Rolling 2017 Thread on Race

http://www.vulture.com/2017/04/pepsi-pulls-protest-themed-kendall-jenner-ad-after-backlash.html

The whole Kendall Jenner Pepsi ad debacle continues to be hilarious.

on the good side, i'd never seen that Chemical Brothers video before and it rules in so many ways

I don't think this belongs on the Trump / politics threads

https://nyti.ms/2ob5rzu

The reactions have not all been supportive. The mayor said that the Beristains’ eighth- and ninth-grade daughters were on “the receiving end of some ugliness at their school.” He added that there had been some negative responses from people online, who have said that Mr. Beristain does not have an excuse because he had years to try and become a citizen.

Live up to your end of my fucking oath just once in a blood moon you dumb, depressing fucks.

I grew up near here (and my dad continues to live nearby) and can't recall there ever being a protest there about anything, much less something like BLM: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/04/10/she-wanted-to-criticize-black-lives-matter-in-a-college-speech-a-protest-shut-her-down/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_no-name%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.f99b84d44721

that article is deeply uninformed at best

things like surj are sort of a direct result of years of arguments exactly like those the article makes, and people trying to conduct themselves according to those arguments. i think the fact that doing that leads to exactly the same criticisms (which even if they don't hang together stem for geniune anxieties and concerns about broader society and the possibilities for leadership and change) points to a sort of no-win situation for that standpoint, and generally the idea that who groups are "accountable" to is a distinct and important question as opposed to "what do they directly do, and what purpose does it serve".

White Floriday state senator, in talking to two black Florida state senators, refers to six other white Florida senators as "niggers", claims it's okay because he meant "niggas" which is a completely different word:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/04/19/after-using-n-word-in-front-of-black-colleagues-fla-state-senator-faces-calls-to-resign/?utm_term=.7228d09ad0ae

my primary reaction to this is "lol"

in conclusion: hip-hop is dangerous in the wrong hands

the wite hands

A+

"No, see, when I say it, I use a non-rhotic pronunciation. That means I'm just kidding around!"

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-senator-frank-artiles-resigns-over-racist-remarks/

lol

"My racism was taken out of context"

this is a Chappelle's Show skit https://t.co/HTgatNVLLG

— Vann R. Newkirk II (@fivefifths) May 10, 2017

ha I was just about to post this

imo his first hint that he is part black should have been the fact that his name is "Cleon Brown"

Really good article on Ta-Nehisi Coates' fearful pessimism

Man, R L Stephens has been shouting at Ta-nehisi Coates since 2014. Does he have anything new to say, or is he still just mad that Coates isn't socialist enough?

'Checks piece' Ultimately, in both Coates’s and Wilderson’s respective frameworks, solidarity is unimaginable and class struggle is rendered futile.

Yawn...

speaking of having anything new to say

Yeah, I really don't think an article that just regurgitates the same attack leveled against Coates a thousand times will bring up any original thoughts by anyone, really...

it's cute when bruneau identifies the one guy on ilx the zing hierarchy allows him to clown*

*this post is quite possibly a replication of the phenomenon yes lol

:(

Where is Morbs when I need him...

exactly where you would think doing exactly what you would think

fucking stop this right now

^

this guy:
http://pulsegulfcoast.com/2017/05/transcript-of-new-orleans-mayor-landrieus-address-on-confederate-monuments

That is a great speech.

This judge should get the same treatment the judge in the Brock Turner case got: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/black-man-prison-serve-five-years-ramad-chatman-georgia-prison-not-guilty-probation-broke-terms-jail-a7744326.html But he won't.

woah @ that Landrieu speech. so good.

This just appeared on my timeline, wtf.

https://twitter.com/LindseyFOX26/status/8682216704100802

This?

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2017/05/25/texas-7th-grader-named-likely-become-terrorist-mock-school-awards

And it was in the advanced college prep class! Why am I finding this hilarious what is wrong with me

texas

That Landrieu speech has me legit crying. Amazing.

Happy Friday! Here is a terrible tweet:

I get the practical concerns. But Barack Obama buying schmancy DC house in nabe thick w lobbyists just feels weird https://t.co/xAODd9LQrA

— jodikantor (@jodikantor) May 31, 2017

ugh yeah

inb4morbs

shhh!

How dare he!

that's a nice house but #dronebama gotta be sad that $8.1 million won't get him his secret missle command center back huh

by "nabe thick w lobbyists" does she mean the District of Columbia because guess what

"nabe thick w spies"

"nabe thick w gentrifying white ppl"

"nabe thick w veterans"

"nabe thick w graduate degrees"

"nabe thick w both beer snobs and beer reverse-snobs"

Barack Obama can only live in a race-free island in the South Pacific drinking Campari and soda and reading Goethe.

such a thick nabe

It ain't me, nabe

Furious that this even got published: http://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/opinion-canada-replacing-its-population-a-case-of-wilful-ignorance-greed-excess-political-correctness

postmedia is a cancer

What the fuck? Please, I don't want the grand remplacement blight to take root here as well.

what a piece of scum

This could go here or the police brutality thread; I chose to put it here.

http://www.theroot.com/police-shot-brendan-hester-because-thats-what-police-do-1795965029

I wonder what would happen if a bunch of black people started open carrying at Target

there was a shooting a couple weeks ago in the parking lot of the Target near me. Pretty sure both perp and victim were black.

I understand why some people may feel that it is in their best interest to own a gun, particularly recently. it is an irrational belief held by people of all races.

a handful of people interviewed for that article wrestled with that issue, the idea that even though they realized having a gun made them no safer, or even less safe, they felt compelled to own one anyway. it's not my place to judge that individual decision. I'm glad it's not something I have to personally consider

some of them were just run of the mill gun nuts, which in a way was refreshing to read

you could own one and keep it locked in a secure gun safe forever with the expensive silverware and china you inherited when grandma died -- I don't know if that would really do anything as far as safety/increased risk of accidental death ...

i think you could find a lot of examples alongside gun ownership where people are rationally aware that the thing they are doing does not protect them but they do it anyway, culture is way deeper than rationality

certainly

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/01/15/under-trump-a-hard-test-for-howard-university

found this to be a very interesting read

https://www.theroot.com/charges-dropped-against-only-officer-to-face-criminal-c-1796501125?utm_source=theroot_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow&__twitter_impression=true

sandra bland

Not that it makes it any less a tragedy, but that seems to be from last year, when The Root was still The Root.

oh, sorry. someone was tweeting it out as new.

1. First, download and install VRChat on Steam. The game is entirely free-to-play and doesn't actually require a VR headset like its name implies. Oh, and prepare to lose dozens of hours of your life.

2. While installing, begin working on your Ugandan accent. This will come in handy later, as hinted in the video below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=94&v=Hxjofn2bYE

I'm not going to say that I didn't find the early ones kind of funny, or that I don't understand how human nature automatically responds to a phenomenon like VRChat with exactly this kind of role playing, and that if you watch the evolution of the meme on the youtube compilations in chronological order from last december, you can see how it starts off as affectionate surrealism -- ignorant, but more WTF than hateful (the one where someone shows up as Ugandan Knuckles driving a minature tank whie screaming in Russian while the volga boatmen theme plays is amazing) -- then of course it hits meme supernova and the hordes show up. It reminds of me the scene in Bamboozled at the Mantan premiere where the act is so over the top racist that the white audience is stunned speechless, leaving them desperately looking around for cues as to how they're supposed to respond, until Mantan finally lands a genuinely funny joke and gets a mild supportive laugh from the black audience, at which point it becomes 'ok' for everyone to laugh, and then the tone of the laughter changes

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/articles/a-guide-to-finding-da-wae-as-ugandan-knuckles-in-10-easy-steps/85559040/

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/articles/this-is-what-ugandan-knuckles-looks-like-in-real-life/85553266/

https://bittersoutherner.com/dear-disgruntled-white-plantation-visitors-michael-twitty-cooking-gene
^ good read

and, if you're unfamiliar with twitty's work, further reading for followup:
https://afroculinaria.com/

You can’t learn everything from the crossword section of StormFront.

oh snaps