― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 19:59 (eighteen years ago) link
the kid is obviously reacting to and absorbing the media he is growing up around. there are probably basketball player posters all over his room. maybe he is trying to inhabit that space, to bridge the gap between his white suburban existence and his black sports heroes.
― ryan (ryan), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Remy (x Jeremy), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:01 (eighteen years ago) link
This is completely, totally and absolutely OTM.
― Dan (Excruciating Back Pain) Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:13 (eighteen years ago) link
That's what the kids looked like last night. Good-natured Ben Wallace appreciation by kids who don't know any better, yes, but also troubling negligence/ignorance on the part of the parents.
― Andy_K (Andy_K), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:15 (eighteen years ago) link
that and his parents dropped $100 on a ben wallace jersey.
― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― ryan (ryan), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― J (Jay), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Andy_K (Andy_K), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:18 (eighteen years ago) link
It's too easy to picture an SNL writers' meeting where all the funny scripts have been read and everyone's in a good mood, and then Hammond stands up to say, "Hey, what if Donald Trump made a guest appearance on a soap opera?", chilling down the entire room.
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:18 (eighteen years ago) link
You know Andy, you could have avoided all of the fighting and nonsense on this thread by SAYING THAT at the beginning!
― Dan ("Synthetic Skin Tone" = "Blackfaced Minstrel"???) Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Andy_K (Andy_K), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:20 (eighteen years ago) link
This whole debate could have been avoided if only the kid had carved a Ben Wallace pumpkin instead of wearing the costume.
― So so Krispie (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:21 (eighteen years ago) link
dressing as hitler = baddressing in a KKK hood = baddressing in minstrel blackface = bad
White kid dressing in dark makeup as a specific popular black basketball player on Halloween = who gives a shit? It's Halloween, and it's not a stereotype! I don't see any connection between a halloween tradition of dressing up, and the stereotyped minstrel culture that had it's heyday in what, the 40's, and hasn't been popular or acceptable for generations.
I want to hear what you think about this one. I dressed as a mexican bandito for halloween. I did that because I just happened to have an inflatable cactus and an authentic vintage mexican sombrero laying around (that was in my grandma's basement.) I wore a rug for a poncho, a gun and a fake mustache too. I wasn't able to acquire a bullet bandolier. So I bought 10 cans of refried beans, cut off the labels and turned them into a bandolier.
― -rainbow bum- (-rainbow bum-), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― J (Jay), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― So so Krispie (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― elmo (allocryptic), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:33 (eighteen years ago) link
Umm, he did make a guest appearance on a soap opera. Just, you know, sayin'...
― captin crunchheart (dr g), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:34 (eighteen years ago) link
Everything is offensive to somebody. Full stop.
In fact, my incomplete sentence above just offended the National Grammar Society... Oh! The horror!
I mean Jesus Fucking Christ, what is this world coming to. Oh, wait... I mean golly gosh, no, wait, I mean...
― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:39 (eighteen years ago) link
What happens next year if I go out trick-or-treating as Watermelon Hitler? I'll tell you what would happen: I'd be trapped in my Watermelon Bunker while my neighbors try to kick my ass.
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:40 (eighteen years ago) link
"A passion of Christs"
― elmo (allocryptic), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― deej.. (deej..), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:50 (eighteen years ago) link
One can yell "Chaplin! Chaplin!" when the mob sets upon you.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 21:13 (eighteen years ago) link
I mean, it's weird. I'm half Goan. 99% of the time I *hate* seeing white people doing comedy Indian accents. I'm not offended by Apu from the Simpsons - everyone in the Simpsons is a caricature and he's a more positive one than most of the others. Likewise, I'm not offended by Ben Kingsley in Gandhi - another tricky one, he's of Indian descent, he still LOOKS white most of the time, he's still blacked up in the role. They could have got a 'proper' Indian actor to play him. Where do you draw that line?
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 21:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan (Excruciating Back Pain) Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 22:05 (eighteen years ago) link
(Or words to that effect...)
I mean, who the fuck is anyone to dictate what other people can or cannot be offended by? It's a matter of common courtesy not to cross that line unless you have a very good reason (ie a serious political point to make). And "it's just a bit of fun" is not one of them.
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 22:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 22:07 (eighteen years ago) link
http://is1.okcupid.com/users/570/250/5712517942420203273/p1097418461.jpg
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 22:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― emilys. (emilys.), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 22:38 (eighteen years ago) link
It's a matter of common courtesy not to cross that line
Who defines what/where that 'line' is?
― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 22:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan I., Tuesday, 1 November 2005 22:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 22:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan (ILE's Invisible Man) Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 22:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Andy_K (Andy_K), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 23:13 (eighteen years ago) link
Ron Mael! Ron Mael!
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 23:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 23:29 (eighteen years ago) link
Have you tried buying a modestly proportioned fake afro lately?
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 12:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 12:22 (eighteen years ago) link