rolling "Is This Racist?" thread

i'd argue that mississippi gary is more a parody of a blues man character than just a blues man character. so i guess it depends on whether you think the self-awareness negates the potential racism.

... and?

― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Wednesday, November 14, 2012 10:24 AM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

point was it's very easy for people to avoid this but for some reason the makeup artist had to go w/ the sambo look

it sounded like the child molester from family guy to me

― idiot man-child (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Wednesday, November 14, 2012 8:58 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

doesn't really sound like macfarlane to me

Cleveland is a good comparison point

lol goole

did anyone ever post the mississippi gary stuff from kith here? i'm too lazy/horrified to read the whole thread.

― idiot man-child (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Wednesday, November 14, 2012 8:32 AM (53 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

in at least one of these sketches, mckinney breaks character to talk about how he's a white guy from vermont and feels conflicted about it

― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, November 14, 2012 10:27 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

nah iirc he does the Mississippi Gary voice but he's not in character/in makeup or referred to by that name

White guy from OTTAWA in the o.g. Canadian versh!

Like, HBO assumed American viewers were too dumb to have heard of Ottawa

...

owwawhat?

ottawhat?

you ottawalk to the library and check out a book on canada

dudes i was going from memory, he might not say vermont

i couldn't find the televised version of the sketch on youtube, just a more recent live version. it's the one where he injures himself doing the hambone.

No you're right, he does say Vermont in the American version
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https://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF-8&gl=us&daddr=vermont&saddr=Ottawa&panel=1&f=d&fb=1&dirflg=d&geocode=Ka8TUV-yBc5MMe0V3THhUWqK%3BKf_O2khs3LRMMbRrVDZ0iU0m&ei=jRmkUJnNGquJ0QG404DABg&ved=0CDEQ-A8wAA

thought ottawa was in vermont.

http://hiremegrantland.com/?p=1446

h/t to j0rd

I was already distressed enough that there is a website called "hire me grantland" but this just pushed me over the edge

my impression is that everyone she deals with is more racist than she is; she is a weird mix of naive and world-wise

I mean, my sporadic visits to Harlem 16-17 years ago felt exactly how she is describing her neighborhood to be; I just didn't write a breathless piece about how magical it felt

I like to pretend we’re Lady Gaga and Usher taking a stroll, just living our lives.

just living our lives, dude

I dunno man, there def seemed to be a air of exoticization bordering on fetishim that made the piece super uncomfortable for me; naive, def, and that's why she shouldn't be submitting her piece to 'hiremegrantland.com'

xp

The only point where that line was crossed for me was when she was talking about the awesome homeless woman on the street corner as if she was a badass scrunchie she'd picked up at the mall

what the fuck is this website

that is a great question

oh god the comments

That’s my girl scout! Living the dream in NYC! I am so happy and proud of you, Ivy

Former Girl Scout leader of Ivy! Barbara!

I guess they have a lot of uppers in Tampa

this entire thing

I mean don't get me wrong, that was a painful article to read, but it was more in the sense of "is she still going to be waxing rhapsodic about her neighborhood if she gets mugged by that homeless woman?" than anything else

the sad thing is that for as gross as this piece is, it seems like a pretty garden variety, like, naive white journalism student pitch

i'm more taken aback by the entire existence of "hire me grantland" -- my life has been permanently changed more or less

the comments from her relatives and stuff just made me really sad for a number of reasons actually & now i kind of feel bad even making fun of it

i dont

Loved this article! Ivy is a talented writer- very witty and fun! I know you love your neighborhood but Ivy remember Mama Marty’s words of wisdom #42, Walk with a purpose!

I desperately need to know Mama Marty's other words of wisdom now

i think she'd be a good fit for grantland

#43 always wear clean underwear

Semper ubi sub ubi

#37 grass on the infield, play ball

#22 you can never have too many pairs of socks

This could be the first time someone has commented under the username "Your Mom" and actually be the person's mother

#74 they don't like it when you call them "articulate"

haaaaaa

"Sports and culture analysis by the underemployed."

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feel like i maybe dodged a bullet here?

hahahahahahaha

http://ecimages.kobobooks.com/Image.ashx?imageID=1cVOYZVr0k6RUg4vrT93Qg&Type=Full

what the