Have you ever experienced racism?

[knowsbleed]

I feel like Aaron lost his own message. Boondocks betrayed itself after season one. Instead of sending up stereotypes it now perpetuates them.

this

 

[Chris Wallace]

Good god if I ever see Chris Rock in the streets I might have to punch him in his mouth. It's disturbing how many people latched on to that "Black people vs N*****" bit"

And yes the media does play a bit of a role. They sensationalize things constantly. They love to report on the fact that the prison population is 60% Black but never mention that most violent crimes are committed by white people.

I could initially get with Chris at first on that. But he pushed it & got just as bad as Eddie Griffin & Katt Williams.

 

[THE MR. TERRIFIC]

I could initially get with Chris at first on that. But he pushed it & got just as bad as Eddie Griffin & Katt Williams.

Yup!

 

[Chris Wallace]

Wow. Two consecutive posts get co-signed. I must be on to something.

 

[roach]

I think the best episode of the series was the MLK one...after that it went from being a critical look at black people to a cartoon about two black kids

 

[terry78]

I think the best episode of the series was the MLK one...after that it went from being a critical look at black people to a cartoon about two black kids

Actually the MLK one is the one that a lot of them use to justify it. I always see on comments how that ep. was the best because it finally says about blacks what I've been saying for years or some **** like that. It had a good message, but some were using it as a reason to just say racist stuff.

 

[chamber-music]

Comedian Lenny Henry was doing his stand up thing on BBC live at the apollo and he talked about when he moved into the countryside he was only black guy for miles around so people went to ask him anything relating to black people

I went to a mostly white primary school and white kids seemed really intrested in my hair and always wanted to touch it for some reason. I really wasn't intrested in feeling their hair and didn't really see the big deal

 

[Wylie Times]

Actually the MLK one is the one that a lot of them use to justify it. I always see on comments how that ep. was the best because it finally says about blacks what I've been saying for years or some **** like that. It had a good message, but some were using it as a reason to just say racist stuff.

The problem with satire that good is that people who aren't that bright will miss the deeper messages being presented.

 

[Wylie Times]

Comedian Lenny Henry was doing his stand up thing on BBC live at the apollo and he talked about when he moved into the countryside he was only black guy for miles around so people went to ask him anything relating to black people

I went to a mostly white primary school and white kids seemed really intrested in my hair and always wanted to touch it for some reason. I really wasn't intrested in feeling their hair and didn't really see the big deal

I remember in college one of my roommates was completely dumbfounded by my hair brush. He asked if he could borrow my brush and I told him he wouldn't be able to use it. I guess he thought I was just being a jerk until I actually showed him what kind of brush I used.

 

[THE MR. TERRIFIC]

I remember in college one of my roommates was completely dumbfounded by my hair brush. He asked if he could borrow my brush and I told him he wouldn't be able to use it. I guess he thought I was just being a jerk until I actually showed him what kind of brush I used.

 

[Warhammer]

The problem with satire that good is that people who aren't that bright will miss the deeper messages being presented.

Even though the movie isn't satirical, the same can be said about American History X. It's one of my favorite movies but there are many that completely miss the deeper messages of the movie. Like the scene when Edward Norton goes on his rant at the dinner scene. You can look that scene up on YouTube and see people saying "Yeah, Edward Norton makes great points" or "I agree with what Edward Norton is saying." Those people completely miss the point of the scene.

I remember in college one of my roommates was completely dumbfounded by my hair brush. He asked if he could borrow my brush and I told him he wouldn't be able to use it. I guess he thought I was just being a jerk until I actually showed him what kind of brush I used.

Oh man, what we all couldn't do without the brush. Honestly, I think all black men are required to have one unless we have our hair cut super low.

 

[Chris Wallace]

Actually the MLK one is the one that a lot of them use to justify it. I always see on comments how that ep. was the best because it finally says about blacks what I've been saying for years or some **** like that. It had a good message, but some were using it as a reason to just say racist stuff.

Agreed.

 

[roach]

Oh man, what we all couldn't do without the brush. Honestly, I think all black men are required to have one unless we have our hair cut super low.

i cut mine super low but thats to hide the greys

 

[Wylie Times]

Even though the movie isn't satirical, the same can be said about American History X. It's one of my favorite movies but there are many that completely miss the deeper messages of the movie. Like the scene when Edward Norton goes on his rant at the dinner scene. You can look that scene up on YouTube and see people saying "Yeah, Edward Norton makes great points" or "I agree with what Edward Norton is saying." Those people completely miss the point of the scene.

Key word right there.

Youtube comments will make you want to give up any hope for humanity. ANY vid that has a over a certain amount of views and has someone non white in it will have some racist comments.

 

[Chris Wallace]

That's sad.

 

[JStorm]

I pulled into my girl's apartment the other night, and a Soldier - in full gear - waved me down. Upon stopping, he gave me some song-and-dance about how he needed a ride to his truck. I'm a boyscout to fault, so I helped.

Not a minute into jumping into my car he says "can I tell you some jokes?" "Sure," I say. He proceeds to tell me racist joke, after joke. No matter how many times I gave him this look -

- he still kept going.

When we arrived to his destination, something went wrong and he needed further assistance. Happily, I told him I was all out of help and my girl was already expecting me.

My shock was the fact that I could have been the biggest racist or a card-carrying-member of the NAACP, and he didn't even bother to think "maybe I should just be thankful and keep my mouth shut."

 

[Manic]

You know what movie I kinda like? Crash. I say "kinda" because despite the fact that the movie is a great way to get people to start talking about racial stuff once it's over, the movie intentionally has no real message. It's filled with people falsely accusing one another of racism, people who think they're not racist but kinda are anyway, people who are openly racist, and people who are victims to racism-- and the movie doesn't pick a ****ing side. Someone once asked me what the message of the movie was and I said, "People be crazy." "Which people?" "All people."

 

[Chris Wallace]

You know what movie I kinda like? Crash. I say "kinda" because despite the fact that the movie is a great way to get people to start talking about racial stuff once it's over, the movie intentionally has no real message. It's filled with people falsely accusing one another of racism, people who think they're not racist but kinda are anyway, people who are openly racist, and people who are victims to racism-- and the movie doesn't pick a ****ing side. Someone once asked me what the message of the movie was and I said, "People be crazy." "Which people?" "All people."

That's a good summation. I remember I was reading in one of those British movie magazines-I think it was Empire-they had like a quick one-page summary of Crash & at one point Don Cheadle's character says something about not feeling comfortable being exploited by his superiors. His partner says "That's not very racist of you."
"Oh-well then I'll just insult your race for no reason."
I found that pretty spot on. There was also something about Ryan Phillippe predictably committing the most racist act in the movie.

 

[ObakeTora]

Tenn. Tea Party Wants Slavery Removed From History Textbooks
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/jan/13/tea-parties-cite-legislative-demands/

NASHVILLE — Members of Tennessee tea parties presented state legislators with five priorities for action Wednesday, including “rejecting” the federal health reform act, establishing an elected “chief litigator” for the state and “educating students the truth about America.”
About two dozen tea party activists held a news conference, then met with lawmakers individually to present their list of priorities and “demands” for the 2011 legislative session that opened Tuesday.
Regarding education, the material they distributed said, “Neglect and outright ill will have distorted the teaching of the history and character of the United States. We seek to compel the teaching of students in Tennessee the truth regarding the history of our nation and the nature of its government.”
That would include, the documents say, that “the Constitution created a Republic, not a Democracy.”
The material calls for lawmakers to amend state laws governing school curriculums, and for textbook selection criteria to say that “No portrayal of minority experience in the history which actually occurred shall obscure the experience or contributions of the Founding Fathers, or the majority of citizens, including those who reached positions of leadership.”
Fayette County attorney Hal Rounds, the group’s lead spokesman during the news conference, said the group wants to address “an awful lot of made-up criticism about, for instance, the founders intruding on the Indians or having slaves or being hypocrites in one way or another.
“The thing we need to focus on about the founders is that, given the social structure of their time, they were revolutionaries who brought liberty into a world where it hadn’t existed, to everybody — not all equally instantly — and it was their progress that we need to look at,” said Rounds, whose website identifies him as a Vietnam War veteran of the Air Force and FedEx retiree who became a lawyer in 1995.
The group also wants the state legislature to reject key provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 as “an insult to Constitutional principles.”
The activists also said they want legislators to either start the process of amending the state Constitution to provide for the popular election of the state attorney general or to create a separate position of solicitor general who is directly elected by voters and with much of the litigation authority now vested with the attorney general.
In Tennessee, the attorney general is appointed by the state Supreme Court.
The group’s printed material says the attorney general has reflected “views of the U.S. Constitution that conflict with those of the people of Tennessee.” It specifically says the current attorney general, Robert Cooper, has rejected “the call of the people and the General Assembly” to join with other states in contesting the constitutionality of “federal mandates, including ‘Obamacare.’”
The priorities also include terminating state subsidies for unfunded or unconstitutional federal mandates, and “enforcing constitutional law.”
Later Wednesday, the Tennessee Health Care Campaign said repealing the federal health reforms would mean repealing protections the law gives consumers against insurance companies.

I bet my ancestors who served in the Revolutionary War are rolling over in their grave for not taking Lord Dunmore up on his offer.

 

[Hobgoblin]

Tenn. Tea Party Wants Slavery Removed From History Textbooks
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/jan/13/tea-parties-cite-legislative-demands/

I bet my ancestors who served in the Revolutionary War are rolling over in their grave for not taking Lord Dunmore up on his offer.

The Tea Party wants to show us the way in regard to American history? What a terrible, terrible idea. And how is it "outright ill will" to teach about the experiences of the slaves? Oh right, because it shows that America isnt perfect. Got it.

 

[Manic]

I hate when people talk about the Framers and what they intended. They weren't some all-knowing hive-minded entity that could fully conceive what this country would become hundreds of years after their deaths. They disagreed on a lot of stuff. That's part of the reason it took 10 years to write the Constitution in the first place.

 

[Harls]

I think it's ridiculous how people want to remove/replace the n-word from Huckleberry Finn. The author put that there for a reason. In an academic setting, it should be thought of maturely already, so there's no real reason to change.

 

[Manic]

I'd weigh in on the Huck Finn thing, but I never read it as a kid. It was banned from my school district.

 

[Wylie Times]

The Tea Party wants to show us the way in regard to American history? What a terrible, terrible idea. And how is it "outright ill will" to teach about the experiences of the slaves? Oh right, because it shows that America isnt perfect. Got it.

They barely teach about the experiences of slaves as it is. same goes for the treatment of the indigenous people of America.

There's been a disturbing increase of American slavery and American Holocaust deniers trying to change history.

I'm not a fan of changing/ignoring history just because it makes people feel uncomfortable.

I also don't agree at all with changing Huck Finn.

 

[Hobgoblin]

They barely teach about the experiences of slaves as it is. same goes for the treatment of the indigenous people of America.

There's been a disturbing increase of American slavery and American Holocaust deniers trying to change history.

I know, its shocking. My co-worker keeps going off on how the Jews screwed themselves and how Third World countries brought their troubles on themselves.