Stuff White People Like: GC Race War 2008

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Exactly. There's a lot of baggage with that stereotype, but if those two items were on a list, then it would make me think that the creator of the list wasn't being very original. The things on this blog don't resort to stereotypes at all, but are still pretty funny.

Now, if someone put "shrimp" on a list of things black people like, that could be funny. Almost every black person I know (well, almost everyone I know, regardless of race) LOVES shrimp. If you had an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet, it would be packed with black people!

But, now that I look at the blog, it's more like "Stuff Upper-Middle-Class White Liberals Like."

nah...I know one person who hates shrimp and I look at them like they have grown two heads...hehehehe

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

nah...I know one person who hates shrimp and I look at them like they have grown two heads...hehehehe

I know more than one person. One of whom is from the Coast and was raised on nothing but whole crabs, crawfish, shrimp, and catfish.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

nah...I know one person who hates shrimp and I look at them like they have grown two heads...hehehehe

See, that's why I said "almost every black person"!

My grandmother is deathly allergic to shellfish, so obviously she doesn't love skrimps.

I don't do fried shrimp AT ALL. I usually do sauteed in real butter or steamed.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Now, if someone put "shrimp" on a list of things black people like, that could be funny. Almost every black person I know (well, almost everyone I know, regardless of race) LOVES shrimp. If you had an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet, it would be packed with black people!

Especially those disgusting popcorn shrimp.

If I eat shrimp, they will be OldBayed steamed jumbo or sauteed in a salad--something that cheap all you can eat buffets won't do that well.

The history behind why certain groups eat certain foods is tied to factors like disproportionate socioeconomic status, access to cheap foods (we know disgusting popcorn shrimp are cheap), and the leftovers that slave owners gave blacks during slavery. People pretend that slavery (and the control and genocide of nonblack minorities, as well) and other forms of racial separation are sooo over but they live on through things like people's eating habits and socialization patterns. *putting one finger in the air as I dismiss myself*

[srmom]

I've got to say that some of those entries were pretty spot on, and hilarious.

I really liked the one about "gifted kids".

If the kid is in trouble in school all the time, it's because they are too smart for boring school. Hee! I heard that alot from moms whose kids were terrors!

[Scandia]

I do not think any of these things are liked exclusively by white people.

If it were the other way around- writing about "stuff (people of another race) like", there would be an uproar. Unfair double standard.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by Scandia

If it were the other way around- writing about "stuff (people of another race) like", there would be an uproar. Unfair double standard.

Did you read this thread?

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by Scandia

I do not think any of these things are liked exclusively by white people.

If it were the other way around- writing about "stuff (people of another race) like", there would be an uproar. Unfair double standard.

Ummm, hi, did you even read the thread? Or did you just feel the need to state the obvious?

[Senusret I]

^^^ I am pretty sure DSTCHAOS refuted this argument on page one.

[Senusret I]

haaaaa jinx!

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

haaaaa jinx!

CMB!!! We all we got, Senusret!!

[UGAalum94]

Upon careful reflection on this very sensitive topic, I have decided to offer this observation:

Red and purple make so much sense as flavor names because the favors associated with the words on the package, like cherry and grape, have absolutely no relationship to what cherries or grapes actually taste like.

[DSTRen13]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

Upon careful reflection on this very sensitive topic, I have decided to offer this observation:

Red and purple make so much sense as flavor names because the favors associated with the words on the package, like cherry and grape have absolutely no relationship to what cherries or grapes actually taste like.

So very true. And if I went around talking about cherry Kool Aid, I'd get weird looks, so why bother with that?

[macallan25]

I just made grape Kool - Aid. It's the shit.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by macallan25

I just made grape Kool - Aid. It's the shit.

But it's not "purple." You're fired.

Do you like your Kool Aid really sweet and potent or watery and bland.

(another test)