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I'm sick and tired of hearing about how "Offended" ppl are over race issues. Grow the hell up. Move on. African Americans haven't been slaves in over 200yrs. I could understand if they were still slaves. Or even if slavery was something from our parents generation. But it's not.
I can't let that post slide.
First of all, I can only think of one person who even used the word "offended" or any variation of it to describe their reaction. It's more, "why the hell did he decide to add THAT to the story?". It's not as simple as "he used that word" or "he's talking about me", it's "Why put that in there?". Because some of us feel that a person who does that is a person who has that in their heart. Without knowing the OP, or having some other context to draw from (whatever that could be...) I don't think it's ridiculous at all to question the OP about his personal attitudes.
The second part of that paragraph is a much too commonly held attitude, and I've heard it since the Civil Rights era. Just because someone doesn't have a title to you, like a car, doesn't mean you are free or equal in this society (In the United States).
It's every bit as ignorant to say that race doesn't matter today as it would be to say that nothing has changed in 200 years.
I wish it weren't the case, but it is, and the people who cry Foul! didn't make it this way, and aren't keeping it this way. In large part, it's people who think like you do - you aren't slaves, you can vote, you can work, what's the problem? - that help keep it this way.
So you look around and Hip-Hop is ruling the charts, Oprah rules daytime TV, Barack Obama is one of the favorites to win the White House, Michael Jorden, Tiger Woods, The Williams Sisters, Dave Chapelle, Denzel Washington, etc...
SIGNS of progress.
This is like saying "Well, the Indians have Casinos." It would be retarded to think THAT solved all the problems, but still, at least you got that. At least you got something.
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Plus we all know the truth. If you had just paid $100+ to see your favorite comedian say this story you really wouldnt be so offended.
That depends on your expectations. It depends on a lot of things.
Jerry Seinfeld voice: "So the other daaay, I was out in my SUMMONER outfit, and these three NEGROES came walking up to meeee..."
Jerry Seinfeld would be out of a job.
Jerry Seinfeld voice again: "So the other daaay, I was out in the park, and this GUYY, who's DRESSED UP in a SUMMONER outfit, comes up to me and goes, "Stand back! There are Negroes after me!" <pause> And I'm thinking to myself, "......Negroes?". And he's got this stick, this, this, shepherd's staff, and the guy starts POKING these guys with it."
Jerry Seinfeld is not out of a job. But people do wonder why Jerry Seinfeld felt he had to go THERE to be funny.
The very simple question that arose from the original post was: Is this representative of the author's attitude? Because I find it hard to believe that anyone who doesn't hold those kinds of attitudes would repeat it, even as a joke, about anyone.
So the OP posted later on - 3 pages later - that it was supposed to be a train wreck of jerks. Fine. Good. But it's disturbing that so many people are willing to accept that, just write it off as humor, without knowing. Would it have been disturbing if the OP had instead replied, "Yeah, that's what I think of black people. So?"
But anyway, on the subject of humor:
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On behalf of all black people in America
ROFL. The most unintentionally funny line in this thread. I haven't heard the term "peckerwood" since Word Association with Chevy Chase and Richard Pryor.
Someone sign Mr. Self Important up for his own forum before he blows up.