In light of the current national discussion re: what constitutes racism, it occurred to me that someone is missing a financial opportunity here. An enterprising soul could "borrow" Jeff Foxworthy's worn-out (but still lucrative) "Redneck" theme & adapt it.
Knowing the creative minds at work in Otterville, it would be interesting to see what suggestions might be put forth. I'll get the ball rolling with a very lame one...first thing that popped into my head. Half-baked (or maybe only 1/4-baked), but here it is:
If your child refers to chocolate milk as "Obama milk", you might be a racist.
(Pretty sad, I know, but felt like I should contribute something if I wanted others to participate. At least the bar has been set very low...below ground level, if you will).
classicman2
09-22-09, 10:23 AM
The last paragraph says it all.
DeputyDave
09-22-09, 10:31 AM
If you create a thread sure to be filled with black jokes and negative stereotypes...
Thor Simpson
09-22-09, 10:56 AM
You might be a racist if you subscribe to a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others.
Giles
09-22-09, 10:59 AM
... you didn't find this thread subject to be the least bit offensive.
As though I would be unfamiliar with the words the prophet Foxworthy has handed down to his people. :)
dork
09-22-09, 06:51 PM
<a href = "http://voices.washingtonpost.com/shortstack/2009/09/health_care_race_and_political.html">"...you oppose health care reform."</a>
More precisely, you gave the wrong answers to these 4 questions:
Here’s a series of statements about race relations in the U.S. For each one, please tell me if you strongly agree, agree, neither agree nor disagree, disagree, or strongly disagree with each one.
Irish, Italians, Jewish, and many other minorities overcame prejudice and worked their way up. Blacks should do the same without any special favors.
Over the past few years blacks have gotten less than they deserve.
It’s really a matter of some people not trying hard enough; if blacks would only try harder they could be just as well off as whites.
Generations of slavery and discrimination have created conditions that make it difficult for blacks to work their way out of the lower class.
Mabuse
09-22-09, 08:04 PM
<a href = "http://voices.washingtonpost.com/shortstack/2009/09/health_care_race_and_political.html">"...you oppose health care reform."</a> Jesus Christ that's a horrifying article! How come no one in this country wants to discus class distinctions? It's like we're allergic to the concept. That article wants to assert that "racial resentment" and opposition to health care reform are positively correlated. Did it ever occur to them that the higher classes oppose health care reform out of their own economic self-interest, and that racism (while they may harbor it) is irrelevent to the argument? It's class, and money, not fucking race.
wendersfan
09-22-09, 10:45 PM
Jesus Christ that's a horrifying article! How come no one in this country wants to discus class distinctions? It's like we're allergic to the concept. That article wants to assert that "racial resentment" and opposition to health care reform are positively correlated. Did it ever occur to them that the higher classes oppose health care reform out of their own economic self-interest, and that racism (while they may harbor it) is irrelevent to the argument? It's class, and money, not fucking race.You seriously think they wouldn't control for income?
Seriously?
wmansir
09-23-09, 12:25 AM
More precisely, you gave the wrong answers to these 4 questions:
There's no ideological bias in those questions at all. rotfl
kvrdave
09-23-09, 12:50 AM
So, if I am reading it correctly, everyone hated Clinton's reform idea, but racism had no part of it. Now there is the same opposition to Obama's reform idea, but it is based on racism.
Is that right? :lol:
We hated Clinton's idea because it was a bad idea, but we hate the same idea from Obama because he is black?
Rockmjd23
09-23-09, 07:57 AM
So, if I am reading it correctly, everyone hated Clinton's reform idea, but racism had no part of it. Now there is the same opposition to Obama's reform idea, but it is based on racism.
Is that right? :lol:
We hated Clinton's idea because it was a bad idea, but we hate the same idea from Obama because he is black?
Actually, since Clinton was the the first black president, it does make you a racist.
Goldblum
09-23-09, 11:51 AM
Actually, since Clinton was the the first black president, it does make you a racist.
:lol:
creekdipper
09-23-09, 12:00 PM
If you create a thread sure to be filled with black jokes and negative stereotypes...
Normally I would agree, but...
If you think that this topic could only contain BLACK jokes & negative stereotypes,
you might be a racist.
(In that vein, if you avoid soup because it's served with crackers, you might be a racist. Sort of a shout-out to Bill Maher, who loves to talk about "Cracker Nation" while deriding racism).
creekdipper
09-23-09, 12:04 PM
You might be a racist if you subscribe to a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others.
So NBA owners are all racists?
creekdipper
09-23-09, 12:08 PM
If you confuse racism with bigotry and predjudice, you might be stupid.
This belongs in the "Jimmy Carter is An Idiot" thread.
creekdipper
09-23-09, 12:10 PM
... you didn't find this thread subject to be the least bit offensive.
Only racists (and humorless people) would find it offensive.
CRM114
09-23-09, 12:16 PM
I love these threads. -popcorn-
Tuan Jim
09-23-09, 12:24 PM
If you refuse to conflate religion, culture and race....you're probably a racist.
kvrdave
09-23-09, 12:30 PM
I love these threads. -popcorn-
If you love threads about racism....you might be a racist.
Cheato
09-23-09, 12:49 PM
If your hatred of dogs extends to dawgs (or Doggs), you might be a racist.
creekdipper
09-23-09, 02:50 PM
Well, it really is time for this half-baked idea to disappear.
The original inspiration, of course, was to respond to recent accusations in the media by some well-known people...the idea being to show the ludicrousness of going to extreme lengths to see the racial boogeyman lurking everywhere (in addition to commenting on the hypocrisy of those who cry racism while uttering racist epithets).
However, as one poster said, the thread was a failure. Partly due to my lack of wit or failure to make the sarcasm evident in the initial post; partly due to the topic being largely off-limits (say, as opposed to "You might be a feminist..."); partly due to the fact that one has to really demonstrate actual bigotry for such a "joke" to work. It might have been clearer (although no funnier) if I had said, "If you don't like chocolate milk, you might be a racist".
The third aspect is really the point. If one cries "wolf" (or, in this case, "racist") at every perceived slight, it lessens the impact of the word when a real case comes along. Reactions to recent political events ascribing racial motives to every "insult" do this very thing, IMHO. I strongly disagree with those liberal columnists who have suggested that the accusations have brought about a welcome & long overdue discussion, but then, I didn't hear the subliminal "boy" after the words "you lie", either.
If we're going to start flinging around the "racist" accusation every time a minority person is criticized in a manner perceived to be rude or "unprecedented", then we at least need to know what constitutes racism (hence the sarcastic nature of this thread). I treated the recent accusations as a joke because I thought that's what they deserved...derision. If I had put it in the Carter thread, it might have been clearer what I was getting at. Then again, maybe not.
At least there were some good comments, though, especially from those who understood the impetus for the thread (those who didn't think a thread for racial stereotypes jokes just appeared in the political thread without any correlation to recent events). Even those who misunderstood had some entertaining comments.
JasonF
09-23-09, 03:21 PM
If one cries "wolf" (or, in this case, "racist") at every perceived slight, it lessens the impact of the word when a real case comes along.
Contrawise, if one dismisses every complaint of racism as mere "wolf" cries, it lessens the impact of legitimate disagreements over whether a particular complaint of perceived racism is fair.
kvrdave
09-23-09, 07:23 PM
Well, it really is time for this half-baked idea to disappear.
The original inspiration, of course, was to respond to recent accusations in the media by some well-known people...the idea being to show the ludicrousness of going to extreme lengths to see the racial boogeyman lurking everywhere (in addition to commenting on the hypocrisy of those who cry racism while uttering racist epithets).
However, as one poster said, the thread was a failure. Partly due to my lack of wit or failure to make the sarcasm evident in the initial post; partly due to the topic being largely off-limits (say, as opposed to "You might be a feminist..."); partly due to the fact that one has to really demonstrate actual bigotry for such a "joke" to work. It might have been clearer (although no funnier) if I had said, "If you don't like chocolate milk, you might be a racist".
The third aspect is really the point. If one cries "wolf" (or, in this case, "racist") at every perceived slight, it lessens the impact of the word when a real case comes along. Reactions to recent political events ascribing racial motives to every "insult" do this very thing, IMHO. I strongly disagree with those liberal columnists who have suggested that the accusations have brought about a welcome & long overdue discussion, but then, I didn't hear the subliminal "boy" after the words "you lie", either.
If we're going to start flinging around the "racist" accusation every time a minority person is criticized in a manner perceived to be rude or "unprecedented", then we at least need to know what constitutes racism (hence the sarcastic nature of this thread). I treated the recent accusations as a joke because I thought that's what they deserved...derision. If I had put it in the Carter thread, it might have been clearer what I was getting at. Then again, maybe not.
At least there were some good comments, though, especially from those who understood the impetus for the thread (those who didn't think a thread for racial stereotypes jokes just appeared in the political thread without any correlation to recent events). Even those who misunderstood had some entertaining comments.
If you call a spade a spade, you might be a racist.
kvrdave
09-23-09, 07:24 PM
If you understood that in a racial context, you might be a racist.
Brack
09-23-09, 07:50 PM
Contrawise, if one dismisses every complaint of racism as mere "wolf" cries, it lessens the impact of legitimate disagreements over whether a particular complaint of perceived racism is fair.
What, you aren't convinced that racism doesn't exist now that we have a black president?
kvrdave
09-23-09, 07:58 PM
If a black man is elected president and it only proves to you how rampant racism is, you might be a racist.
Brack
09-23-09, 08:03 PM
if you make up in your head that people think that electing a black president only proves how rampant racism is, you might be a racist.
kvrdave
09-23-09, 08:15 PM
If you think everyone else is a racist...you might be a racist.
If you think ACORN is a good group, you might be a racist.
If part of your user name is "beaner" you might be a racist.
zombeaner
09-24-09, 07:16 AM
If part of your user name is "beaner" you might be a racist.
That would be a "what they are" conversation.
Bandoman
09-24-09, 07:53 AM
You might be a racist if you subscribe to a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others.
-ohbfrank- Where do you come up with this stuff?
Everyone else - good job! :up:
arminius
09-24-09, 08:46 AM
If your`organization would cease to exist without racism..then you may be a racist.
kvrdave
09-24-09, 12:20 PM
That would be a "what they are" conversation.
:lol: Very good.
If you did not watch the "what they are" video, you might be a racist.
Mrs. Danger
09-24-09, 12:26 PM
If you don't trust the guy fixing your roof because his English isn't too good, you may be racist.
wendersfan
09-24-09, 01:55 PM
If your`organization would cease to exist without racism..then you may be a racist.So members of the Anti-Defamation League are racists? :wacko:
creekdipper
09-24-09, 02:56 PM
If you don't trust the guy fixing your roof because his English isn't too good, you may be racist.
It's not because his English ain't so good, it's 'cause he don't pay no taxes.
creekdipper
09-24-09, 02:59 PM
If your name is Cedric or Shaquille & you host a cable comedy special featuring a whole host of comedians who present negative racial stereotypes as humor, you might be racist.
Or maybe double-racist.
Or reverse-racist.
Something.
CRM114
09-24-09, 03:03 PM
It's not disappointing! -popcorn-
Ky-Fi
09-24-09, 03:13 PM
If you think this is funny, you might be a racist, and if you don't think it's funny, you've got no sense of humor :lol:
<embed src="http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/1512680/white_people_cant_dance_by_dave_chapelle.swf" width="400" height="345" wmode="transparent" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" name="Metacafe_1512680"> </embed><br><font size = 1><a href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1512680/white_people_cant_dance_by_dave_chapelle/">White People Cant Dance by Dave Chapelle</a> - <a href="http://www.metacafe.com/">Funny video clips are a click away</a></font>
creekdipper
09-24-09, 03:19 PM
It's not disappointing! -popcorn-
What %@#~! racist started this damn thread, anyway?
Venusian
09-24-09, 03:28 PM
:lol: @ Ky-Fi
arminius
09-24-09, 04:08 PM
So members of the Anti-Defamation League are racists? :wacko:
The operative word is may.
:gah:
kvrdave
09-24-09, 08:22 PM
If this thread is not disappointing, you might be a racist.
Buy: