rolling "Is This Racist?" thread

wouldn't it actually be more effective/sensible to have a jury full of stereotypically gay people judging him, rather than being racist for abstract philosophy points?

there's a reasonable answer for all of this: cocaine.

http://www.clutchmagonline.com/2012/12/meteorologist-fired-for-responding-to-racist-facebook-post/

fucking a

Wow. Impressed by her response to that FB post.

sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen

no shit that's a lawsuit waiting to happen

completely impressed by the same individual's response to her response, which completely misses the point

This lady is fucking awesome, too:

http://www.youtube.com/user/heyweatherlady?feature=watch

that is terrible. xposts

lol @ kebab

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pm7FsHt-4g

RHONDA PLZ COME TO PHILLY

The we-announced-the-policy-in-that-meeting-you-didn't-attend-and-forgot-to-write-it-down defense has got to be worth at least a couple extra zeros at the end of that settlement check.

She's so cute with her fruit kebab! And that is a FRESH blue pant-suit and I'm stealing that scarf fold.

“weather is white boy business.”

making me LOL

"you're gonna need a fruit kebab... TRUST."

yeah she should sue the pants off that station. From some of the comments on the article it looks like KTBS seems to 'mysteriously lose' a good number of it's female news presenters. I'd say this incident is racist, and kind of bizarre, but that station also appears to be pretty sexist.

xp wait does she say that?

she absolutely does and it's even better than you can imagine

^-^

wow, i love her. hero. handy w a fruit kebab, too. *swoons*

that station is a dickhole tho

The we-announced-the-policy-in-that-meeting-you-didn't-attend-and-forgot-to-write-it-down defense has got to be worth at least a couple extra zeros at the end of that settlement check.

Seriously. How can not one individual in that station's management team question actually using that logic.

Guh. So what, specifically, was this alleged policy?

Love her and her fruit kebab. Kebab'em a new one, Rhonda.

OH MY GOD @ "You're gonna need a fruit kebab. Trust."

this lady is my new favorite.

she seems so likable!

#teamfruitkebab

http://estateagents.tumblr.com/post/12163239713/ronjon-the-apartment-mon

what the hell is that

Austin. Nuff said.

Someone who is not doing business in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens.

hey mon

Rhonda Lee interviewed on Democracy Now:

But I don’t think I would ever change a keystroke as to what it was that I said. To me, it was a message that kind of needed to get out. Of course, black female hair has always been a point of contention, since probably biblical times. And unfortunately, we haven’t moved quite to where I think we should be as far as the level of beauty that’s displayed and compared to with African-American women’s hair. But I think we’re making very important strides today, despite my circumstance.

did this get talked about anywhere on ILX?

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/12/19/fears-of-an-asian-quota-in-the-ivy-league?hp

dunno if we have a thread for this ,may be the tiger mom thread?

this was the original article

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/20/opinion/asians-too-smart-for-their-own-good.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

"To be clear, I do not seek to perpetuate the “model minority” myth ... Nor do I endorse the law professor Amy Chua’s pernicious “Tiger Mother” stereotype, which has set back Asian kids by attributing their successes to overzealous (and even pathological) parenting rather than individual effort."

to be honest, it's nice to see this topic brought up at all, but unfortunately it usually seems for the awful use of attacking affirmative action (because what's really important here is that white people can gain from attacking Asian descrimination). at least that's mentioned...

it's completely due to affirmative action, just the affirmative action that exists for white people/legacies/athletes

the solution is easy: admit more asians and less white people

"Is This Racist": Christmas Edition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1rrN0C10GM

Pretty mild for 1947. I liked the inclusivity (I may be wrong but it seems like that was pretty rare back then).

Tis the season for putting on some old 1940s Christmas cartoons for the kids and praying none of that minstrel crap suddenly pops up.

rhonda lee petition: http://www.change.org/petitions/ktbs-tv-give-rhonda-lee-her-job-back-asap#

is it racist to wear a du-rag if you're not black? having a disagreement with my gf about this.

Only if you are an eastern european babushka.

Er, only if you are not. Also pirates, and gypsies, and circus folk can get away w it.

not so much racist as questionable judgment

http://www.etsy.com/listing/48554881/confederate-flag-do-rag

not black, makes doo rag work