rolling "Is This Racist?" thread

This sounds like it was a disaster

why require everyone to speak in the first place? emphasis should have been given to PoC but you require a bunch of white people to talk about race and then we get the monologue version of that Brad Paisley/LL Cool J song.

(but only the Paisley parts)

I'm just going to say that always putting the onus on the participants of color to lead the discussion is some strong "tell the class why they should stop spitting on you" energy

that's kinda why I don't get why people were mandated to speak at all. this sounds like a very slapped-together meeting with very low effort.

it's not an option for every group or organization, but it seems like it would be better to get a third party to lead a discussion on race, or at least someone with some training.

Their stated reason for requiring everyone to speak was that it's important for everyone to engage with these issues, however uncomfortable it makes you. I really get the impression that they went in with one thought only, which was "White people don't talk about race enough, let's make the white people talk," not realizing that this is going to put a greater burden of discomfort on POC and also give the impression of prioritizing white voices.

Part of the problem is that the supervisors running the meeting (both white) think they're experts on race and equity, ostensibly care deeply about it, and thus are very defensive about the idea that they might be doing a less-than-stellar job.

"We've called this impromptu meeting so we could put the few POC who work here on the spot by telling the rest of us how not to be racist. We then will have ten minutes of voluntary confessional time for whites to say how guilty they feel about racism, followed by snacks in the break room so we can all be awkward together and eat pizza."

Maybe my email was too tactful. I'm not sure the "um, you guys led a staff discussion about race where some POC weren't allowed to talk, do you realize how bad this is?" part of it got through.

I may have complained about this before but one of my schools tried to have "implicit bias training" as part of the mandatory professional development for teachers, and it upset so many people that the principal backed down and made it "optional." Which means only the people who wanted to examine their implicit bias actually did the training. Which is...exactly not the point.

my workplace has made the mistake of thinking that because it's majority POC that we don't need any more training, that we are fully cooked and ready to rip in a world devoid of racism
sadly, nope

Keith Olbermann making some unusual choices this morning

Yes @realDonaldTrump has always been, will always be, and on the day of his bid for re-election, still is: a whiny little Kunta Kinte https://t.co/hIIrt1Ke17

— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) November 3, 2020

Huh.

The going theory is that he didn't want to type "cunt" and well... this wasn't a better choice

If that's not some kind of autocorrect snafu, Pearl Crabs is back to being my favorite cartoon whale.

God, I'd forgotten about Olbermann. Wish you hadn't reminded me.

please tell me what autocorrects to "Kunta Kinte"

what kind of spell-correct offers kunta kinte

lol xp

I'm sorry everyone, I typed "baby" and autocorrect changed it to "Kunta Kinte". Curse you, Apple!

— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) November 3, 2020

Y'all are focusing way too much on the implausible front half of my shitpost and not enough on the unamusing punchline.

olbermann is a dolt who thought he was smart because he was at espn around even bigger dolts

How dare you, sir!

Just logged back in: I apologize for my previous subtweet of this. I was using an old 70's-80's technique for calling somebody a c*** without writing/saying c***, just using a sound-alike to call Trump a c***

Deleting previous, largely because this one clarifies the c*** part https://t.co/hIIrt1Ke17

— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) November 3, 2020

an old 70's-80's technique for calling somebody a c***

wait lol what

Cockney rhyming slang, innit.

maybe slang used by a person who is now 70-80 years old

Puns, that classic 70s/80s technique.

I, too, often have not been able to resist the urge to call someone a *checks notes* "coont"

Sorry for shitting on the floor in the middle of the dinner party, I actually meant to just shit on the table, I hope you understand.

aw man, fucking auto-cat knocked my shit off the table and onto the floor! fucking auto-cat

logan's run looking more like a good idea everyday

Dear @KeithOlbermann, #Kunta is pronounced with a long “u” as in unity, not a short “u” as in cup.

Try again!

Love,
Kunta

— LeVar Burton (@levarburton) November 3, 2020

more like keith older man

omg I love Levar Burton

OTOH ‘coont’ is in the Gallagher Brothers Bad Words Pronunciation Guide.

lol suzy

Maybe next Levar will explain to Keith what a "subtweet" is

it's pronounced "twah-" er wait no

I was wondering if LeVar was going to say anything!

geez louise just call him a cunt! trump has no issue using the word himself, didn't keith olbermann listen to the "you're that cunt from the airplane" story?!?!?

I mean you coulda said see you next Tuesday, it'd have fit the damn election theme, Keith

Know you next Tuesday, alright?

lol

https://www.thefader.com/2021/03/03/perfume-genius-ag-cook-remix-describe-music-video?utm_source=tftw

.@perfumegenius shares @agcook404 remix of "Describe."
https://t.co/iZusHVoxdp pic.twitter.com/MmmmEULOp5

— The FADER (@thefader) March 3, 2021

wtf is this

i have been trying to figure out what i'm supposed to be looking for

It's a video directed by a white guy featuring a remix done by a white guy of a white guy's song, where the white guy who is credited as the performer is depicted as a Black man who steals... whimsy, I guess? at gunpoint.

Yeah— it reinforces the idea of the "Black criminal" from the outset. It's...not good.

I mean, dude is also portrayed as a cross-eyed, dancing, limb-flapping goofus

sorry - i didn't mean to cast doubt on it, it does seem fucking...weirdly awful. i shouldn't have skipped around the video, when i first watched it, but i hate this music and didn't want to listen to all of it. i skimmed around and missed the context, plot, and the part before the masks go on.

i don't really have a good feel for how mainstream popular any of these people are, but the song seems to fucking suck so hopefully it will sink to the bottom of the ocean