Is 'blacking up' racist?

[Raikiri]

You come across as a narrow minded person who loves to stereotype. In an ideal world we would all be humans. We don't need to characteristic people on their looks. This is not crimewatch.

I'm not characterising them, you seem to think that I'm attributing personality traits or stereotypes when it's simply used to describe their appearance.

Now stop being an idiot.

so how do you point people out?

jsmoke: "hey loo kat that person over there"

*points at large crowd of people*

Friend "Which one?"

jsmoke "That one"

Friend "???"

jsmoke "The human"

Friend "They're all humans"

jsmoke "Yes, yes they are..."

Friend "I hate you so much"

 

[Tefal]

Now stop being an idiot.

Stop stereotyping idiots, associating them with this guy gives them a bad name.

 

[jsmoke]

Stop stereotyping idiots, associating them with this guy gives them a bad name.

Coming from the 'human' who posted the above. hmmm..

 

[BFCTom]

Can't be as bad as when I rocked up to a family fancy dress party as Jesus with a priest present

 

[Tefal]

Can't be as bad as when I rocked up to a family fancy dress party as Jesus with a priest present

did you let him feel your mahogany hard abbs?

(everyone knows Jesus had rock hard abbs)

 

[yhack]

Coming from the 'human' who posted the above. hmmm..

Don't start with toasters, that's racist.

 

[One]

Screw A-Team, go in black face and sing this song for ultimate insult.

 

[OpenToSuggestions]

If you are blacking up for a fancy dress party you may as well add a few stereotypes to the outfit. Blacking up feels like very half arsed when you could really create a cracking outfit. If it is a private fancy dress party go all out and have a blast.

PLEASE go as the cartman the raccoon.

 

[Tefal]

If you are blacking up for a fancy dress party you may as well add a few stereotypes to the outfit. Blacking up feels like very half arsed when you could really create a cracking outfit.

he's going as l4d Louis, all he need sis a bottle of pills and a crazed expression non his black face and he's perfect.

oh and a sense of boundless optimism.

 

[Raikiri]

Don't start with toasters, that's racist.

Hey now, stop trying to stereotype Tefal, he's an appliance and hopefully one day all white goods will be seen as appliances. I mean sure, I might try to make tea in the dishwasher or put my clothes in the oven but it's a small price to pay so that I can be morally superior by claiming I don't notice obvious physical differences.

 

[Uncle Petey]

WHITE GOODS!!!???

Racist...

 

[Bennie-Mac]

A conversation I just had with my girlfriend jsmoke style:

Me - Oh no, Michael Clarke Duncan died!

Her - Who?

Me - That actor, he was in Armageddon.

Her - ??? Describe him

Me - He is rather large, with short dark hair and a deep voice.

Her - Uhh still dont know

Me - He's also very muscular.

Her - Nope, no idea.

Me - THE MASSIVE BLACK GUY FROM THE GREEM MILE!

Her - Oh no Why didnt you just say that in the first place?

 

[spoffle]

Plenty of black people are still persecuted today, you only need to look at these very forums to see that pathetic racists still exist!
And even sadder than that it's fairly rife among our youth

Having worked as a part-time youth worker for nearly 7 years I have had to deal with multiple situations ranging from racist graffiti, 15 year old skinheads singing white supremacists songs in the club, regular casual racism and the worst one was having to break up a fight where a bunch of these young racists had set upon a black kid outside the youth club!

Sadly bigotry is still well alive and kicking

It's not really applicable. It's not really "black" people that are being persecuted in the situation you describe. It's people who aren't white.

"Racism" isn't really subjective. Something is determined as being racist when the act is intended to be racist. Persecution of some one because of their race is racist. It's all about intention and context.

 

[Moothead2]

It isn't racist, no. Even if somebody thinks its racist it isn't as long as it isn't done with racist intentions.

 

[Van Hellseek]

 

[Squark]

That's racist!

 

[Angilion]

Yes because then everyone knows what you're talking about.

If someone asked me where a man with 'medium brown skin' was, I'd be thinking if I saw an Indian person or something. It's not racist to describe someone as they are. To be offended you must think it's in some way bad to be black.

I explained it in the post you replied to, but I'll do it again here.

You divide humanity into two groups based on defining people by wildly inaccurate descriptions of the colour of their skin. That, obviously, promotes racism. What other purpose could it have? It's not racist to describe someone as they are...and that's the opposite of what you're doing.

What offends me is the inaccuracy, the deceit and the hypocrisy, all of which promotes racism. Your giant leap to a completely irrational conclusion in order to insult me is just silly.

 

[Angilion]

wait when one says medium brown, what are the two extremes?

Black and very pale pink, but white would do for that extreme. I've never met anyone with skin that pale, but albinism does occur in humans.

The existence of two extremes doesn't mean that every person on Earth must be assigned to one or the other regardless of how inaccurate that is.

anmd more importanly how the hell do you describe "white" people Angilion?

asd we sure as **** aint white, cream, peach, pink?

It's a good question. I usually half-arse it with "pale" because I haven't thought of anything better, but I go with "white" if it's close enough.

 

[DAIR]

Thread is funny.

Shows how petty and sensitive people are about race. I have no problem being referred to a "black" and wouldn't hesitate to describe another man as being "black" or "white".

 

[DAIR]

You come across as a narrow minded person who loves to stereotype. In an ideal world we would all be humans. We don't need to characteristic people on their looks. This is not crimewatch.

Newsflash .... This isn't an ideal world.

We all characterise people by their looks..... Its natural.

*big explosion*

Deal with it!