rolling "Is This Racist?" thread

sure

were they at least well thought out disagreements

there were multiple calls from various people. not insulting as much as a *~~wee bit~~* scary.

i have been told by white people that they don't even think of me as not being white before and i always think, you're lying.

...i feel like what they mean is "i don't group you in my mind with scary blacks and latinos" which is NOT THE SAME THING

― horseshoe, Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:16 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

nothing to contribute, just horseshoe otm. perceived difference is definitely a sliding scale.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0W2Qlmnjm8

must admit, that's the first thing I've seen that makes the help look like it's conceivably watchable

i don't think i ever mentioned this but when i was at rock the bells last year, i found a hardback copy of "the help" (minus the dustjacket but otherwise in perfect condition) lying on the ground in the middle of a field. I mailed it to my mother.

the selective appearance of feminism in conservative rhetoric whenever islam comes into view is seriously the most annoying thing

― goole, Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

real talk

also horseshoe is p much always otm

the way they stand up for gay rights in the same context is similarly touching

mostly tho the bizarreness is because of the conflation of neoconservatism with social conservatism in the Republican party, right?

the (un?)intended implication of the sum of those arguments is that the modern west has arrived at something close to the exactly perfect status of women. feminism too hot, islam too cold, women voting and driving but making 70c on a man's dollar, just right.

well we also had the exactly perfect status of women 50 years ago or 20 years ago. and, assuming things trend in positive directions, we will 20 years from now.

I mean 'protecting the present' is just an inherent part of conservativism, ya know

both of you otm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwEi5Dpq6zs

Should note this is part of a full show dealing with bigotry, which I haven't seen, and ymmv with the 'jokes'/character on display here but it makes a similar point to some of the above discussion, might be worth a watch.

One time I accidentally did a very racist stand-up comedy karaoke bit.

I was at karaoke w/ pretty much the whole ChiLX crew (La Lechera, Jenny, Jeff, jaymc, Eazy, et al.). I don't sing at karaoke, but I saw that they had a bunch of stand up comedy tracks and I selected "Celebrity Humor."

When my turn came I was confused b/c the jokes were about race. I was confused and also horrified because it never occurred to me that I could stop what was happening and I couldn't believe that I "had to" do this bit.

Most of the jokes were relatively mild - e.g., the Irish sure have a lot of kids, Italians sure are Catholic - but some were worse (Chinese couple's misunderstanding re "69" being a sex act/General Tso's Chicken).

I interrupted myself a couple times to say "Holy shit! This is terrible!" and finally when it was almost over, it dawned on me that the show didn't have to go on. I think I announced the mix-up and tried to erase my performance with babbling.

Then I went back to the bar and chugged a bottle of beer, which turned out to not to be the one I had been drinking, but one the stranger standing next to me had set down for a second.

The karaoke operator apologized like crazy and bought me a drink. He said he didn't even know that he had any joke tracks, which is plausible since they were a small section and not something anyone would choose on purpose - stuff like mother-in-law jokes, sports jokes, and "Jewish humor".

most non-racists sing songs at karaoke

"Deutschland Uber Alles" wasn't on the list, Je55e? :)

really want to try racist comedy karaoke

saw richard herring's hitler mustache show live a few years back and trust me, its not racist and he's not racist.

How on earth... WHY on earth, does standup comedy karaoke exist? like... do you mime it? Read from a cuecard? It sounds nuts.

guessing you guys don't share in the hypstr luv for Don Rickles

Those comedy tracks were in the dusty chest in the attic of the karaoke menu. They were on pages tucked into the pocket of the binder. It was like they were an ancient trap set by Nathan Bedford Forrest's ghost, meant to touch off the great race war.

http://i.imgur.com/8MwrB.jpg

whoa

just two white guys starting a hip new noodle bar

http://roundeyenoodle.com/

Roundeye Noodle is a hip noodle spot run by two guys from the suburbs.
The menu will feature inventive spins on classic noodle dishes like pho, ramen
and soba, enhanced by local ingredients.

"guys from the suburbs"

I bet these guys have referred to black people as "urban" before

"guys from the urbs"

I'm now imagining myself opening up a restaurant called Darkie's Scandinavian Cuisine

reminds me of the second worst burrito i have ever had, served at a place called "three gringos cantina."

the worst burrito i ever had was in iceland, for the record.

hákarl burrito?

I'm now imagining myself opening up a restaurant called Darkie's Scandinavian Cuisine

― Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Wednesday, February 29, 2012 7:58 AM (42 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

well there's probably plenty of latin scandinavian quisine around here if you get me

saw richard herring's hitler mustache show live a few years back and trust me, its not racist and he's not racist.

Yeah, I know, I posted it because it was making comments about all non-whites being the same kinda similar to some of yesterday's posts. Wouldn't mind seeing the whole show, is it worth getting the dvd?

Seigwailo Noodle would have been marginally more clever

It's good at what it does - it's a show about (amongst other things) racism, by a white guy in a toothbrush moustache, to an audience he is addressing as all-white. If you liked that, this is good at that. The joke in the clip is probably the best thing in it - but then I love the joke in the clip a lot (but haven't ever told it to anyone).

circling closer to what i mean, i feel like anti-black racist ideology necessitated the birth of "whiteness" in america.

― horseshoe, Tuesday, February 28, 2012 6:23 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

there is a really great book called

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31fK7QAqgbL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg

which is a v illuminating read on this idea

*clicks repeatedly*

is this racist?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwxRF9J4eow

judging by the last 10 seconds, pedophilia is also present...

less racist and more wtf stupid, tbh.

it's obviously just a white guy in a wig

This ad says to me: "Ha ha! Not only are we pig-ignorant of history, but we are positive you're just as pig-ignorant as we are. So how about we make shit up. We're betting you don't care and we sure as fuck don't."

The ad says to me "The emperor of the Mongol empire apparently looked like Michael Keaton and had bad taste in interior decorating".

Also that food looks p gross.

I was fascinated b Mongolian BBQ when I was younger, eventually came to realize that it is pretty much just a disappointment cooked in lots of oil.

One of those things where the concept is better than the reality, like going to Fogo de Chao or something.

i'm going to open a restaurant called Mussolini's