rolling "Is This Racist?" thread

It's to watch all the foreclosures.

It's hard to watch a Philly game in any sport and not hear about the fact that the fans either 1) pelted Santa Claus with snowballs; 2)cheered the fact that Michael Irvin was possibly paralyzed and 3) are so unruly they have to have a makeshift courtroom in the stadium. Philadelphia is Oakland West, at least as far as bad fan-base reputations go.

they boo bad landings iirc

no wonder the landings are bad if philly is 'oakland west' tho

anyway, here is some racism: http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/menu.htm

Raiders fans are universally considered reprobates & it's an image they cultivate and enjoy. A's fans, not that I know of.

http://youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/mch13.jpg

'hammer'? sounds violent

Omg @ Ferris State

I'd be less concerned about the Jim Crow Museum if they had chosen a less playful typeface for the signage.

somebody had to put grampa's collection of kkk-themed pocketknives and blackface halloween masks to good use, i suppose

Actually the curator's story is pretty interesting and affecting http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/collect/

pretty fucking incredible essay imo

yes

very good essay - thank you for sharing

fucking incredible essay

― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, April 26, 2012 9:05 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

had missed that on glancing at the site, thanks silby

I really want to hear about how horrible A's and W's fans are

that essay made me cry. i went to the holocaust museum in LA a month ago, spent three hours there, met a holocaust survivor. that essay was more powerful than that.

Yeah, I went to HS and am friends with someone on the history faculty at Ferris State; doesn't strike me as the kind of place that would stumble on something like this.

Was the point of posting the Ferris State exhibit to posit the question "is posting this exhibit to this thread racist?"

had the same response to the article as the late great, but i cry pretty easily though

wow dude

like i got a little misty-eyed at the end of toy story III, so...

Dude, that incinerator scene was nothing to laugh at.

seriously that was intense

pixar somehow understands how to incite bro tears

its a metaphor

I will end with a story. One of my daughters plays on an elite soccer team, meaning her practices are never done on time. One day I sat in the van with my other daughter waiting for practice to end. Nearby several white boys were clowning in front of two girls. They were all teenagers. One of the boys wore a blackfaced mask and he mocked the mannerisms of "street blacks." He turned toward us and I immediately looked at my daughter. She had lowered her head and covered her face. If you have a child then you know what I felt. If your skin is dark then you know why I do what I do.

fucking hell sometimes I hate the world so much

One of the boys wore a blackfaced mask

what the fuck

hi guys, welcome to my America

hopefully "why i do what i do" means jumping out of the van and beating those kids w/ a golf club

i'm shocked to hear you wear blackface masks dan; really disappointed with you

hopefully "why i do what i do" means jumping out of the van and beating those kids w/ a golf club

― the late great, Friday, April 27, 2012 6:22 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that essay is one of the best and most affecting conveyances of life under the weight of racism that I have ever read.

When I was reading the essay and looking at the images I was of course reminded of european anti-Jewish caricatures -- it's interesting how they have a similar hateful exaggeration to them, as though they were actually drawn under the influence of a kind of pornographic, titilated rage.

http://www.captainthoms.com/voodoo_L.jpg

I wanted to try it because I really like another of their sauces, but I felt uncomfortable bringing it up to the checkout counter. Note: in Whole Foods it didn't actually have a Voodoo Doll affixed to it. I discovered that looking it up online.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6_2PjDQdXI

hope it's not racist to think this is funny as hell.

reminds me of that dude who had all the beverages for different types of ladeez in his place

I wasn't aware of this stereotype where black people couldn't stop singing inside McDonalds.

no idea if that's racist or not but she is very funny

Didn't laugh, but I wasn't offended. There is something about the running gag of an African-American slipping into jive after eating some Mickey D's/home cooking/listening to the Gap Band that gets a little old, but I'm a little too removed from it to really look down upon it to make a judgement.

reminds me of that dude who had all the beverages for different types of ladeez in his place

― the late great, Saturday, April 28, 2012 6:28 PM (22 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha tfg i had forgotten

I didn't really laugh, but she's super-cute.

who was that dude

"got the green tea for the erykah badu headwrap wearin b*tches"

she is super cute but that grey top is sorta nasty looking, like her much better in florals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBRL7D0wcXM

haha oh yes, mr chi city

'droppin vagina panties'

mcdonalds woman should be on tv, real talk

uh, she is on tv

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1018068/

There are more movies on this list than the Benjamin Harrison and Rutherford Hayes pages combined.

http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0053706/

Nothing to do with racism. The Henry Kissenger page likely has more anyway.