Hugo Gorilla - 2013-06-02
I was expecting some kind of sanctimonious Cosby-style monologue from the title.
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Sexy Duck Cop - 2013-06-02 The problem is that it's perfectly fine to criticize black people--or more specifically, certain aspects of black culture--without being racist. Every tribe, affiliation, and demographic on the planet has an in-group blind spot that only outsiders can notice, and there's nothing malicious or condescending in offering a third-party perspective. Can you imagine if white people told black people they should never criticize white privilege because they're not white? Or if men told women they're sexist for pointing out institutionalized sexist attitudes?
When our discourse boils down to "You don't know me because you're not me", we risk devolving all our morals and values into a relativistic soup where every person is right, no one is wrong, and we're all special in our own ways. Worse, we risk turning constructive debate into a game of one-upsmanship where the person with the most tragic life story is the automatic winner. If, for example, only black people can criticize the black community, then are black women not allowed to criticize black men? What are atheist black lesbians allowed to talk about? Are they confined to only discussing the world through the prism of an unbelieving female African-American homosexual?
Sorry for the dissertation, but this issue really bugs me.
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Cena_mark - 2013-06-02 Then they should be able to make their criticize without having to outsource their frustrations through Bill Cosby.
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That guy - 2013-06-02 Shut up, you Jello Pudding Pop.
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Sexy Duck Cop - 2013-06-02 "Then they should be able to make their criticize without having to outsource their frustrations through Bill Cosby."
Agreed, but I've still found myself using Berkeley linguist/New Republic columnist John McWhorter to channel my views as political cover regardless. White guilt is a helluva drug.
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Kabbage - 2013-06-02
Holy shit
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Rodents of Unusual Size - 2013-06-02
I am now reminded of the time James Buchanan taught me how to wax a mustache. He felt up my ass and pretended it was because of a "limp" from his "war days" and he had to "steady himself".
That was a really awkward day. No one is ever going to believe me. Use Colonel Touchy Feely's Mustache Wax.
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memedumpster - 2013-06-02
His hair leans to the right.
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il fiore bel - 2013-06-02
That Frederick Douglass had style.
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kingarthur - 2013-06-02
This is great. On soooooo many levels.
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SolRo - 2013-06-02
I HAVE RETURNED FROM THE GRAVE TO TELL YOU to comb your hair.
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sosage - 2013-06-02
I've been watching the progress of our people...and that's enough about that. How bout that hair!
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Comeuppance - 2013-06-03
Nothing says "respecting your culture and heritage" like selling your culture and heritage out for hair products.
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Crab Mentality - 2013-06-03
Wait a minute, everyone's talking about racism, but what I'm seeing is a product sold towards modern (at the time) black culture, by using a historical figure?
I mean, it's the same as having George Washington tell you it's patriotic to save money by buying a new mattress.
They're both despicable, but I'm not so much seeing racism as I am seeing a disrespect for historical figures, and assuming their opinions. (BUY THINGS)
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kingarthur - 2013-06-03 Wait, this is real? I figured it was an attempt at a comedy sketch on Soul Train...
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duck&cover - 2013-06-03
Ironically, the fumes of the product Douglass demanded the young man use destroyed his ectoplasmic form.
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