rolling "Is This Racist?" thread

omg that can't be

could it be shorthand for something else?!

Jesus

i highly doubt it was shorthand for something else

oh no you're right. It means ŋ, it/at

or maybe: Would! Date!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregg_shorthand

i think the design on the cups could just be a comment on how much the barista loved their eyes bc they were so dreamy, no?

― Mordy, Saturday, February 25, 2012 10:14 PM (39 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ty

the hell is wrong with people

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17emeh3u2tc8qpng/original.png

yikes

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/10838623-418/coach-benched-for-whitney-houston-slur-on-facebook-page.html

i need some help w/ this one guys, is this racist??? really complicated case this one

What the fucking fuck.

And of course, "I have some amazing friends who are black.”

“I don’t need this drama in my life. It’s going to affect me hugely, and my business,”

mega bummer

And of course, "I have some amazing friends who are black.”

― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, February 25, 2012 6:06 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i like how this closes out the piece, like the writer knew it was the punchline for a human joke

i like how he says he didn't even realize he used the word, as if that makes him less likely to appear racist

yeah if the word comes out so nonchalantly that you didn't realize you said it, p much means you say it a lot.

(granted I know he typed it but that's even more damning!)

where do you guys think his kids being taunted about their racist dad ranks in the worldwide scale of national tragedies? I put it a few spots ahead of the death of whitney houston

i actually do feel bad for those kids but i don't think tht dude getting to coach next year is really gonna change much in that regard

i feel like everyone is relieved that we're back to somebody saying nigger and away from korean eye caricatures on a starbucks cup and chink in the armor.

eh i think its more that this one is almost like dude was reading directly from the script -- the on-the-nose-ness of it almost makes me think it was made up, except of course that its 100% believable

hmmm. is this like a magic eye thing? i've been looking at that starbuccks cup for a half hour. this might be a little too abstract for our 'is this racist?' thread. wait... CRF?? kerf? is that it?

then mordy asks if maybe he meant to say nigga because he identifies with............ blah blah blah

Lolwat

haha

he called her a nigger because he thinks she's dreamy, okay? OKAY?

*raises confederate flag*

“I don’t need this drama in my life. It’s going to affect me hugely, and my business,”

Oh you poor fucking racist.

Can I reserve a little secondary outrage over the fact that this dumbass doesn't know the difference between a noun and an adjective?

Kelly, who ran unsuccessfully in the 2008 Democratic primary for Cook County Recorder of Deeds, admits to posting the comment on his Facebook page.

“I made the comment,” he said. “I had a bunch of friends and cousins making comments about Whitney Houston. I’m sorry I did it. I deleted the post and then I went and apologized to [the mother] on Saturday. I apologized 100 times over. This lady is making a personal vendetta against me.”

from a version of the story that puts "racist" in quotes

that entire article is kind of ridic.

The mother of a former league player—who is black—copied the comment on to her own Facebook page as well as the Westside league's

“We’ve fought wars for the right of freedom of speech,” he continued.

Neither Hebel nor the other board members understand the mother’s intentions, which he called a “personal issue” between Kelly and the mother.

Can I reserve a little secondary outrage over the fact that this dumbass doesn't know the difference between a noun and an adjective?

― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Saturday, February 25, 2012 7:17 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I actually went back and counted the ---'s when I saw that.

gah why do people continue to think freedom of speech means the unalienable right to say whatever you want free of criticism and/or discipline.

"for some reason, this lady has a personal vendetta against me, I can't put my finger on what button I pushed by saying the word 'nigger'..."

At least I don't feel ignored anymore

also LOLing (in a "kind of lol but mostly sad" way) that he asserts that he apologized "over 100 times", but can't believe the mother is STILL ANGRY. Like he thinks the quantity of the "I'm sorry"s is more important to the, ehm, "quality" of the apology...aka not coming across as an even bigger dickhead as he tries to rationalize/apologize for his behavior.

http://s8.postimage.org/dpcnx7kn7/wtf_fbook.png

everyone otm

do you have webmail, c?

shit just got real

what did Matt post...nothing comes up on my browser above his name.

http://postimage.org/image/6m4shlf7l/

do you have webmail, c?

oh yea, forgot: donaldparsley at gmail dot com

jesus that just came up on facebook for me too pp

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-207_162-57385762/crystal-criticized-for-blackface-at-oscars/

Crystal not criticized for doing 4 years of blackface at Saturday Night Live

Thought Crystal was the mononym of some pop si ger I wasn't acquainted with

Alluding to the controversy last fall when Eddie Murphy bowed out of Oscar hosting duties after the show's original producer Brett Ratner exited over his use of a gay slur, "max read" wrote: "lmao remember when you were all like "billy crystal is going to be so SAFE" and then he did BLACKFACE."

lmao