Black People?

[Kulindahr]

A friend just sent me this:

Comments, please?

 

[Dominus]

 

[HoodedRat]

........

 

[Telstra]

The song is boring,
probably interesting for kids for not suitable for kids tho

 

[TickTockMan]

What was the point of posting this?

 

[Happenis1]

Looks like the same tired old overused played-out stereotypes

 

[Sebazz]

USians and their never-ending obsession with race

 

[eastofeden]

Sorry...I tried but I didn't make it very long...just a turn off in general...

 

[Willie Boy]

Looks like the same tired old overused played-out stereotypes

That was the whole point of the song.

 

[PipeDream]

This video is just lazy 'comedy' really. There's no clever or biting satire in simply presenting a bunch of hackneyed stereotypes. I'm amazed that anybody could be entertained by it. Do people still laugh at Asians eating dogs jokes? Women belonging in the kitchen jokes? Southerners being incestuous jokes? Hasn't everybody heard them all enough times already? Where's the creativity?

USians and their never-ending obsession with race

I don't think Americans are obsessed with race/racism, just more inclined to talk about it than pretend it doesn't exist the way many other countries do. Then again, even in America where conversations about racial issues are more commonplace, I still see a whole lot of frustration from POC over their issues being hand waved or swept under the rug by people who don't want to acknowledge them.

 

[mikey3000]

I like KFC too .

 

[Charon]

Sometimes, X race are the ones who make fun of themselves. Just look at The Boondocks.

 

[NotHardUp1]

This video is just lazy 'comedy' really. There's no clever or biting satire in simply presenting a bunch of hackneyed stereotypes. I'm amazed that anybody could be entertained by it. Do people still laugh at Asians eating dogs jokes? Women belonging in the kitchen jokes? Southerners being incestuous jokes? Hasn't everybody heard them all enough times already? Where's the creativity?



I don't think Americans are obsessed with race/racism, just more inclined to talk about it than pretend it doesn't exist the way many other countries do. Then again, even in America where conversations about racial issues are more commonplace, I still see a whole lot of frustration from POC over their issues being hand waved or swept under the rug by people who don't want to acknowledge them.

This, several times.

My thought was, "it isn't offensive enough to be funny."

Night club humor is usually the cutting edge of this sort of thing, with over-the-top or beyond-the-pale sorts of zingers.

This felt more like a white church choir swayin' and singin' black spirituals.

 

[Zeno Lorea]

I don't think Americans are obsessed with race/racism, just more inclined to talk about it than pretend it doesn't exist the way many other countries do.

That's the whole point. Race doesn't really exist. The old hippie slogan "one race, the human race" is actually true: skin colour and other ethnic traits are no good indicator of genetic differences between people. Virtually all the perceived differences are the result of not nature but nurture, which is often based on racism. In other words, racism exists, but race does not. People from other countries try to combat racism by acknowledging we are all the same, while Americans seem to stress the differences.

Also, Americans like to limit the categories and divide them sharply: white, yellow, black. Try explaining that to a Brazilian whose great-grandparents were natives, black slaves and immigrants from Germany and Japan. Or a Singaporean who is part Malay and part Chinese. Or an Anglo-Indian. Or yours truly, whose grandparents were Lebanese, Austrian and Argentinean: very different but all white.

 

[TheLoveableLoner]

Not even going to click it. Looks like senseless bait.

 

[rareboy]

What is the purpose of sharing this? Without the thoughts of the OP...this just looks like a race baiting thread.

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Is this your contribution to Black History Month?

 

[MakeDigitalLove]

Oh man the comments are lovely.

 

[Cormac135]

I turned off after 10 seconds, did BBC get a mention ?

 

[Kulindahr]

Looks like the same tired old overused played-out stereotypes

That was the whole point of the song.

Willie gets it.

It's a song by a black guy, which is what makes it funny.

Though the one black guy I know sees it as a slam against whites.

 

[Kulindahr]

This video is just lazy 'comedy' really. There's no clever or biting satire in simply presenting a bunch of hackneyed stereotypes. I'm amazed that anybody could be entertained by it. Do people still laugh at Asians eating dogs jokes? Women belonging in the kitchen jokes? Southerners being incestuous jokes? Hasn't everybody heard them all enough times already? Where's the creativity?

I think it's the collection of so many stereotypes in one place, and that it's being sung by a black guy.

Though I think it falls into the "funny once" category -- the second time it seems stale.

I don't think Americans are obsessed with race/racism, just more inclined to talk about it than pretend it doesn't exist the way many other countries do. Then again, even in America where conversations about racial issues are more commonplace, I still see a whole lot of frustration from POC over their issues being hand waved or swept under the rug by people who don't want to acknowledge them.

And in the south end of the county here, the KKK is still a concern.