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Happy Monkey · 02-01-2019, 05:51 PM

On the subject of blackface....

Buh bye.

Undertoad · 02-01-2019, 09:23 PM

Phoenix columnist sees blackface photo posted in local restaurant, photo is actually of coal miners, columnist gets angry anyway

xoxoxoBruce · 02-02-2019, 12:24 AM

Black face was used by white entertainers to appear as black entertainers because it's common knowledge blacks have more rhythm. No, that's not it.
If they wanted to fool anyone the wouldn't paint exaggerated features in white and red.

Black face was used by white entertainers to appear as black to make comedy routines funnier because it's common knowledge blacks are buffoons. So the slapstick would be more believable than from a normal(white) person.
I think that may be it. Plus if the act happens to make some people attach the buffoonery to a particular person and that person is offended, you don't want it to be an armed white man, nor him to know what you look like.

Am I missing anything?

Undertoad · 02-02-2019, 07:03 AM

Yes: in modern day, anything even approximating that is secret racism, which many white people believe is the worst form of racism.

Griff · 02-02-2019, 08:45 AM

I'm more against open racism like um, blackface.

Undertoad · 02-02-2019, 08:53 AM

And coal miners?

Griff · 02-02-2019, 08:55 AM

I'm against mining coal, but not coal miners.

Let them eat gas, solar, wind, and nuclear.

sexobon · 02-02-2019, 10:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Yes: in modern day, anything even approximating that is secret racism, which many white people believe is the worst form of racism.

In addition, there's secret blackface in which white people wear blackface covered by whiteface and it's really hard to detect. You have to scrutinize every white person you meet for telltale black or grayish "smudges" where they got sloppy and didn't adequately cover the blackface; or, the whiteface got disturbed. Don't even bother looking for signs of secret blackface in photos; however, 'cause they're all shopped.

henry quirk · 02-02-2019, 11:45 AM

"Let them eat gas, solar, wind, and nuclear."

Nah, they just need to learn to code (like laid-off Buzzfeed 'reporters').

Clodfobble · 02-02-2019, 03:59 PM

Psh. Coding is an after-school extracurricular these days. All the soccer moms became coding moms. But they're late to the party--the next wave of workers will contain far too many coders and not nearly enough geriatric caretakers.

Griff · 02-02-2019, 04:41 PM

truth

To be fair, who wants to spend their days taking care of baby-boomers?

xoxoxoBruce · 02-03-2019, 04:22 AM

Yeah, those boomer whippersnappers are all whiney and shit.

Clodfobble · 02-03-2019, 08:54 AM

Meh... tell that to the young black kid who joked about how hot the white woman was in the 50s. Good thing no one ever got offended back then.

fargon · 02-03-2019, 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Meh... tell that to the young black kid who joked about how hot the white woman was in the 50s. Good thing no one ever got offended back then.

I hope to think that we have evolved beyond that.

Clodfobble · 02-03-2019, 08:22 PM

We haven't. The power has just shifted a little.

02-01-2019, 05:51 PM	#91
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02-02-2019, 12:24 AM	#93
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Black face was used by white entertainers to appear as black entertainers because it's common knowledge blacks have more rhythm. No, that's not it. If they wanted to fool anyone the wouldn't paint exaggerated features in white and red. Black face was used by white entertainers to appear as black to make comedy routines funnier because it's common knowledge blacks are buffoons. So the slapstick would be more believable than from a normal(white) person. I think that may be it. Plus if the act happens to make some people attach the buffoonery to a particular person and that person is offended, you don't want it to be an armed white man, nor him to know what you look like. Am I missing anything? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-02-2019, 08:45 AM	#95
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I'm more against open racism like um, blackface. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-02-2019, 08:55 AM	#97
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I'm against mining coal, but not coal miners. Let them eat gas, solar, wind, and nuclear. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-02-2019, 03:59 PM	#100
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Psh. Coding is an after-school extracurricular these days. All the soccer moms became coding moms. But they're late to the party--the next wave of workers will contain far too many coders and not nearly enough geriatric caretakers. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

02-01-2019, 09:23 PM	#92
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Phoenix columnist sees blackface photo posted in local restaurant, photo is actually of coal miners, columnist gets angry anyway

02-02-2019, 07:03 AM	#94
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Yes: in modern day, anything even approximating that is secret racism, which many white people believe is the worst form of racism.

02-02-2019, 08:53 AM	#96
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	And coal miners?

02-02-2019, 11:45 AM	#99
henry quirk maskless: yesterday, today, tomorrow Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,162	"Let them eat gas, solar, wind, and nuclear." Nah, they just need to learn to code (like laid-off Buzzfeed 'reporters').

02-02-2019, 04:41 PM	#101
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	truth To be fair, who wants to spend their days taking care of baby-boomers? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-03-2019, 04:22 AM	#102
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yeah, those boomer whippersnappers are all whiney and shit. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-03-2019, 08:54 AM	#103
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Meh... tell that to the young black kid who joked about how hot the white woman was in the 50s. Good thing no one ever got offended back then. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

02-03-2019, 08:22 PM	#105
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	We haven't. The power has just shifted a little. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

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