givin me a heart attahk, its the kand i lahkkk

[Spartacus]

they are not

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_d ... hl-wp16211

for reasons cited in post #38 of this thread

[ecto]

bronzer is now racist

[neopolitan]

It blows my mind that people are caught off-guard when others find this stuff offensive.

[VHGisdead]

it's 2011 you guys

[Spartacus]

It blows my mind that people are caught off-guard when others find this stuff offensive.

1. it is never a surprise, and no one is surprised
2. the jay-z costume is not offensive

[Grover]

So this is okay with you, Sparty?

[seriesfinale]

any dark makeup is considered "blackface", apparently

What the

[nakedlunch]

and here I had almost gone an entire October without the annual is blackface ok argument

[Robo-Chachi]

and here I had almost gone an entire October without the annual is blackface ok argument

Oh no you're not!

[FourLegsGood]

So Raffi Torres has 99 problems and having half the hockey world calling him a racist is one.

[neuartillery]

What about blackface on the penis? That cool?

[Broncobama]

I went to a party where two people were in blackface as Cain :\

[evil olive]

In 1993 I went as 'Sexual Chocolate' and wore blackface. It was a huge hit but this was in Victoria, one of the whitest cities in Canada.
In 1994 I went as 'Sexual Chocolate' and was told to remove my blackface or get my ass kicked at the bar. This was in Halifax, one the cities with the largest black population in Canada.

I'm glad there wasn't twitter in 1993 or 1994.

[Bad craziness]

hey guys check it out, I'm Jay-Z! also, all negroes are silly, ignorant and inferior and they deserve to be mocked and belittled, as I am currently demonstrating

[Future]

the thread title seems like a reasonable statement but then i read the content of Sparty's post and it seems he meant to end that statement with a question mark or even the question mark-exclamation mark combo.

[Spartacus]

So this is okay with you, Sparty?

i have a problem with people actually dressing up as minstrels and putting on blackface makeup. i don't have a problem with people dressing like celebrities. it does not appear that raffi torres was dressing up as a minstrel. rather, he was dressing up as a rapper he likes.

if he wore a jay-z mask, no one would be offended.

[Broncobama]

It's the kind of thing where you might not think it should be offensive at a high level ... traditional blackface was offensive primarily because it was associated with offensive caricature (comically large lips, etc.). In theory, if you wanted to be a black person you'd have to darken your skin, just as it would be impossible to convey Smurf without making your skin blue.

Like, I can see how rational minds might be able to separate the historical stigma from the actual act.

But the nanosecond you see it in real life it just hits you. It's wrong.

[nakedlunch]

just so I can get out of this thread asap:

-blackface isn't as bad as some ppl think it is. most people are just trying to look more authentic and not play up any black stereotypes

-you are a legitimate hardcore asshole if you paint your skin black for halloween. You know how some people feel about it and decide you don't care. get fucked, fuck you, there are a million things you can dress up as that don't stir up known issues with people. don't be a dick, be a vampire or something

[quite a muslim]

I don't understand how people can be okay with blackf

[shark week]

just give it a few more years

[ecto]

tl;dr: NL dressed up as jacob from twilight this year

[nakedlunch]

which 1 is jacob? is he the one all the chicks want 2 bone?


I prob should have done that instead of having to explain to every girl who Frank Serpico was

[Zwischenzug]

Well, I guess Sparty is never running for public office.

[Broncobama]

which 1 is jacob? is he the one all the chicks want 2 bone?


I prob should have done that instead of having to explain to every girl who Frank Serpico was

"You know, from that episode of It's Always Sunny?"

[bengood]

raffi torres also sucks at hockey

[Spartacus]

But the nanosecond you see it in real life it just hits you. It's wrong.

it's offensive not because the guy meant anything by it (he didn't), but because others associate it with something.

the association itself is pretty weak, in my opinion. if there's makeup on a white face, it's blackface. that seems to me a pretty broad way to define something "offensive". it doesn't matter whether it looks like minstrel makeup or not. all that matters is there is dark makeup on a face. and it's a white person wearing it.

[VHGisdead]

Do you think maybe it's not the dark makeup per se that makes it offensive?

[nakedlunch]

which 1 is jacob? is he the one all the chicks want 2 bone?


I prob should have done that instead of having to explain to every girl who Frank Serpico was

"You know, from that episode of It's Always Sunny?"

must have said this 30 times

[FourLegsGood]

Why isn't there a White Entertainment Television?!

[Spartacus]

-you are a legitimate hardcore asshole if you paint your skin black for halloween. You know how some people feel about it and decide you don't care. get fucked, fuck you, there are a million things you can dress up as that don't stir up known issues with people. don't be a dick, be a vampire or something

well ok, this is a decent point.

i guess i just wish people would be able to make the distinction.

anyhow.