it's nice to get the occasional "no" in an "is this racist?" thread
― A BIG JOE JORDAN TYPE OF POSTER (onimo), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 00:18 (twelve years ago) link
tbf it's often a 'lady, if you have to ask....' issue
― Streep? That's where I'm a-striking! (darraghmac), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 00:21 (twelve years ago) link
Lots of ladies in the current discussion.
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 05:00 (twelve years ago) link
i thought everyone itt was a lady and that is literally why i said that, my bad
― Streep? That's where I'm a-striking! (darraghmac), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 08:17 (twelve years ago) link
the voice over sounds like someone doing a very bad imitation of morgan freeman, cannot BELIEVE someone landed that job with that voice, smdh
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 13:35 (twelve years ago) link
guy at bbq restaurant wearing shirt:"My Indian Name Is Runs With Beer"
― mh, Thursday, 15 March 2012 13:58 (twelve years ago) link
Accent. Verbal blackface.
I think this is one of those situations where claiming something is racist is more offensive than the thing itself
― frogbs, Thursday, 15 March 2012 14:26 (twelve years ago) link
frogbs noooooooooooooo
― mh, Thursday, 15 March 2012 14:27 (twelve years ago) link
down the brer rabbit hole
― Wesley Crusher: Teenage F#ck Machine (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 15 March 2012 14:33 (twelve years ago) link
http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2010/10/22/f16399cf-95c0-4785-974c-4fd1ba68848e.jpg
― flag post sitta (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 15 March 2012 14:40 (twelve years ago) link
frogdude, you have made me laugh hard twice today and i want you to succeed at ilx so i wish you would reconsider participating in this thread
― free societies must let drunken gay Texans have sex (Je55e), Thursday, 15 March 2012 15:07 (twelve years ago) link
cmon guys, we're all friends here :sunglasses:
― frogbs, Thursday, 15 March 2012 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
considering that frogbs plainly stated something I implied, I get the sense that people are freaking out solely because of subject matter and not because of what was actually said
― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Thursday, 15 March 2012 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
http://images.uulyrics.com/cover/s/silverchair/album-frogstomp.jpg
― aka vanilla bean (remy bean), Thursday, 15 March 2012 15:15 (twelve years ago) link
considering that frogbs plainly stated something I implied
yeah it crossed my mind that it could be read that way - i was hoping it was clear i wasn't saying the guy was doing a "black voice" but was doing the voice of a notable and famous black man.
― A BIG JOE JORDAN TYPE OF POSTER (onimo), Thursday, 15 March 2012 16:47 (twelve years ago) link
So anyone doing an impression of Darth Vader is guilty of verbal blackface?
― pplains
No.
― Three Word Username
But, but, that's the voice of James Earl Jones!
― Aimless, Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:09 (twelve years ago) link
vader was white btw
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:11 (twelve years ago) link
Are the people in the Star Wars movies humans?
― pplains, Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:13 (twelve years ago) link
TWU baldly stated that he thought dude was doing a "black voice", though; that was the post that caused my reaction and, while I can't speak for frogbs, I thought he was just piggybacking off of the existing conversation.
― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
I'm kind of dying here because I ended up on some odyssey of jumping through "related videos" on youtube last night and ended up watching a segment about the guy who voiced the baby on the tv show Dinosaurs, who also voices Elmo, and is a large black man
So when I read "black voice" I am thinking Elmo atm
― mh, Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
Kevin Clash. There's a fascinating recent documentary on him called Being Elmo.
― we can be gyros just for one day (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
it is true that james earl jones is black, but it's only verbal blackface if you're impersonating a james earl jones character who is black, like mufasa
― the late great, Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
can we stop using the phrase "verbal blackface", it is seriously killing me bit by bit
― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
a james earl jones character who is black, like mufasa
ha
― Sexess - Sexual Success Or; Successful Sex (crüt), Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
Was Amos n Andy racist
― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Thursday, 15 March 2012 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
On the radio I mean
sho nuff
― Wesley Crusher: Teenage F#ck Machine (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 15 March 2012 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
What about Robert Plant.
― pplains, Thursday, 15 March 2012 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
On the radio
AAA AAAA AAA AAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH
― Wesley Crusher: Teenage F#ck Machine (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
Robert Plant was racist on tv.
― we can be gyros just for one day (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:01 (twelve years ago) link
I guess he wasn't referring to Bobby "Boris" Pickett, was he.
― pplains, Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2481212608286&set=a.1898171272617.76086.1791714244&type=3&theater
again not really 'is this racist'
― iatee, Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
how is that not fake
― the late great, Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
Is this racist?
I just saw a guy wearing a t-shirt that said "Did I really just ask A MEXICAN for directions?!" and I'm sure it's racist/xenophobic/offensive, but I'm having difficulty understanding its point altogether.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
comments link to this: http://www.stumpysstickers.com/
― iatee, Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:46 (twelve years ago) link
woah
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
like the original boys n the hood
― the late great, Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100921132925AApBpSk
― the late great, Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
Not everything is racist, you old turd. It's a cultural issue.
frogbs is on Yahoo! Answers too?
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
only direction they know is el norte amirite
― the late great, Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
seriously though i can't imagine living in a place where you see stuff like that on a daily basis
i mean i know living in california i'm surrounded by secret racists but at least nobody puts shit like that on a shirt or a car
otoh i remember speaking to a coworker from the south and she was saying that at least in the south you *know* who's a racist
― the late great, Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
why did i say "on a daily basis", i meant "out in public"
If you go to the weirdo desert areas of California, you see some of that stuff.
― mh, Thursday, 15 March 2012 23:34 (twelve years ago) link
that's true, i always forget about the lovely vibe in places like lancaster and lompoc
i guess i also forgot about the time in kindergarten that i brought cookies for a party on our schoolbus, the entire bus started chanting TAKE YOUR COOKIES BACK IRAN and the busdriver just grinned at it
― the late great, Thursday, 15 March 2012 23:50 (twelve years ago) link
tbf it was just after the hostage crisis, and the iron sheik was mounting a major challenge to hogan's title
There's something about Casa de mi Padre, Will Ferrell's new movie that bothers me.
― JacobSanders, Thursday, 15 March 2012 23:52 (twelve years ago) link
i bet it's the fact that they're using ethnic stereotypes as the basis of comedy?
― the late great, Thursday, 15 March 2012 23:58 (twelve years ago) link
uh, yeah. for whatever reason, comedy based on comically stereotypical mexicans still seems to fly in the US - even when the mexicans are portrayed as dumb & lazy, even when they're played in brownface.
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Friday, 16 March 2012 00:47 (twelve years ago) link
Just this morning, the local classic rock station had a news break where they mentioned Ohio law enforcement breaking up some meth labs and, in the process, rounding up a bunch of undocumented workers; they did a throw to what was supposed to be a sound bite from the scene and -- in the middle of what was ostensibly news -- played an old Cheech Marin clip from a Cheech & Chong movie.
― butvi wouls (Phil D.), Friday, 16 March 2012 01:55 (twelve years ago) link