'flesh' crayon was changed to 'peach' in 1963
apparently the comic was kind of controversial!
http://articles.mcall.com/1989-03-15/business/2672833_1_binney-smith-crayola-crayon
― goole, Monday, 5 March 2012 18:22 (twelve years ago) link
Is there an online archive for Bloom County? I'd pay a fee to have access to the entire run, just to be able to post relevant toons.
Also, I wish Pareene use would use this one when needed:
http://llwproductions.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/bloom_county_milo_reporter.jpg?w=245&h=323
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Monday, 5 March 2012 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
Also, I wish Pareene would use this one when needed:
Dammit.
"snow white vanilla and princess tiana chocolate? THAT'S RACIST!"
"you're right, we better change it to an inoffensive fruit flavor"
― the late great, Monday, 5 March 2012 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuWbVw-zWQg
British TV still running this in 2012.
― Mohombi Khush Hua (ShariVari), Monday, 5 March 2012 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
http://oneneatthingaday.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/barack-obama-and-bloom-county.jpg
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Monday, 5 March 2012 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
Binkley's hair
― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Monday, 5 March 2012 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
I like how his dad's hand claws up in the last panel
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Monday, 5 March 2012 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
Is there a Bloom County thread we can bump?
― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Monday, 5 March 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
yes
― Totes le Héros (contenderizer), Monday, 5 March 2012 20:36 (twelve years ago) link
Christ, how did I forget about Loco Toledo?
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 5 March 2012 23:55 (twelve years ago) link
this shit is old, but there's so much of it and it's just showing off the worst in everyone: http://hungergamestweets.tumblr.com/
never read the books but it seems like it's at least ambiguous if not pretty clear that the characters are black. and if they weren't? people still shouldn't complain, seeing as whitewashing happens fifty times more often.
http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0c6shyQZu1rqcceqo1_400.png(talking about lenny kravitz)
― if you ever leave me peggy, leave some propane at my door (zachlyon), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 02:04 (twelve years ago) link
this was covered upthread:
thought the revive was going to be about this
http://www.racialicious.com/2011/11/15/yes-there-are-black-people-in-your-hunger-games-the-strange-case-of-rue-cinna/
― am0n, Friday, November 18, 2011 12:05 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
wow I hate ppl
― Much Ado About Nuttin (DJP), Friday, November 18, 2011 12:31 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
(just saying wht everyone is thinking)
― ice cr?m, Friday, November 18, 2011 12:57 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i thought it'd be about terry/suarez/blatter
― ₪_₪ (darraghmac), Friday, November 18, 2011 12:58 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the reaction to the lenny kravitz casting makes me hate people, but the reaction to the rue casting is mindboggling. she's very clearly black in the book.
― horseshoe, Friday, November 18, 2011 12:59 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― am0n, Friday, November 18, 2011 1:00 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
"Ew,"
does hollywood actress or not?!!!!!!
― ice cr?m, Friday, November 18, 2011 1:00 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
?!... ?!!!!!!
― am0n, Friday, November 18, 2011 1:02 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
just saying wht everyone is thinking?!?!?!?!!!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
― ice cr?m, Friday, November 18, 2011 1:04 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
dying at the number of people who have no clue who lenny kravitz is either, definitely this is young adult fiction
― max, Friday, November 18, 2011 1:04 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
"white, sweet and loving as a man"
― rustic italian flatbread, Friday, November 18, 2011 1:07 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
wait lenny kravitz is black
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, November 18, 2011 1:08 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
"this guy is not cute at all!" o_O
― horseshoe, Friday, November 18, 2011 1:08 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
what is hunger games is it like twilight
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, November 18, 2011 1:09 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
not thinking lenny kravitz is attractive is like the #1 sign that u are hella racist
― max, Friday, November 18, 2011 1:09 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 02:11 (twelve years ago) link
sorry that's kind of unreadable. there were hilarious/depressing images of tweets about the casting that am0n had posted that are missing there.
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 02:17 (twelve years ago) link
the rue character is black in the book, the cinna character is not recognizably raced, but if people are going to complain about a black actor being cast as cinna they should probably not misidentify lenny kravitz as a rapper. also they should stop sucking.
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 02:19 (twelve years ago) link
kids these days are bombarded with negative media depictions of rappers like this:
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/images/izod-center-lil-wayne-live2.jpg
I can understand them calling Lenny Kravitz a rapper how would they know the difference, we need to educate ;_;
― I DIED, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 02:39 (twelve years ago) link
#DEWEEZY
― drop these whiners on a island (Surviver style) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 02:58 (twelve years ago) link
oh hey that's likely not made the rounds yet but mountain dew and lil wayne are teaming up on an ad campaign pimping the awesome #DEWEEZY hastag and i'm serious and it's not racist but maybe we could pretend it was?i sometimes wish someone would tell lil wayne that he's won already and it's time to start over
― drop these whiners on a island (Surviver style) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 03:00 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.laowaicomics.com/10.html
i like to learn about cultural differences so i find it too bad that this comic is so clumsy and douchey. for most of the pages i would have been tempted to call it divisive instead of racist but then there is shit like the " member of lao tourist industry".http://www.laowaicomics.com/07.html nobody dropped the "r" word on the reddit thread so farhttp://www.reddit.com/r/China/comments/qjoru/this_is_it_my_very_own_webcomic_about_life_in/a couple of guys said they felt uncomfortable... discus?
― Sébastien, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
racist and also horrible drawing
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
lol oh no doubt the quality of the drawing+presentation is bad, would not click again except to mine for more "is this racist" thread material.
― Sébastien, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:51 (twelve years ago) link
seems p racist to me!
merging our 'is this racist' and 'hey look at this shitty webcomic' threads would be a sad endless downward spiral tho i think
― goole, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:52 (twelve years ago) link
worst thing about those comics is that they're so criminally unfunny
― meticulously showcased in a stunning fart presentation (contenderizer), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
You guys would have such fun on the batshit rightwing cartoons thread
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
i'm cutting down on my US political news in general, i think on the long run it will get beneficial for my health. i have enough on my plate already with harper and charest, quebecor, desmarais &cie
― Sébastien, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnocentrism
― flagp∞st (dayo), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
my miniature dachshund barks like a madman at any dog he sees. once he gets face-to-face with another dog he warms up to them after a minute or two of acting like a tough guy.
when he sees other dachshunds, he doesn't bark at all. in fact, he acts like he's known the other dachshunds forever, even if they just met.
IS MY DOG RACIST?
― the late great, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
is your dog exerting power/influence over these other dogs?
― Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
maybe he misrecognizes himself as a giant quadropedal caterpillar rather than a dog
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
are his wife and some of his best friends shar peis?
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
has he ever tried to hump a shiba inu? and totally not in a fetishy way?
― if you ever leave me peggy, leave some propane at my door (zachlyon), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/disgrasian/racist-halloween-costumes_b_330853.html
^^ racist halloween costumes for dogs
― the late great, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
sorry if reposted elsewhere
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wocG2evroyQ/SuCp98Y1hdI/AAAAAAAAKF8/Gp26-XmSnL4/s1600-h/futurememories_2073_276562741%29.jpg
― the late great, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
pup shalom wiener dog!
― meticulously showcased in a stunning fart presentation (contenderizer), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
^ so cute!
<3 "Big Daddy Pimp Dog"
― the late great, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
Pup Shalom Dog Costume!
― Pup Shalom Dog Costume (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
that comic would be more interesting if he would not just show from a distance chinese ppl acting differently than westerners but make an effort to explain their point of view; if he doesn't know then he would have to stick his neck out and talk to them i guess.
― Sébastien, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
Have we done this?
http://colorlines.com/archival_images/mcd-stop-frisk-form.jpg
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
I would like to think that I don't understand that form but I am fearing that I do
― Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
Yes aaaand yes (it is a hoax though)
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
well, more than a hoax; it's a satirical protest of NYPD's racial profiling
in context, I don't think this is racist
― Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
Well yeah! This just seemed like a good thread to stick it on
Off-topic but it's kind of eerie how Milo Bloom's hair has become the default "cool guy's haircut" you see in London for the past, oh, year and a half. It's like the barbers studied the strips.
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
But sort of back on topic, one of my colleagues (who is black) told me last week that her son's school requires him to keep his hair at least two inches long???!!! Like, there's a school rule about it. And of course her son HATES this with a burning white-hot hate because hair that long is..... not exactly in among the London yoot
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
So, er, multiple "default cool guy" styles I guess
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
omg, is that an anti-skinhead rule?
lololololololololol
― Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
oof, googling '365black' gets you to some ugly places quick.
― goole, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:56 (twelve years ago) link
ha I googled "mcdonald's frisk form" to be safe
― Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
business insider writes it up:
erry Malloy, the author of the "Three Strikes, You're In!" press release, told Business Insider that the parody initiative was launched to draw attention to the Stop-and-Frisk program and the innocent people that it targets. According to him, the parody turns the Stop-and-Frisk program "into a game with a delightful prize."
http://www.businessinsider.com/365black-mcdonalds-nypd-frisking-3-strikes-youre-in-2012-3
the website itself has gone cryptic
http://www.threestrikesyourein.org/
― goole, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:59 (twelve years ago) link