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Examples: White people can't dance, .
Just because someone doesn't know that the association of certain stereotypes does not mean that they are unaware of racism/prejudice etc.
BTW, the poll should have been "Good, Bad, Other" not "yes, no, other".
I'm an idiot today.
On one hand, a person who is truly oblivious to such stereotypes has probably not directly exposed to much racism in their lives. Which is good. On the other hand, they might be oblivious to the racism because they have not have been exposed to it because they have not had much exposure to people who belong to the stereotyped groups, which is a bad thing.
There's also the possibility that they aren't really oblivious to the stereotypes, but are simply doing the poor victimized white person routine to pretend that the poor victimized white person cannot say anything anymore without being accused of racism".
why should today be any different from every other day? :lol: :laughat:
I'm not sure how someone who is truly aware of racism and prejudice could fail to be exposed to such stereotypes, though. It seems to me like their "awareness" of such things would have to be akin to most people's "awareness" of quantum mechanics. They might understand that it exists, but they wouldn't be able to recognize anything about it or talk about it in a meaningful way.
Good point. I'm MORE of an idiot today than normal. :lol:
perhaps because they are not 100 years old and are unfamiliar with blackface watermelon eating stereotypes, but are familiar with saggy jeans stereotypes.
Until Obama got all bent out of shape about it, I did not know that the term "comeuppance" had anything to do with blacks at all--I thought it was a southern thing to do with smart assed kids.
Some people forget there is a reason they have that sterotype my step mother drives like a lunitic . I was litteraly afraid for my life twice this year .
The stereotypes being discussed are not obsolete ones that one must be 100 to have encountered. They are used all the time today.
What are you talking about here and how does it relate to stereotypes?
IMHO, I think the whole "getting offended" by some stereotype is ridiculous. the vast majority of stereotypes are based to some degree or another in truth.
But, I guess it depends on the stereotype.
stereotype: blacks are criminals = offensive
stereotype: blacks like fried chicken = really? tell us something we don't know mother****er
stereotype: white people can't dance = and???
stereotype: white southerners **** their sisters = offensive
still puzzled by the fact that it's more offensive to make a comment about fried chicken than it is to call someone a liar.
Perhaps by comedians, but not so much other people
Apparently comeuppance has something to do with uppity black people. Ask your President. He was the one who felt McCain or whoever was be racial.
This is not really about whether or not the comments should be viewed as offensive (although it's pretty clear that they were intended to disparage Tiger Woods in some way, and I perosnally think that should be taken into account when deciding if something should be taken as offensive).
this thread is more about whether or not people being oblivious to the racial stereotypes is good or bad. There are presumably plenty of threads discussing whether or not the comments are offense worthy already.
I like fried chicken and watermelon, so I find it hard to view those as some kind of stereotype.
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