Most Ignant thing you've heard in class/anywhere

TotallyWicked · #1 06-06-2008, 01:18 AM

Got this from a facebook group entitled "you say some ignant sh!t in class, I should cut you, but I want to graduate"

I know there have been more than one instance when you're in class, having a conversation with people, or just listening on others' convos and you hear someone say some ridiculously ignorant comment, especially in regards to sexual orientation, race, class, gender, ability, religion, etc.

What situations have you been in that you'd like to share?

Most of mine didn't come about til college..well h.s. yes but the college ones are more shocking cause..well we're all supposed to be 'smart' right?

In my Anthro class on Race & Identity, we were talking about the correlation between Race and Class, this one dude goes on to say the following:

"I don't think there is a correlation between race & class, I mean I watch a lot of 'cribs' and they always show the Black rappers with the big houses and large chains"

this came after he touched on mobility of Blacks in America:
"I think we'll see a female president before a Black one, but Black people can be rich without having to be president, like basketball players and rappers"

One this year, that had I allowed myself to do what I wanted to do, I would've been ejected from my university PRONTO!

I'm a sociology senior and I was in a Soc 101 course..i needed a blowoff course so I took it, but I knew it was going to be hell because I was with freshmen who had the whole world figured out..ironically it was the poli sci, pre-med seniors who were totally clueless.

the MONDAY after the Northern Illinois shootings occurred the professor decided to ask us to analyze the profiles of school shooters who are dominantly white middle class males, I respond with:

Me: well if we are looking at it sociologically, wouldn't the angst be a construct especially with regards to White Heterosexual Middle Class Christian Males
Prof: Let's not assume they have everything made for them, anyone else
Pre-Law Student: Well alot has to do with the amount of pressure we have to succeed, but you wouldn't know anything about that

Well

I responded with 'that doesn't justify someone killing someone else, and excuse me I grew up in a poor neighborhood to a poor family and I still made it here and I don't know about pressure to succeed?'

Man, I wanted to kick that dudes azz for saying that, how is it our 'future' can be so IGNANT

naturalrose · #2 06-16-2008, 09:28 PM

in a lounge
random guy: what country is that flag
Me: Guyana
Random guy: oh you are caribbean me too!!!
Me: oh!!! where are you from??
Random guy... Detroit!
me: bye

christiangirl · #3 06-16-2008, 11:12 PM

girl in class: I'm sorry I didn't mean to laugh at you but I couldn't help myself!
me: So are you telling me you are incapable of controlling your own actions? That's your excuse hurting someone's feelings?
girl: yes, isn't that good enough?

random guy on the net: "I don't have a problem with people like you who come to believe in God of their own free will, but everyone knows Christians are just a bunch of mindless sheep who've all been brainwashed. There's no way you came to God on your own--that's impossible. You were socialized into it."
me: "Wait, you said you have no problem with me because I came to God on my own but now you just said you believe that's impossible."
random guy: Ummmm......

girl: You don't do anything but put people down.
me: All I said was that you couldn't look at my report. I was perfect cordial about it.
girl: Whatever! You are nothing but a child, you had no right to speak to me like that.
me: So you've upgraded from insulting me to namecalling. That's mature.
girl: YEAH BOO BOO I ALWAYS UPGRADE!

president of my school: "Research shows that conservatives are having more children than the liberals. That means the Christians will soon outpopulate the nonbelievers! We're overtaking them!

teacher: We all know what it's like to be followed around a store because we're black.
me: Yes, we do!
girl: Now CG you know nobody's every followed your light behind.
me: So you think light-skinned people don't deal with the same issues other black people do?
girl: Of course not, you aren't really black. You'll never have to deal with someone accusing you of stealing or calling you the "n" word. That stuff doesn't happened to light-skinned people and you know it.

white guy: I have a joke I know you're gonna love! So why are black people getting stronger?
Me: uuuuhh.....why?
white guy: Because TV sets are getting heavier!
*dead silence*
me: I don't think that's very funny.
white guy: Why not???

*girl and I are talking and skin color comes up somehow. I make some mention of her being dark-skinned*
girl: *flips from laughing to angry* Don't call me dark. (she's about a shade darker than Kelly Rowland)
me: Honey, what's wrong with being dark? You're beautiful.
girl: I AM NOT DARK-SKINNED, STOP SAYING THAT!!
me: No offense, but what other shade am I supposed to call you? You should be proud, your skin is gorgeous.
girl: I'm not dark, stop saying that! Just because I'm not light like you or have your hair...
me: What the hell are you talking about, all I do is put mine in a ponytail. You're the one who knows how to do hair. You can do more with your short haircut (it fell just below her ears) than I could ever do with mine, your hair is beautiful!
girl:MY HAIR IS NOT SHORT AND I AM NOT DARK!!! DON'T SAY THAT, GET OUT OF MY ROOM!!!

Man...Some people just...dang.

lovehaiku84 · #4 06-17-2008, 09:12 AM

Wow. She kicked you out of her room? Sounds like the girl in your last post had some serious personal problems...

Little32 · #5 06-17-2008, 09:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by christiangirl

*girl and I are talking and skin color comes up somehow. I make some mention of her being dark-skinned*
girl: *flips from laughing to angry* Don't call me dark. (she's about a shade darker than Kelly Rowland)
me: Honey, what's wrong with being dark? You're beautiful.
girl: I AM NOT DARK-SKINNED, STOP SAYING THAT!!
me: No offense, but what other shade am I supposed to call you? You should be proud, your skin is gorgeous.
girl: I'm not dark, stop saying that! Just because I'm not light like you or have your hair...
me: What the hell are you talking about, all I do is put mine in a ponytail. You're the one who knows how to do hair. You can do more with your short haircut (it fell just below her ears) than I could ever do with mine, your hair is beautiful!
girl:MY HAIR IS NOT SHORT AND I AM NOT DARK!!! DON'T SAY THAT, GET OUT OF MY ROOM!!!

Man...Some people just...dang.

I have a similar reaction when people call me light.

Well, not exactly. I have never kicked anyone out of my room.

DIVA1177 · #6 06-20-2008, 03:19 AM

WOW. Ok, christiangirl...ya friend was trippin!!! OH, and I LOVE your Harry Potter reference

NOW--
I was in a chat room and guy said that Barak Obama was the speaker for Black America because a survey said that a majority of African Americans were voting for him.

OH and a guy in a forum referred to a Dashiki and Kufee as "Jack-in-the-box" Muslim garb.

I gotta stay out of those damned political forums...

teena · #7 06-20-2008, 07:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by christiangirl

white guy: I have a joke I know you're gonna love! So why are black people getting stronger?
Me: uuuuhh.....why?
white guy: Because TV sets are getting heavier!
*dead silence*
me: I don't think that's very funny.
white guy: Why not???

This is pretty funny though

Granny · #8 06-20-2008, 09:25 AM

One day in college this girl asked me what sport I played. Mind you, I am full-figured and far from athletic looking. Clearly she thought the only way African Americans were getting into Villanova was through the athletic department.

Little32 · #9 06-20-2008, 11:34 AM

One of my students asked me what I meant by underline.

Dreamer19 · #10 06-29-2008, 12:02 AM

For some of y'all that don't know... Africa is now considered a country. Lol..! I heard this from a grown man.

tld221 · #11 06-29-2008, 01:23 AM

in walks the only white girl in one of my Af-Am studies class, upset at the news that a(nother) black professor was leaving our university, stating, "did you hear Professor Smith is leaving? I SO wanted to have his black babies."

rest of (black and other minority) students: :shock:

christiangirl · #12 06-29-2008, 03:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dreamer19

For some of y'all that don't know... Africa is now considered a country. Lol..! I heard this from a grown man.

Yep, I used to get that one, too.

In high school, there was a girl who always asked me questions because I was the only one nice enough to not whoop her behind for asking. My favorite was "What's up with black people and fried chicken?"

AKA_Monet · #13 06-29-2008, 08:38 PM

When I was a kid in h.s. in SoCal mid-1980's.

3 white dudes in my calculus class were talking about going to college.

Dude 1: Hey, what school are your going to.
Dude 2: IDK, probably UCLA...
Dude 3: DUDE! You can't go to UCLA, they have to accept all those Black people
Dude 2: Well, if they have to accept all those Black people, then they have to accept us at a Black school
Dude 1: What Black school? Grambling?

Then they saw me...

Current encounter--2007:

Boss: The only reason why AKA_Monet is here is because she is Black and the only way she got her Ph.D. is through Affirmative Action...
LMF: (Laughing)
Azn Dude: (Shock)

Next day, I found out, I called my husband and he said "I want you to leave."

Welp 21 years and ZERO change in race relations for my life!

elusive47 · #14 06-29-2008, 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

When I was a kid in h.s. in SoCal mid-1980's.

3 white dudes in my calculus class were talking about going to college.

Dude 1: Hey, what school are your going to.
Dude 2: IDK, probably UCLA...
Dude 3: DUDE! You can't go to UCLA, they have to accept all those Black people
Dude 2: Well, if they have to accept all those Black people, then they have to accept us at a Black school
Dude 1: What Black school? Grambling?

Then they saw me...

Current encounter--2007:

Boss: The only reason why AKA_Monet is here is because she is Black and the only way she got her Ph.D. is through Affirmative Action...
LMF: (Laughing)
Azn Dude: (Shock)

Next day, I found out, I called my husband and he said "I want you to leave."

Welp 21 years and ZERO change in race relations for my life!

Wooooooooooooooooow at the 2007 encounter. You'd think your own co-workers would have enough sense and logical thinking skills to know that there is no such thing as an Affirmative Action degree, and that earning a Ph.D takes years of research and writing for anyone. SMH

AKA_Monet · #15 06-29-2008, 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elusive47

Wooooooooooooooooow at the 2007 encounter. You'd think your own co-workers would have enough sense and logical thinking skills to know that there is no such thing as an Affirmative Action degree, and that earning a Ph.D takes years of research and writing for anyone. SMH

Apparently, that did not matter to them... Reason for my departure. That amount of torture was not worth it to me or my health... And I am almost 40...

So yeah, it happens. A Ph.D. is not enough... That's a book in fact...