rolling "Is This Racist?" thread

racist against ancient egyptians

holy shit that is the best youtube preview image since "I Miss You"

http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/youtube-to-remove-katy-perry-s-dark-horse-video-depicting-name-of-god-allah-youtube-to-remove-katy-perry-s-video-dark-horse-from-their-website

Dude's wearing like 10 necklaces. 90% of all necklaces are god-related. Odds are, one of his necklaces is gonna be someone's god.

jesus christ idiot prop people, stop selecting necklaces at random without checking whether they say the name of a currently-worshipped god

the crappily drawn red circle

it's the combo hi-top fade/AIR FORCE sweatshirt that kills me

― sent as gassed to onto rt dominance (DJP), Thursday, February 20, 2014 4:20 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

He's getting hyped because office is so fly

i don't think so. your hair doesn't get like that when you become excited.

Fuck you, Nathan Deal

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/georgia-governor-okay-confederate-flag-license-plate-part-cultural-heritage-our-state

Fucking horrible.

omg. "hopefully those who are offended will look at history" - um i think thats why they're offended ya horses ass

unsure if this is more racist or sexist

http://www.politicususa.com/2014/03/11/rush-limbaugh-admits-republicans-refuse-work-obama-black.html

Why choose?!

I'd vote neither tbh

just kinda dumb

Not sure how long the comeback has been in effect, but hi-top fades were noticeably more common this year in Twin Cities secondary schools.

Windbag blows wind.

is the word "denigrate" racist

http://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/28/magazine/on-language-dark-words-of-disapproval.html

The etymology of the word denigrate was promptly called to my attention by a media colleague, who wondered whether the Mayor was unwittingly using a term that illustrates how racism is buried in the language.

Niger is Latin for ''black''; denigrationem is Late Latin for ''a blackening.'' The de- does not mean ''the opposite or reverse of,'' as de- so often does; in this case, as in denude and declaim, it means ''completely''; thus, denigrate is rooted in ''to blacken completely.'' The term was picked up as a verb in Old French meaning ''to blacken'' and transferred to English in the 16th century in the sense of ''darken a good name,'' or ''defame.''

Historically, black and dark have signified ''bad'' (Satan was called the Prince of Darkness long before the self-styled meanie, Robert Novak, was born), and white and light have meant ''good'' (none but the brave deserve the fair, meaning ''light-colored'').

whoa

white/black, right/left go way back

was talking about the phrase "that's awful white of you" which along with "jew you down on the price" i heard somewhat regularly as a kid and have blessedly NOT heard this decade

Both of those are things I never, ever heard until years after I read about their existence (if I even have to this day??). People, man. They're terrible.

the guy i bought my first car from, with my dad negotiating, promised us he wasn't gonna jew us on this
we, as jews, kept our mouths shut and got the car cheap.
a grand for a 78 chevy nova. black with silver finish. loved that car. that always spoiled my memory of the moment tho'

When I took my driver's license exam for the second time (after failing a week earlier and feeling humiliated about it), the old guy giving me the test said "thank God, a white person who speaks English - I'm going to pass you just for that." So the victory of passing felt pretty shitty.

Passing complexion

lol

wtf

http://www.crewof42.com/news/paul-ryan-inner-city-comments-had-nothing-to-do-whatsoever-with-race/

paul ryan may eat portion of my genitals

that reads like a highly undesirable headline

Is this racist?

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5Sn43DUSBBA/UynRRhn0TuI/AAAAAAABJkM/_AZqrTgm4EA/s3200/a.jpg

I am not qualified to really judge, but I am going to say: no

I hold some certification, my instincts say no.

you've got to be shitting me

― HI DERE, Thursday, 22 March 2007 15:52 (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I doubt anyone can find a better piece of football memorablia.

― Scik Mouthy, Thursday, 22 March 2007 15:52 (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

a Luke Chadwick one would've been better.

― blueski, Thursday, 22 March 2007 15:57 (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Girl from HS I'm friends with is married to a Chinese guy and keeps referring to her fetus as the egg roll and they announced it's a boy by writing that on a Chinese takeaway box. He's obv in on it but every single time she does this, and she does it a lot, I'm like oh, girl.

yuuuuuk that is not right

is he actually ok with it in a "ok yeah this is funny" kind of way or a "ehhh I'm not really down with this but it's my wife and I love her so I'll let it slide" kinda way? gotta imagine that would start to wear on him quickly.

that is disgusting!

Haha that makes me think of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI_p_Eit5PM

1:23

lol

http://i.onionstatic.com/avclub/5040/24/16x9/565.jpg

What is that

Nick Cannon. m0rdy in troll attempt shockah

Nick Cannon, who has never heard of Eddie Murphy or Dave Chappelle or the Wayans Bros., in "whiteface," which he thinks he invented.

Dave Chappelle in whiteface is still one of the creepiest and funniest things I've seen on basic cable.

Is it racist for a European white man to call another European white man a "fucking refugee"?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26909889

Obviously it has all the "fuck off back to your own country" hallmarks of a xenophobic cunt but I'm not sure it qualifies as racist if you say it to someone the same colour as you?

(Griffiths also has previous form in actually telling a non-white fellow Scot to fuck off back to his own country so fuck him tbh)

hutus & tutsis look pretty similar. it's obviously based on some assumed difference/otherness, race isn't an idea that withstands much interrogation, but what else are you going to call it? will it make a difference other than to shield ppl of painful accusations of racism?

I certainly wouldn't claim what he said was functionally less than racism just because I supported his team.

I have no particular interest in parsing his assholitude. If it's not as bad as racism (?), it's certainly a step in the direction of denying someone their basic humanity.

"...telling a non-white fellow Scot to fuck off back to his own country so fuck him tbh..." Given that Scot is Latin for Irish, maybe he should do just that, himself, and leave Caledonia to the Picts.

^ never far from a paddybash, this lad