How is this racist?

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: ric1287

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: MotionMan

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: WhinyWoman
Do you deny that there are certain minority individuals who look for racism even where there is none?


WhinyWoman

Of course, there are some, just like there are punk ass, pussified whiny little bitches, peeing themselves and crying like a retarded schoolgirl over far, far less signigicant things right here on this forum . . . bitch.

You are now my bitch.

:|

I guess, once you run out of anything useful to argue, since you know you have lost, you resort to name-calling and diversion tactics.

Who is the whiny bitch now?

WhinyWomanCriesAboutLackofFS/FTLove

I think you're just stupid enough to be believe you've "won" something.

Get me a beer, bitch, then bend over and I'll deliver your prize to you.

Perknose
Elite Senior Moderator

awesome

Yea seriously

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: MotionMan

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: MotionMan
So, why do you assume that the offended gentleman mentioned by the OP is not one of those people?

I didn't. I never did.

Please find the quotes from me in this thread where I did, or man up, come back here and admit your unbelievably retarded and basic mistake.

Originally posted by: Perknose

I think clueless, self-satisified white guys who have not experienced determined, pervasive and often explicit racism themselves from cops, real estate agents, loud mouthed good ol' boys, mortgage lenders, white g/f's mommas and random other people who can and do cross the street at their approach continue to keep their collective heads up their asses when dealing with the not unreasonable continuing sensitivity of black people to race.

Originally posted by: Perknose

Yeah, it is. You are in the group who doesn't care. Sit down and have a man-to-man with him, explaining how it wasn't meant to be racist. Be prepared to hear some personal experiences from him that understandably make him thin-skinned about this shit.

MotionMan

Neither of which equate with a person who looks for racism even when there is none.

Originally posted by: MotionMan
Do you deny or admit that there are minorities, including some very well-known public activists, who look for racism even where there is none

I'm done with you, you have lost on TWO points of BASIC FACT herein already, which makes you either stupid or relentlessly dishonest . . . or both.

 

[MotionMan]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: MotionMan

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: MotionMan
So, why do you assume that the offended gentleman mentioned by the OP is not one of those people?

I didn't. I never did.

Please find the quotes from me in this thread where I did, or man up, come back here and admit your unbelievably retarded and basic mistake.

Originally posted by: Perknose

I think clueless, self-satisified white guys who have not experienced determined, pervasive and often explicit racism themselves from cops, real estate agents, loud mouthed good ol' boys, mortgage lenders, white g/f's mommas and random other people who can and do cross the street at their approach continue to keep their collective heads up their asses when dealing with the not unreasonable continuing sensitivity of black people to race.

Originally posted by: Perknose

Yeah, it is. You are in the group who doesn't care. Sit down and have a man-to-man with him, explaining how it wasn't meant to be racist. Be prepared to hear some personal experiences from him that understandably make him thin-skinned about this shit.

MotionMan

Neither of which equate with a person who looks for racism even when there is none.

Originally posted by: MotionMan
Do you deny or admit that there are minorities, including some very well-known public activists, who look for racism even where there is none

I'm done with you, you have lost on TWO points of BASIC FACT herein already, which makes you either stupid or relentlessly dishonest . . . or both.

So, you are saying that the gentleman was reasonably and rightfully offended by the other person mistakenly calling him "Cleveland"?

MotionMan

 

[LtPage1]

Originally posted by: compuwiz1
People of race are using the race card too much lately. This does not help, infact, it hinders progress.

Ignoring a problem does not make it disappear. However, it sounds like this guys' overreacting a little. If he felt insulted and marginalized, a better response would have been to comment on that and then moved on. But it's not really your, or my, place to be offended when someone is offended by prejudice. Unintentional prejudice can be more hurtful than intentional racism.

 

[videogames101]

Originally posted by: LtPage1

Originally posted by: compuwiz1
People of race are using the race card too much lately. This does not help, infact, it hinders progress.

Ignoring a problem does not make it disappear. However, it sounds like this guys' overreacting a little. If he felt insulted and marginalized, a better response would have been to comment on that and then moved on. But it's not really your, or my, place to be offended when someone is offended by prejudice. Unintentional prejudice can be more hurtful than intentional racism.

Taking offense to something that was not intended to offend isn't ignoring a problem, it's creating one.

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: LtPage1

Originally posted by: compuwiz1
People of race are using the race card too much lately. This does not help, infact, it hinders progress.

Ignoring a problem does not make it disappear. However, it sounds like this guys' overreacting a little. If he felt insulted and marginalized, a better response would have been to comment on that and then moved on. But it's not really your, or my, place to be offended when someone is offended by prejudice. Unintentional prejudice can be more hurtful than intentional racism.

What about Buckwheat? Still a little over reacting?

When you say marginalizing you're halfway there too.

 

[SlitheryDee]

Originally posted by: Zebo
People that knew you could get that colloquial but if some unknown in a professional training meeting called me that i'd be pissed off ( i look a bit wild too) like I said trivializes/characters their humanity and is unprofessional. This is not a frat house.

Edit : not sales but training...

Yeah I can see that. For some reason I wasn't really accounting for the fact that they were all strangers.

If a stranger at work were to spontaneously start calling me by some random character's name it would be strange. I still can't see how anyone could think it has any connection to race though.

 

[MotionMan]

Did OP ever say what the offended gentleman's name actually was?

MotionMan

 

[frostedflakes]

Black hole video, for the lulz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc1zGRUPztc

 

[yowolabi]

Originally posted by: XMan

Originally posted by: Hacp

Well someone in your group labeled him and laughed about it. The blame might not be yours, but the guy who mocked "Cleveland" likes to be a jerk.

Oh baloney, we laughed at the guy who called him Cleveland. The guy who called him Cleveland forgot his name, he wasn't mocking him. He's one of the most self-effacing anti-jerk people I've ever met.

Assuming what you said above is true, why the hell would he assume that you were laughing at the guy instead of the "joke" that he made?

 

[IGBT]

Originally posted by: zerocool84
I've been the only white guy in a work place full of black people and mexicans. They would say stuff but I wouldn't care. I think people just look for an excuse to call others racist. I never felt uncomfortable cus I didn't really care that they were black or white or mexican. I have enuogh self confidence to know that I can fit in anywhere. I really dislike people like Al Sharpton who look for racism anywhere and blow things WAAAAY out of proportion.

..megaPhone maniac sharpton makes a ton of money off the race rackets. he also loves the attention.

 

[XMan]

Originally posted by: yowolabi

Originally posted by: XMan

Originally posted by: Hacp

Well someone in your group labeled him and laughed about it. The blame might not be yours, but the guy who mocked "Cleveland" likes to be a jerk.

Oh baloney, we laughed at the guy who called him Cleveland. The guy who called him Cleveland forgot his name, he wasn't mocking him. He's one of the most self-effacing anti-jerk people I've ever met.

Assuming what you said above is true, why the hell would he assume that you were laughing at the guy instead of the "joke" that he made?

Just saw this. Because we said, "Hey <guy>, you'll never believe what this goofy Canadian called you."

 

[XMan]

Originally posted by: SlitheryDee

Originally posted by: Zebo
It's racist because he prescribed a fictional character to a person, why didn't you just say 'you know Sambo', same thing...

You're much better off to use a descriptive term .... the black guy whats his name?

There is nothing derogatory about it if the resemblance is genuine and the character being compared is not unsavory (I assume that's not the case here). It's actually more efficient to use a character that everyone is familiar with as that will carry with it a whole range of attributes that they can use to identify the person you're talking about. It also works if they act in a way that's markedly similar to a character.

People used to call me "Kramer" because I had the habit of sort of bursting into rooms unannounced, having unkempt hair, and generally acting weird. I look nothing like the character from Seinfeld, but everyone agreed that the comparison was accurate. I'll bet that you have a very good picture in your mind of the kind of person I am just because I told you that. See how that works?

The guy looked like a combination of Big Mike from Chuck and Cleveland from Family Guy.

 

[MotionMan]

Boy am I glad this thread has been revived.

:roll:

MotionMan