rolling "Is This Racist?" thread

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?

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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?

long arms like a simian amirite

*looks in the mirror, realizes uncomfortable truth*

i'm sick of how political correctness is ruining this country!!!~!!

is it cracked cuz if so sorry but u are linsane

can't even talk about a guy's simian forelimbs no more

chris paul is 6, steve nash 6-1, rubio 6-4, rondo is 6-1, so lin is about on the high average for point

steve nash is 6'3 btw

so short!

id guess the chance that a nba player listed at 6' is actually 6' =

was spud webb actually 5'7" y/n

soi disant 5'11.5 point guards wd make terrible used car dealers

well known in philly that allen iverson lied about his height

pretty much everyone does. dwight howard is 6'9"

oops got nash wrong but either way lin's height is p much normalish for his position

i haven't even seen him play cuz the stupids at FSN didn't broadcast the wolves/knicks game but someone on espn was saying he was more of a combo 1/2 guard than a pure point but i don't know if that's true, he seems to be getting good assist numbers

how tall is kemba

i haven't even seen him play cuz the stupids at FSN didn't broadcast the wolves/knicks game but someone on espn was saying he was more of a combo 1/2 guard than a pure point but i don't know if that's true, he seems to be getting good assist numbers

― dave coolier (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, February 22, 2012 7:42 PM (54 seconds ago)

we had a big debate on the NBA thread about this actually

i've seen kemba in person many times, he's probably 5'11" or 6'

so either the news clip is "haha what about his slanty eyes" or "haha stupid woman can't talk about sports like a man" pick yr poison

to take it back a few posts i think the ghetto hikes thing is vv interesting b/c those dudes are internet businessmen hiding behind innocuousness, "lol yeah this is just a tumblr of some stuff i overhear." kind of the face of (the often-strawmanned) notion of noxious white privilege. and of course the one dude is actually a teacher, if i read the article right, and i wonder where this shit comes from. fake? real but framed as "lolling at the others who are different from what i perceive to be the norm?"

u may be reading more about ghetto hikes soon

max, u do god's work

take a ghetto hike

i wonder where this shit comes from. fake? real but framed as "lolling at the others who are different from what i perceive to be the norm?"

― omar little, Wednesday, February 22, 2012 4:45 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it's just racist

http://www.hulu.com/watch/10356/saturday-night-live-white-like-me

http://b.vimeocdn.com/ps/283/768/2837685_300.jpg

*takes Jeremy Lin on nature hike*

hiking the Appalachian Trail iykwim

ok i know it's kind of a dead season for sports, but the fact that boxer floyd mayweather and ufc prez dana white get espn headlines for *commenting* on an nba player is . . . something

also lol that lin > carmelo

so either the news clip is "haha what about his slanty eyes" or "haha stupid woman can't talk about sports like a man" pick yr poison

well, there's also the "haha, lols w my coworker" possibility, but that doesn't play into any enticing rage narratives, i guess

u may be reading more about ghetto hikes soon

i'm not sure why u write abt the internet, max. i mean, the internet's just words to begin with...

contenderizer, while i think it's kinda creepy admirable that you've decided to fill frogbs' shoes while he's been gone, maybe you don't need to go to bat to explain away every racist comment?