MLK Party at Tarleton State

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by starang21

who defines what's "abusice?" if you have a 10 person group, and 9/10 say they're offended....and that last person says they're not...what sort of conclusion would you come to? and who are you to say what people should/should not be offended by?

I never said people shouldn't be offended. Thanks champ. Pretty sure I said I thought it was insensitive. Before you get all bent out of shape at the offending party and accuse them of being racists....maybe you should consider why there is a very real stereotype to begin with.

[UGAalum94]

I just wanted to say that I'm probably not thinking enought about how I would feel as a member of a minority group. If I were the only woman in a company, and the guys had a party in which they made fun of Paris Hilton and dressed up, I would wonder what they thought about women generally.

I will say that sometime otherwise well-meaning folks do dumb stuff. These college kids may only know black people like themselves and are pretty racially unconscious, so making fun of these stereotypes doesn't seem to be a condemnation of the whole race. They only see it as a parody of things they see on You Tube.

[starang21]

Originally Posted by macallan25

I never said people shouldn't be offended. Thanks champ. Pretty sure I said I thought it was insensitive. Before you get all bent out of shape at the offending party and accuse them of being racists....maybe you should consider why there is a very real stereotype to begin with.

i didn't accuse them of being anything. quit looking for it. whether or not there is truth to the matter is irrelevant. i'm sure aunt jemima with a gun is a very real stereotype.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by starang21

i'm sure aunt jemima with a gun is a very real stereotype.

Right, the combination is not a really stereotype which is why it's hard to assume that it reflects much of anything at all. I imagine it was just sillyness.

But if you think about it, the addition a of a gun to Aunt Jemima "mammy" stereotype is kind of interesting. hum. . .

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by starang21

i didn't accuse them of being anything. quit looking for it. whether or not there is truth to the matter is irrelevant. i'm sure aunt jemima with a gun is a very real stereotype.

Haha, no Aunt Jemima with a gun, although somewhat funny sounding, is not a very real stereotype..........however, eating fried chicken, drinking 40s, and wearing baggy clothing is.

[UGAalum94]

How about the stereotype that frat guys are insensitve jerks to the poor?

Seriously, Shinerbock, how did you intend that last post?

Are you just trying to fire people up?

[shinerbock]

Of course I am. I'm making light of how people treat stereotypes.

[starang21]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

Of course I am. I'm making light of how people treat stereotypes.

how people, or how white people treat stereotypes?

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

How about the stereotype that frat guys are insensitve jerks to the poor?

Seriously, Shinerbock, how did you intend that last post?

Are you just trying to fire people up?

What post was that?

[shinerbock]

It was a short story about getting asked for money last night. I deleted it as to not start a riot.

[macallan25]

I think it needs to be re-posted.