rolling "Is This Racist?" thread

Why did I read this at work

I’m going to have to explain to my coworkers why I’m making this face

is the argument that people who object to them hitting their kids are being implicitly racist against people of colour, because people of colour are more likely to hit their kids, or that people who object to them hitting their kids are being racist against whites, because they're getting flack that non-white people don't get for doing the same thing?

why can't it be both

it's basically claiming it's a racist double standard, which is of course nonsense

The convoluted thinking and absurd racist claims from that couple are pretty gobsmacking. I mean everyone rationalizes, but not everyone rationalizes so fucking awfully.

Not at all gobsmacking, the dumbest people on earth will be lining up to high five them for so thoroughly owning the libs.

Guarantee Elon Musk has forwarded that link to all eight of his baby mamas.

the "tu quoque" line of arguing is always suspect, like, when minorities claim racist double standards, they're usually talking about things that actually not a big deal that they get disproportionate criticism for while white people get none.

they're not saying "WELL YEAH I MURDERED SOMEONE AT A CHUCK E CHEESE BUT IT'S OK BECAUSE OTHER RACES MURDER AND NOBODY CRITICIZES THEM FOR KILLING PEOPLE". not to mention, Adrian Peterson's child abuse got him indicted and his career destroyed, so, uhm, yeah, people do actually care about it, beating your kid like is actually illegal, and AP probably got way more flack than a white player would have gotten in the same circumstance.

Adrian Peterson came to mind immediately for me, too

I’m going to have to explain to my coworkers why I’m making this face

― Cemetry Gaetz (DJP), Tuesday, May 28, 2024 2:27 PM

They must be used to seeing it by now.

I'm literally stunned by this. Like how grown-in-a-vat/raised-in-an-underground-bunker sheltered do you have to be to have thought this was a good idea? Sorry, just being Canadian doesn't come close to covering it.

http://x.com/ForsterSam/status/1795492082636795958

For those who can't see it, the tweet reads: "Last summer, I disguised myself as a Black man and traveled throughout the United States to document how racism persists in American society.

Writing Seven Shoulders was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done as a journalist.

It’s out on May 30th"

And here's a picture of Mr. Blackface himself:

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1223685835213635585/AtC1SVQN_400x400.jpg

FTR, the Amazon description of his booky wook contains the phrase "...in order to taxonomize the various types of racism that persist in modern America." Ooh! Ooh! I bet I know which one he decided was the worst!

Black Like Me 2 wasn't a sequel I expected this year

the Amazon description of his book also includes the sentence "Seven Shoulders is the most important book on American race relations that has ever been written", so I don't think he's oblivious, just trolling

it only being 193 pages means it's going to be less an analysis more than a personal log recording one sentence descriptions of discrimination he faced while in "disguise", like here a racism, there a racism, everywhere a racism

uh

even Rachel Dolezal is like “dude no”

That’s funny, I have a sort of similar pitch I’m trying to sell where I travel around Canada discreetly disguised as a moose.

Forster has contributed an article that was published in both RealClearPolicy and Quillette about the movie Joker and white people committing crimes that suggests to me this dude has the intelligence of a peanut

also wrote an article for National Post this March solely centered around Israeli civilians that have been displaced due to Hezbollah rockets and their plight, while making zero mention at all about the death toll Gaza civilians have suffered whatsoever, or even mentioning them outside of referring to them like the entire nation of people who live there is a warring party. i'm good w/ this dude getting dragged

Forster has contributed an article that was published in both RealClearPolicy and Quillette

OK, all done here. Thanks for dumpster diving on our behalf.

That’s funny, I have a sort of similar pitch I’m trying to sell where I travel around Canada discreetly disguised as a moose.

jacquesface

tipsy moosra

I saw that Sam Forster tweet and was waiting for the punchline... is that actually what he has done and written about?

I mean it's great we'll finally get to read about what racism is like I guess

based on other articles I've read of this dude yesterday his book is probably going to chronicle that nobody was bad to him whatsoever and that clearly this means minorities are making it all up

saddened to see so much anti-Canadian racism in the rolling "Is This Racist?" thread

Maybe a white American will disguise himself as a white Canadian and see the prejudice they encounter

i disguised myself as an Australian and only spoke Strine, here is a picture book of the confused looks I got

sew a Canadian flag on the backpack, automatic book deal

Maybe a white American will disguise himself as a white Canadian and see the prejudice they encounter

― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Wednesday, May 29, 2024 11:03 AM (thirteen minutes ago)

this is called ilx ;_;

"my book is totally necessary, see as evidence the plethora of times it's already been done already"

https://x.com/ForsterSam/status/1796071176705380449

Maybe he's born with it, maybe it's Maybelline https://t.co/Q33Qll9JA4 pic.twitter.com/zgrRgXgRMg

— Sarah Rieger (@sarahcrgr) May 30, 2024

In order to pose as a Black hitchhiker, I first needed to figure out how to become Black … which is actually more challenging than one might expect. There isn’t a lot of useful advice out there. You can’t just Google it. If you search “Wikihow blackface”, for example, the top result is a WikiHow article titled “How to Tell if You Are a Racist: 13 Steps (with Pictures).”

I didn’t have time to read the article. I’m sure I would have been beyond salvage in the author’s mind… Whatever…

Belated shout-out to darraghmac for the excellent "Jacquesface."

otm

omg he just keeps digging.

Sorry! I assumed @DerrickNAACP was an ACTUAL Black person. Let me know if there's someone Blacker than him who is willing to speak with me. https://t.co/89o9SYCTqC pic.twitter.com/KVDAZCko4c

— Sam Forster (@ForsterSam) May 30, 2024

and here is that guy's response. alright, I'm done giving attention to this choad. but sometimes people who can't avoid stepping in it are just so fascinating to watch in a morbid way.

Being able to pick and choose when you experience "blackness" is not a reality for the millions of Black people we serve, who face racism and marginalization every day.
 
Next time try investing time in centering authentic Black voices and experiences. https://t.co/BTRqoViSfH

— Derrick Johnson (@DerrickNAACP) May 30, 2024

Makes sense. If ask one black person for an interview and they don't respond then what else can you do but put on blackface?