Running racism in America thread

That's how I interpreted it and I fully agree with your post.

We can't leave up monuments to racism just because we're afraid the racists will have hurt feelings.

 

All I ever meant was that if you attack something important to another group, don't be shocked when they attack something important to you.

 

Wow. That sure sounds like stereotyping by you. You've gone way past contrarian these days.

I know. I know. You hide from me here, but not at the other place. It just shows what kind of cover you need to face me.

 

Sorority faces a permanent ban for "racist" TikTok video from two years ago in which its members lip-synced to a Chris Brown song that frequently used the n-word.

URI sorority suspended due to racist video – ABC6

The university will decide what it wants to do one way or another. I'm more curious about the media outlet's decision to so definitively call it a "racist video." Is it racist for white people to lip sync along to a song by a black artist they apparently appreciate and enjoy when that artist happens to use the n-word? These girls weren't in blackface. From the bits of video in the article, they don't appear to be mocking the song or the black artist. Maybe we're missing something because the news station decided not to include any foul language in a story about foul language, but it kinda just looks to me like a bunch of white people enjoying the song and singing along.

I'm white. I'm middle aged. I've been listening to hip hop since Run DMC was telling us how to walk, Rakim was telling us he ain't no joke and N.W.A. came straight outta Compton. I have financially supported hip hop artists since 1991 when I picked up my first Public Enemy album at the local record store — my first album with explicit lyrics. Since then, I have supported many artists who use the n-word.

At age 41, as I ride my John Deere to mow the lawn on Saturdays, I usually listen — and often sing along with — rap lyrics that include the use of the word. I don't love their use of the word, but I appreciate their artistry. I love their use of language in spite of that word. Their language includes plenty of foul words, acts I would never condone, behavior I abhor. But it's not my life that I'm singing along to. So, as I sing the lyrics along with the song, I'd no more commit 187 on a muthafuckin cop as I would call my homie an n-word.

I find it fairly irresponsible for a media outlet label the video racist, without delving into WHY it is racist. From the incomplete video they posted, it looks like a bunch of white girls like a Chris Brown song.

I am open to more evidence of racism in this 2-year-old video, but from what that story showed, I do not see it.

 

If that's all there is to it -- sorority girls singing along to lyrics that include that word -- this seems like an overreaction.

But I would add that if you're a white dude or white girl, don't think that "singing along" is somehow permission to use the word.

 

These guys clearly don't agree.



If this is the reaction when a cop is held accountable for his actions and will have to explain them to a jury of his peers...defunding might not be enough.

 

Sounds like some suspensions and/or more job openings in APD

 

I understand the way they feel but that's not the way to protest.

 

It's like the Cultural Revolution, but for breakfast.


Uncle Ben, Mrs. Butterworth and Cream of Wheat Face Scrutiny

But Kevin D. Thomas, a professor of multicultural branding in the Race, Ethnic and Indigenous Studies Program at Marquette University, said he hoped the current push for change would finally lead to a substantial overhaul in the marketing world.

“I’m hoping this is a reckoning and we’re going to start seeing something that becomes pervasive,” Professor Thomas said.

For decades, many have expressed concerns about the matronly shape of the Mrs. Butterworth’s container.

“I think the key issue with Mrs. Butterworth is her physical shape, which strongly resembles the mammy caricature,” Professor Thomas said. “So while she’s been personified as an elderly white woman, mainly through vocal affect, her physique and style of dress bear a striking resemblance to that of the mammy.”

In its statement, ConAgra Brands said Mrs. Butterworth was “intended to evoke the images of a loving grandmother.” But the company said it wanted to stand in solidarity with “our black and brown communities, and we can see that our packaging may be interpreted in a way that is wholly inconsistent with our values.”

The images of placid, smiling African-Americans on commercial products were often created during times of racial upheaval, Professor Thomas said.

 

We'll see.

This was bad enough that the chief resigned almost immediately.

Wonder if this had something to do with it.

Revealed: officer who killed Rayshard Brooks accused of covering up 2015 shooting

 

They should take the artificial color out of the syrup and the bottle.