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Originally Posted by maxemus
No i'm not a schtick. I've been to many tailgates so i'm known by a few of the founding members. To me this thread does make fun of whitey but it also allows generalizations of the black race and having met a few black members and having lots of friends of different races I KNOW they would be offended by some of the comments made in this thread. In this day and age you would think college educated people would be aware of something u think is funny might be considered racist by the race your talking about. I. E. Fuzzy Zeoller?[spelling] saying when asked at Tiger Woods 1st masters win what his choices for the after dinner would be... fried chicken and collard greens.
I don't think i'm wrong but i would sure like to hear if any of our ethnic members think this is funny or acceptable.
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"but it also allows generalizations of the black race"
We're pretty much on the same page; I just wasn't clear in my first post. Saying "white people like" recycling is roughly saying black people don't like recycling, which is a false generalization. That's what I was pointing out....most of the examples are just wrong. It's like bad comics who highlight the smallest cultural difference and emphasize it the the nth degree, which I don't respect. But there are intelligent, productive ways to do something like this, such as Chris Rock's stand up. Thus, a website titled, "stuff white people like" isn't automatically racist or ignorant, it depends on how it is done.
I think the website is meant to be a left handed insult toward black Americans.
That being said, I would still guess that about half of minority America would find it somewhat funny, because many Americans give two ****s about sensitivity and political correctness.