Black stereotypes

Robsweezie · 02-10-2014 02:56AM #1

you know the ones....

-black fathers don't support their children
-they love fried chicken, kool aid and watermelon
-women are portrayed as loud, opinionated and named laquisha,shaniqua etc.
-they have trouble with the police

point is, are these humorous or racist? what side of the fence are you on? we often see these kindve things played out in social media in the form of memes and vines and to be honest I would find them harmless and quite funny, so long as they don't promote hatred or intolerance.

Waitsian · 02-10-2014 02:58AM

Robsweezie wrote: »

point is, are these humorous or racist?

They are stupid and racist and not in the least bit funny. And they do promote hatred and intolerance.

catallus · 02-10-2014 02:58AM

Can fences even be racialist?

What?

Pewpewpew!

CaptainInsano · 02-10-2014 03:10AM

Shut it down.

krudler · 02-10-2014 03:24AM

Well all stereotypes are based on truth in some form. It's a stereotype Irish people drink a lot? why? Because loads of Irish people drink a lot. Yeah it's a cliche, doesn't make it 100% true for every Irish person though.
Shockingly, some black people do like fried chicken, there's a Popeyes right near me that is testament to this (I love it too it's bloody deliclious and way nicer than KFC), and yes some black women can be loud an opinionated, seen it loads of times. Does mean it's true for every black person? nope, but you'd want to be a special type of offence seeker to say these things don't happen. They do. It's where the stereotype originated from.

FunLover18 · 02-10-2014 03:36AM

Hold the Cheez Whiz · 02-10-2014 03:36AM

This thread will end well.

P.S. - Who doesn't like fried chicken?

Calm Down Brah · 02-10-2014 03:41AM

Hold the Cheez Whiz wrote: »

This thread will end well.

P.S. - Who doesn't like fried chicken?

Vegetarians, I hear.

ceadaoin. · 02-10-2014 03:41AM

Robsweezie wrote: »

you know the ones....

-black fathers don't support their children
-they love fried chicken, kool aid and watermelon
-women are portrayed as loud, opinionated and named laquisha,shaniqua etc.
-they have trouble with the police

point is, are these humorous or racist? what side of the fence are you on? we often see these kindve things played out in social media in the form of memes and vines and to be honest I would find them harmless and quite funny, so long as they don't promote hatred or intolerance.

Those are pretty ignorant stereotypes and not harmless at all. Maybe they are funny if you are a bigot who likes to make fun of black people but other than that I fail to see the humour.

Cookie_Monster · 02-10-2014 03:49AM

Robsweezie wrote: »

-black fathers don't support their children
-they love fried chicken, kool aid and watermelon
-women are portrayed as loud, opinionated and named laquisha,shaniqua etc.

I would be of the opinion that those stereotype relate to a general area of the southern states rather than blacks in particular.

Calm Down Brah · 02-10-2014 03:51AM

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

I would be of the opinion that those stereotype relate to a general area of the southern states rather than blacks in particular.

That's a stereotype of a stereotype...

krudler · 02-10-2014 03:53AM

The levels of faux outrage from people in this thread will be marvellous.

Robsweezie · 02-10-2014 03:58AM

im far from a bigot, and I don't go around making any kind of jokes towards any race, I was raised better than that. Shame the stuck up PC brigade are out in force though...regardless of race it's important we all learn to laugh at ourselves, and dismiss stereotypes as just that...mere stereotypes unrelated to reality. Often you'll see the ones partaking in these memes and vines are black people THEMSELVES. And power to them. If you're ignorant enough to believe in these exaggerations then that's another story. I personally don't. I will admit some of it is annoying and clichéd/unoriginal.

brandnewaward · 02-10-2014 03:58AM

its astounding in sydney the amount of people ask me ( out of ignorance , not badness) are us irish still blowing each other up.......funnily enough , its only asians that ask that

marketty · 02-10-2014 03:59AM

Black fellas have big mickeys.

What a terrible prejudiced stereotype to have hanging over you.

Cookie_Monster · 02-10-2014 04:03AM

brandnewaward wrote: »

its astounding in sydney the amount of people ask me ( out of ignorance , not badness) are us irish still blowing each other up.......funnily enough , its only asians that ask that

they're just distracting you with silly questions while they try to steal your stuff

Karl Stein · 02-10-2014 04:12AM

Robsweezie wrote: »

Shame the stuck up PC brigade are out in force though..

That's racist against the the PC brigade.

gladrags · 02-10-2014 04:21AM

Irish stereotypes

Stupid
Drunks
Always fighting
Red headed
Corrupt
Mad
Great Laugh( craic)
Leprechauns
Fiddlers
Sad

Amazingfun · 02-10-2014 04:28AM

marketty wrote: »

Black fellas have big mickeys.

What a terrible prejudiced stereotype to have hanging over you.

It isn't true anyways :cool::

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sashafierce · 02-10-2014 04:33AM

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beano345 · 02-10-2014 10:19AM

"They love friend chicken"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pyW6w5B7Aw

Ghost Buster · 02-10-2014 10:22AM

Robsweezie wrote: »

you know the ones....

-black fathers don't support their children
-they love fried chicken, kool aid and watermelon
-women are portrayed as loud, opinionated and named laquisha,shaniqua etc.
-they have trouble with the police

point is, are these humorous or racist? what side of the fence are you on? we often see these kindve things played out in social media in the form of memes and vines and to be honest I would find them harmless and quite funny, so long as they don't promote hatred or intolerance.

Stupid and doubly racist seeing as this is an exclusively African American stereotype you are using. Black people are across the globe you know....

02-10-2014 10:26AM

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BoJack Horseman · 02-10-2014 10:30AM

Ghost Buster wrote: »

Stupid and doubly racist seeing as this is an exclusively African American stereotype you are using. Black people are across the globe you know....

Meh.... I don't think its racist, as it doesn't imply prejudice or hatred.

Regarding African Americans, the list of stereotypes is pretty on the nose.

Duggy747 · 02-10-2014 10:46AM

I wish 70's jive talk would come back.

Herb Powell · 02-10-2014 10:53AM

BoJack Horseman wrote: »

Meh.... I don't think its racist, as it doesn't imply prejudice or hatred.

Regarding African Americans, the list of stereotypes is pretty on the nose.

"Black fathers don't support their children" is pretty fuccking nasty in fairness.

I used to get a big kick out of racist jokes when I was younger, because I took them ironically, i.e "Oh jesus, that's awful, lol", "There are people who really believe this shhit!", but I don't find it funny any more, or even joke with my friends, just because of the sheer amount of (racist) dicckheads who tell these jokes unironically, and use them to actually be offensive. I suppose what I mean is I used to find them funny, and use them as a way to make fun of retarded stereotypes, in a "it's funny cos it's not true" way, but have encountered far too many who enjoy them "because it's true".

Constantly hearing this nasty rubbish also definitely clouds your judgement in real life. So no, not really harmless on the whole, because most people have a hard time seperating the stereotypes from reality.

BoJack Horseman · 02-10-2014 10:56AM

Herb Powell wrote: »

"Black fathers don't support their children" is pretty fuccking nasty in fairness.

It is, especially when used as a sweeping statement.

It is pretty common though (or was when I was growing up).

allibastor · 02-10-2014 11:03AM

To be fair, if black people, the same as anyone else, don't want to have a stereotype used they should not promote it themselves.

How many films/songs/TV/comedy shows etc have there been when the black actor/whatever uses the stereotype to promote themselves.

I am an Irish man, I like to drink. I don't take offence when it is used a running gag. Why, we in Ireland promote this image as it is lazy humor.

Calibos · 02-10-2014 11:54AM

I'm not racist, I'm classist. To my mind, never attribute to race what can be attributed to socio economic background.

When channel surfing and I come across that Detroit based Pawn shop reality show and they are dealing with another gobby black female or male, I don't think to myself, "Bloody gobby black women!" I think bloody gobby knacks. An aussie reality show with a drunken gobby aboriginal? I don't think, "Bloody gobby abo's". I think bloody gobby knacks. Of course there are historical reasons they ended up and are trapped in this socio economic pit and racism is one of the things that perpetuates it in the case of my two examples, but the fact remains that I no more want to interact with them than I would a gobby dublin knack. It has nothing to do with the colour of someones skin and everything to do with the way a person acts.

The One Doctor · 02-10-2014 11:57AM

Robsweezie wrote: »

you know the ones....

-black fathers don't support their children
-they love fried chicken, kool aid and watermelon
-women are portrayed as loud, opinionated and named laquisha,shaniqua etc.
-they have trouble with the police

point is, are these humorous or racist? what side of the fence are you on? we often see these kindve things played out in social media in the form of memes and vines and to be honest I would find them harmless and quite funny, so long as they don't promote hatred or intolerance.

Ummmm.... do you live in the US or Ireland? In Ireland there no very few black stereotypes. You post isn't very relevant to Ireland.

wazky · 02-10-2014 12:03PM

*The sound of trumpets and horse hooves coming from a distance*

It's the High Horse Brigade and the PC brigade all rolled into one!

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