Stuff White People Like

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Who said I wouldn't find it funny?

Psychlone has a good point about double standards, and it's an issue I've raised previously (long time back). However, I look at it more from snake321's perspective in that we should be able to use humour about race. Sadly, if I were to relate many of the race-related jokes I know I'd likely be arrested by the Gestapo's hate crime unit.

shortest snake post ever!

Chris Rock and others make jokes about black people everyday and people laugh. Mencia does the same with Mexicans. I think the rule is if you make it about your own people, then it is less offensive or something like that. the person who made the blog is white.

There is no "your people" or "my people", There is only one race, and saying its okay for people to make fun of "their own kind" is divisive and it promotes racism. Instead of saying there is "my kind" and "your kind" why not unite everyone instead?

*sigh* Im not trying to be devisive. I think you're reading into my comment too much. It's just common sense that you wouldnt get as mad if a white person called you a racial slur as an Asian or someone else. Another example would be, is it more offensive if your brother or sister called your mom a b*tch in your presence, or your best friend? It may be less offensive for your siblings to because this is their mom and will be for the rest of their lives, so at some point they will reconcile and they see her as a mom and this is just something she did. A friend however, may rarely see your mom, and by calling her a name he is saying all she is inside is a b.

Of course there is no such thing as race, but you're only dividing yourself if you really want to. Yes, the phrase "my or your people" can be divisive (if you take it that way, you really dont need to if you dont want to) and perhaps it was a poor choice of words on my part. Suppose I said, "if the person was from the same ethnic group as you."?

I think it is okay for people to make fun of themselves. It is completely up to the viewer if he or she takes it as racially divisive or uses it agaisnt that person in some way. It's up to you how you view things. You can choose to view it as a joke, or view it as "yeah all thse people DO act like that!", or view it as racially divisive. You dont have to let things pull you apart from your friends.

If someone who isnt white were to read that blog and say "this is why i dont like whites," then he or she, aside from being a dumbass, would should their complete ineptitude of separating observations from generalizations about a culture. He or she shows a lack of logical thinking. I've seen people use phrases or comments from The Chappelle Show and say, "yeah even dave chappelle thinks black people are so-and-so." and use that as a reason to justify prejudice. That's just stupid. If a person cannot separate a joke and a prejudiced belief, then he or she needs a reality check.

I'm white, and I could care...

Oh yeah, yogurt.

I was going to say yogurt to but my black friend eats that stuff

I have to add

11. Angel Food Cake
12. Cool Whip
13. Marshmallow Fluff
14. Miracle Whip
15. The Missionary Position

I think that whining incessantly about things that are in no way offensive isn't the best way to "unite everyone."

Plus, again, it's just a joke. Nobody is taking it to heart.

Now that I have read more of the website, I do find it a bit dated. More like popular notions about white people from about 30 years ago.

Brie cheese (tastes like rat poison) and Dry wines.

your wrong rat poison tastes exactly like mouse poison
Brie tastes like moldy shoes

Hold on.... (Takes bite of shoe)
Yeah, you're right.

The white stuff topic

Funny how stereoptypes are.The one about T-shirts is a riot. I did not know how pervasive the white culture is--it would seem to have infiltrated other ethnic groups as well. No one is immune to wondering if the people are whiter over there!

Raw meat.

This thread reminds me of that Dave Chappelle skit about white people and the electric guitar.