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Inapickle Flag South West 23 Dec 16 11.27pm

Originally posted by Cucking Funt

When people resort to arrogance, insults and being patronising, they're not even worth being listened to, let alone respected.

..but, they may have a narcissistic personality disorder in which case they cannot help it and are obviously not taking their pills to stop it, did you not think about that Cucking, because you may have offended them!

I'm loving this.

 

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NickinOX Flag Sailing country. 23 Dec 16 11.38pm Send a Private Message to NickinOX Add NickinOX as a friend

Originally posted by Inapickle

..you may have just upset a dyslexic.

That may well be true, but he's a regular trolling and abusive dyslexic if that is the case.

 


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.TUX. Flag 24 Dec 16 2.02am

No.

 


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braunstoneagle Flag the middle of bumf*** nowhere... 24 Dec 16 9.37am Send a Private Message to braunstoneagle Add braunstoneagle as a friend

thats a great fancy dress costume.

thats really funny. its not racist at all in my opinion

 


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Helmet46 Flag Croydon 24 Dec 16 9.50am Send a Private Message to Helmet46 Add Helmet46 as a friend

Originally posted by nickgusset

I'm taking it as read that all those who have said it's not racist are white.


Spike Lee covered this subject in the film Bamboozled [Link]


In a bizarre coincidence I took it as read that those who have said it IS racist are also white. (I put that down to the L/R thing).

Edited by Helmet46 (24 Dec 2016 9.51am)

 

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nickgusset Flag Shizzlehurst 24 Dec 16 10.07am

Originally posted by Helmet46


In a bizarre coincidence I took it as read that those who have said it IS racist are also white. (I put that down to the L/R thing).

Edited by Helmet46 (24 Dec 2016 9.51am)

What do blacks say?

 

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Helmet46 Flag Croydon 24 Dec 16 10.23am Send a Private Message to Helmet46 Add Helmet46 as a friend

Originally posted by nickgusset

What do blacks say?


That's kind of my point. I have no idea if they would find this offensive or not. We just seem to have a society where loads of white people are saying they would or they wouldn't or it is or it isn't - and the majority of them have no idea either.

I wouldnt find it offensive if a black bloke dressed as a stereotypical white bloke but that's just me. However I wouldn't do it because I don't know if it would cause offence or not.

 

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Yellow Card - User has been warned of conduct on the messageboards Hrolf The Ganger Flag 24 Dec 16 10.41am Send a Private Message to Hrolf The Ganger Add Hrolf The Ganger as a friend

Originally posted by nickgusset

What do blacks say?

I just asked one and he said, nickgusset is a pinko honky.

 

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johnfirewall Flag 24 Dec 16 11.34am Send a Private Message to johnfirewall Add johnfirewall as a friend

Originally posted by jamiemartin721

Is it racist - Its racially very insensitive, given the history of blacking up, and then blacking up and going as a beach sunglass seller isn't the cleverest or wisest move, and always likely to be risky.

But it doesn't make him a racist. The important question is whether anyone there was offended. Its a pretty stupid thing to do (and if you're going to black up, at least go fantasy or celebrity).

He's also old enough to understand why blacking up is very racially insensitive and likely to cause offence.

I'm guessing even Antiques Roadshow has been the subject of some sort of complaint. Someone's always offended by something.

99% of the time all we're seeing is costume/ make-up with no other intentions than to impersonate someone of another race whereas this is a pretty direct example of him mocking a particular group.

The kid dressing up as his favourite rugby player is a good example of something being absolutely free from any intent to present a negative stereotype.

Of course we can't take offence out of the equation and let the intention dictate whether an action is acceptable as people would just around being cnuts blacking up and pleading ignorance but neither can we have people dictating that you can't even dress up as someone from another culture dressing up as something (see Ashley Tisdale and the Day of the Dead backlash).

 

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7mins Flag In the bush 25 Dec 16 1.29pm Send a Private Message to 7mins Add 7mins as a friend

Originally posted by nickgusset

What do blacks say?

I'm mixed race, don't find it racist at all.

 

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madcap_v2 Flag SE25 / Ibiza 27 Dec 16 9.19pm Send a Private Message to madcap_v2 Add madcap_v2 as a friend

I wish people would stop telling people what they can/can't be offended by.

Blacking up isn't racist per se. The only controversial thing about this costume as he's dressed up as a black stereotype, which some may find a little bit more offensive.

That being said, I can't say I'm too fussed about it.

 


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johnfirewall Flag 05 Jan 17 1.09am Send a Private Message to johnfirewall Add johnfirewall as a friend

While we're on the subject of 'blackface' I've just come across the term 'yellowface', which refers to the portrayal of East Asian characters by white actors, as I'm sure you can probably guess but the confusing part is this is a term coined by activists who are happy to describe themselves as yellow but not be played on stage or screen by anyone else.

The biggest irony though is the criticism of 'yellowface' in the film The Cloud Atlas, where Halle Berry plays Hispanic, Jewish and unspecified indigenous American characters with no controversy whatsoever.

 

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