Originally Posted By dshyates Kimber, I'm not really trying to single you out, but your rascist bias is mindboggling that coherent people can think like that. And the best part is you don't even see it.
Originally Posted By jonvn I didn't know that a black person stereotype was to drink koolaid. I always thought that was about religious cults.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<I didn't know that a black person stereotype was to drink koolaid. I always thought that was about religious cults.>> Yup. Anyone with a brain knows that blacks drink Colt 45 Malt Liquor. Or so the stereotype says...
Originally Posted By jonvn That's right! I forgot about the malt liquor. It's fried chicken and malt liquor, mele. Get it right.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099800/" target="_blank">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt00 99800/</a>
Originally Posted By jonvn Oh....I am so totally out of the loop on a lot of pop culture stuff. That looks to be an excellent source for information on the black lifestyle. I'll have to start watching it now, to understand what is going to be going on in the white house.
Originally Posted By mele Of course I am kidding about the movie but I wasn't taught to believe in these sorts of things. They were never even discussed. It wasn't until my teens that I started to hear about the different stereotypes that exist for the different races.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <He plays the race card more adeptly that any politician in his country. Just watch him run towards Oprah - a non-frightenng to white folks black woman - and from Farrakhan's endorsement- a very frightening to white folks black man. It's the Obama campaign that's racist. > That's not racist. Embracing Oprah is embracing a hugely popular figure - ANYONE would be happy with Oprah's endorsement. And running from Farrakhan is running from a man who is arguably himself racist. So calling that dichotomy racist is...well...weird.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan So for tonight's debate, will it be: a. Hand-shake Hillary, telling everyone everything will be fine no matter the outcome of the election, that we're all friends and it's an honor to know Barrack b. Shameful, Finger-Wagging Hillary, hollering at everyone c. Mocking Hillary, jeering Obama's messages of hope as simplistic nonsense d. Some as yet unseen variation of the above
Originally Posted By mele Since Oprah is a "non-threatening to whites black person", is she not black enough either?
Originally Posted By dshyates She is gonna throw everyting she's got at him. It will start all Kumbaya-ish, she will then wag her finger at him, "for shame". Next she will cry (out of joy) because of how bright and hopeful America's future is. If it looks like Barak is pulling ahead, she my unbutton the top button of her blouse to show a little cleavage.
Originally Posted By mele <<she may unbutton the top button of her blouse to show a little cleavage.>> Charming.
Originally Posted By jonvn "Since Oprah is a "non-threatening to whites black person", is she not black enough either?" Enough green washes away the black. "Charming." This is why a woman will probably never be elected, no matter how much better she is for the job. Not in this country. The anti-woman bias is far stronger than the anti-black. This is what I believe I originally got wrong.
Originally Posted By dshyates "She is gonna throw everyting she's got at him. It will start all Kumbaya-ish, she will then wag her finger at him, "for shame". Next she will cry (out of joy) because of how bright and hopeful America's future is. If it looks like Barak is pulling ahead, she my unbutton the top button of her blouse to show a little cleavage." It was a joke trying to hype up the Clinton's "win at all costs" "throw everyhing you can at them" attitude. I don't for a second belive she would ever, ever, ever do that. But people, mostly women, have throughout history used this technique.
Originally Posted By Mr X **Enough green washes away the black.** Ever seen the SouthPark episode where all the black celebrities moved into town? They were hated. Not because of their skin color, but because they were rich.
Originally Posted By mele It's interesting that many black people supported OJ Simpson when he was on trial for murder, simply because he was black. It didn't seem to matter that he didn't act like "black man". (Still don't know what that really means.) And now we have Barack, who apparently isn't black enough for black people to vote for him. Stick up for the black murderer but put down the black politician. Twisted.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 There may be some black people putting down Obama (of course, white people put down white politicians too), but he's getting the lion's share of the black vote. And, I believe, getting many more black people to the polls than, say, Kerry did in the primaries 4 years ago.
