pfft.

so guys, questions to ask yourselves:

1. jeremy lin is 6'3. as far as athletes in the NBA go, is 6'3" remarkable? worth commenting about?

2. when you talk about a basketball player, are their eyes something you normally talk about? do you talk about michael jordan's eyes?

"nice arms - long arms, that's what you need in a point guard" <--- definitely sounds like she has fallen head over heels in love with jeremy lin!!

god, I feel so stupid for even needing to spell it out.

that should be "nice build" not "nice arms," btw.

hey dayo--what if youre the real racist?