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In reply to the discussion: Not to sound racist but... [View all]MellowDem
(5,018 posts)35. I usually don't think racism has much to do with it...
as much as bigotry. I think a lot of people who are bigots are so because of stereotypes they hold to be true rather than ascribing to racism as an ideology.
Here's another one called "Shit Girls Say to Gay Guys"
I usually find that these videos actually poke fun at bigoted assumptions by presenting what some may not find as offensive from a different perspective, as the cameraman, putting the viewer in the shoes of a black woman or gay guy in this instance.
I don't know if I find the OP's video as funny only because I'm not a black woman and really haven't seen white girls say this kind of stuff to black women, but I bet it's funny as hell to black women who have had to deal with that situation. And, I still think it's quite funny. But being a white guy, it's not a situation I have to deal with and just haven't happened to see.
I find the one I posted to be more funny only because it's more relateable. I am not gay, but an ex-girlfriend of mine was friends with a lot of girls that would hang out with gay guys, and so much of it rang true. I remember being annoyed at some of how her friends acted towards gay guys, and I never could see myself acting in a similar or reversed way to my lesbian friend, mostly because it seemed to be somewhat offensive in some ways. There was a lot of stereotyping I guess you could say.
In a way, these videos present a bigoted idea of a white woman in the OP's video or just women who are friends with gay guys in mine, but I think this is done more to lay bare to those doing the stereotyping how it can be hurtful.
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I'm not offended. at all. It's just the culture of hip-hop which has pervaded black culture
Ecumenist
Jan 2012
#21
Yeah, and I'm a white woman and I don't speak like the "girls" the original vid speaks of either. n/
whathehell
Jan 2012
#30
Do you go around saying that you want you end a conversation because "Maury is On"?
Ecumenist
Jan 2012
#52
I appreciate your opinion and your educational accomplishments but IDO NOT SPEAK THAT WAY
Ecumenist
Jan 2012
#56
I loved "In living color"....Thought it was smarter and funnier than SNL every was. n/t
whathehell
Jan 2012
#32