It's funny that I've started this huge thread from one post.
RentCavalier wrote:I hate how fucking weak-kneed white people have become.
We are so goddamn afraid of being seen as racist or politically incorrect that it's turning us into milquetoasts beyond reproach. You know the word nigger? It was a pretty common term back in the day for black people, and the most common person to use it was white. Now? The word is the absolute WORST word in the English language. Nobody can utter it, even in a completely unhateful context. Some say it's a history thing, some say the meaning behind it is still there. I say, it's because white people are fucking pussies.
I'm sick of it all. I hate racism and racists as much as the next reasonable person, and I sure as hell hate the very CONCEPT of slavery. Yet when I'm sitting in an ethics class, listening to my peers--my supposedly educated peers--unable to bring themselves to say six-little letters--it gets my blood flowing. It's not like we're any LESS racist for omitting the word from our lexicon. We still are. Oh, be careful around Black people, they'll steal your shit. Their music is all about guns and violence against women. Racial profiling. Stereotyping. We're still fucking racist--the only difference is, we're in complete denial about it.
You know what is refreshing nowadays? A guy who actually says, believes, and defends saying horribly racist things. I'd rather have a conversation with the most hot-blooded, ignorant bastard who thinks that Jews are running this country to the ground, wetbacks are stealing our jobs, and niggers are violent criminals, then I would some self-righteous fucktard who is so concerned about SEEMING tolerant and polite that he or she completely misses the point--that is, it doesn't matter what you look like or even what you say, but how you ACT that makes you racist. And you know what? Each and every one of us have acted at some point or another in a way that could VERY easily be seen as racist.
That being said, this mayor guy is a fucking idiot. A government employee, insulting the WIFE of the goddamn President? Ha. I'll expect your desk cleaned out by morning.
You probably made my point better than I did.
I don't give a shit about "racist" words or "racist" jokes or even "racist" stereotyping. I joke about signs appearing in Spanish (in a normally uni-lingual country) in front of places like Lowes and Burger King (and lo and behold most of the workforce in the BK is Mexican). I joke about when I take the shortcut through the poor area of town, there's always these thug gangsta types driving Escalades and pregnant 18-year-old black chicks carrying two kids and wearing a shirt that doesn't fit her belly because she's too poor to buy a better shirt, but apparently has enough money to have three kids.
Does that make me racist? Not really. I just make fun of people who fit the stereotypes so well. There's a difference between believing that stereotypes fit SOME people, and believing that stereotypes fit ALL people, or all of a certain class of people. I don't believe that stereotype fits for all black people, nor even all poor black people. It just pisses me off when people pidginhole themselves into bad stereotypes.
As far as this mayor, well, I don't know if he's racist because I haven't seen him ACT racist. He hasn't passed any racist laws, or said anything racist ON THE RECORD, like in his official job. Half of the Republican Senate committee for appointing Soyomayor IS racist! They said some pretty fucking stupid and racist comments that betray their true intentions.
"But, but, the jokes?" Fuck the jokes. They are jokes. We said some pretty bad ones during the Clinton era. Remember the one about the first pitch? We were basically calling the first lady a bitch, and we laughed at that joke. Hell, that was pre-Monica, too. How many dick and cigar jokes did we make for him? We laughed at Chris Rock when he's said that the first lady didn't suck his dick enough.
"But, but, it said...nigger" Fine whatever. Maybe he is a racist for passing it along and not thinking about how it could be construed by his friends. However, frankly, I'm disappointed at the double-standard. Black people can say nigger all they want. They can use it in their jokes, plaster it all over their music, use it as a greeting. White people can't. As soon as you say or use the word, you're suddenly labeled a racist.
Does that mean black people are racist against their own people? Just how "black" do you have to be to be able to use it? Dark black? Brown? Light brown? What if you LOOK white, but are actually black? What the fuck does it matter? It's just a goddamn word.
With some of the gamers I've played with on Warcraft 3 Ventrilo channels, it's endless. Every day, every time I came on. Privately I find myself thinking they sound so absurdly gay that if they were conscious of it, and if it weren't so acceptable to act like a dumbass, they'd be embarassed beyond belief. 
