These Things Are Racist. You Wouldn't Believe Number Three!

[BvBPL]

Consider this an incomplete list of things you didn't know were racist until today.

#1. Cracker Barrel. The restaurant chain, mainly focused on rural America, is the target of a petition to change its name and logo. The name is a racially-charged insult towards white people, and the logo, with its man on a chair, stereotypes white people as overall wearing, chair rocking kindly grandfathers.

#2. The black and tan. The US state department has come out to say that a stout on top of an ale is offensive because it calls back to paramilitary anti-Irish terrorists. No word on whether or not terriers are still acceptable.

#3. The fleur de lis. The symbol of New Orleans is offensive because, under French rule, some slaves were branded w/ the symbol after escape attempts.

#4. Tanning. A recent Thanksgiving-orientated ad offered sexy color as shown by a woman in leather fringe. Nothing is quite as offensive as drawing attention to the skin color of a woman wearing a dress made from Dennis Hopper's jacket in Easy Rider.

#5. Taxing tanning. According to a guy who people actually voted for, taxing tanning, as provided for in federal Romney care, is racist as it only targets white people.

Please feel free to add other things to this list of things people didn't know were racist. Don't be niggardly with your examples!

 

[Triewd]

Consider this an incomplete list of things you didn't know were racist until today.

#1. Cracker Barrel. The restaurant chain, mainly focused on rural America, is the target of a petition to change its name and logo. The name is a racially-charged insult towards white people, and the logo, with its man on a chair, stereotypes white people as overall wearing, chair rocking kindly grandfathers.

#2. The black and tan. The US state department has come out to say that a stout on top of an ale is offensive because it calls back to paramilitary anti-Irish terrorists. No word on whether or not terriers are still acceptable.

#3. The fleur de lis. The symbol of New Orleans is offensive because, under French rule, some slaves were branded w/ the symbol after escape attempts.

#4. Tanning. A recent Thanksgiving-orientated ad offered sexy color as shown by a woman in leather fringe. Nothing is quite as offensive as drawing attention to the skin color of a woman wearing a dress made from Dennis Hopper's jacket in Easy Rider.

#5. Taxing tanning. According to a guy who people actually voted for, taxing tanning, as provided for in federal Romney care, is racist as it only targets white people.

Please feel free to add other things to this list of things people didn't know were racist. Don't be niggardly with your examples!

Oh come on thats silly, like all politically correct nonsense. I don't find any of that offensive....

 

[Borachio]

"Niggardly" is a particularly egregious example, no?

Spoiler :

Carrying, as it does, overtones (or is it undertones?) of miserliness. Many of the poorest peoples in the world have unjustly earned themselves the reputation for being mean and stingy.

Spoiler :

I bet you thought I was going to say something else.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I never heard of the restaurant, but Cracker Barrel Cheese is something I've seen advertised for a very long time without any problems.

 

[Zkribbler]

The rightwing's War on the Word "Racist" continues. With racism now one of the main weapons in the Republican arsenal, it's doing all it can to remove the stigma of the word.

Some of their recent ploys:
Tolerance is now a form of racism.
The phrase "Uncle Tom" is as racist as the N-word; I heard this said by a couple of talking heads on Fox News, who were both obviously Uncle Toms.
If racism has been around for a long time, it's okay because it's "heritage."

 

[Goodfella]

You should write for buzzfeed or upworthy

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Tolerance is now a form of racism.

Yep. How dare we ask racists not to say racist things in public. How double-dare we ask that they actually abide by laws and charters and constitutions and just plain current norms of civility.

 

[Formaldehyde]

#1. Cracker Barrel. The restaurant chain, mainly focused on rural America, is the target of a petition to change its name and logo. The name is a racially-charged insult towards white people, and the logo, with its man on a chair, stereotypes white people as overall wearing, chair rocking kindly grandfathers.

Um, this is clearly a parody.

But, ironically, the restaurant itself is well-known for being incredibly racist. They were sued back in 2004, claimed they would do all they could to reverse this, and yet they continue to be featured in the wrong side of news reports such as this.

#2. The black and tan. The US state department has come out to say that a stout on top of an ale is offensive because it calls back to paramilitary anti-Irish terrorists. No word on whether or not terriers are still acceptable.

The Washington Examiner? Really?

You should always check to see who is carrying a particular story. The only people even touching this one are the usual far-right suspects.

As for me, I'm going to wait until the State Department makes this issue of their magazine public before even venturing an opinion based on what he actually stated.

#3. The fleur de lis. The symbol of New Orleans is offensive because, under French rule, some slaves were branded w/ the symbol after escape attempts.

It looks like this one might actually be credible and have a reasonable basis:

USA Today: Is the fleur-de-lis racist?

But there is no way in hell you are ever going to get the city of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana to admit it, despite signs of overt racism all over the city and state.

#4. Tanning. A recent Thanksgiving-orientated ad offered sexy color as shown by a woman in leather fringe. Nothing is quite as offensive as drawing attention to the skin color of a woman wearing a dress made from Dennis Hopper's jacket in Easy Rider.

The least you could have done is use the original HuffPost Style article, instead of this woman's interpretation of it:

Tanning Salon Promotes 'Indian Color' In Misguided Thanksgiving Promo

So, non-controversy - just someone poking fun at a number of incredibly stupid ads.

Spoiler :

#5. Taxing tanning. According to a guy who people actually voted for, taxing tanning, as provided for in federal Romney care, is racist as it only targets white people.

Does anybody really care what a congressman nobody has every heard of before and John Boehner think is racist?

I sure don't. Republican congressmen in general don't have a clue what is actually racist, or they are intentionally ingoring the facts because they think it makes their party look bad, which it does.

So, where did you get this list?

 

[JollyRoger]

The move from black and white tv to color tv was certainly rasist.

 

[BvBPL]

As for me, I'm going to wait until the State Department makes this issue of their magazine public before even venturing an opinion based on what he actually stated.

July/August edition. Page eight.

 

[bhavv]

I recently had a chance to correctly use 'niggardly' in a sentence on this forum!

I felt so intelligent ... Until the majority of people (outside of the highly intelligent ones on this forum) see that word and automatically consider it racist.

Even when I say, 'oh no, google search 'define: Niggardly', or just look it up in a dictionary' ...

'Why would I want to look it up? I already know what it means you racist' ...

The amount of self inflicted 'hey! Look at me, I'm an idiot and proud!' implied by that sentence is unbelievable.

 

[Formaldehyde]

July/August edition. Page eight.

This is from 2012? And the far right is just now getting around to whining about it? I presumed it must be the current issue that wasn't on their website yet.

After reading the article I find nothing negative about it in the least. And what he talked about in his column regarding NIKE is exactly what did occur.

‘Black and Tan’ shoes force Nike apology

One of the articles on the internet critical of him was actually deriding the State Department for even having someone in his position, as though the State Department doesn't have to concern itself with diplomacy at all:

Taxpayers Are Paying For A “Chief DIVERSITY Officer” To Tell Americans How To Not Offend Him

No, they are rightfully telling State Department personnel to watch what they say because it can offend others without them even realizing it. This is basic common sense instead of a matter which should even be criticized.

 

[BvBPL]

This is from 2012? And the far right is just now getting around to whining about it? I presumed it must be the current issue that wasn't on their website yet.

Let me get this straight: your primary complaint is that your are hearing about this three years on, and that's some how the far right's fault.

 

[Formaldehyde]

Let me get this straight. You read my posts and that is the absurd conclusion you drew from them?

And yes, it escaped my attention that this article which you posted was nearly 3 years old.

 

[BvBPL]

Let me get this straight: a shoe company made a shoe and now diplomats can't order a beer.

 

[Formaldehyde]

Let me get this straight. I can put whatever nonsense I want here.

 

[illram]

Consider this an incomplete list of things you didn't know were racist until today.

#1. Cracker Barrel. The restaurant chain, mainly focused on rural America, is the target of a petition to change its name and logo. The name is a racially-charged insult towards white people, and the logo, with its man on a chair, stereotypes white people as overall wearing, chair rocking kindly grandfathers.

I thought you were going to mention Cracker Barrel because they settled a discrimination lawsuit in 2004 for $8.7 million, which included allegations that black patrons were intentionally seated in the smoking section and fed food out of the trash.

 

[bhavv]

Let me get this straight, I am not straight?

 

[BvBPL]

I thought you were going to mention Cracker Barrel because they settled a discrimination lawsuit in 2004 for $8.7 million, which included allegations that black patrons were intentionally seated in the smoking section and fed food out of the trash.

I might have, but you already knew about that so it was inapplicable for this thread.

 

[Borachio]

Let me get this straight: I can't go outside looking like this?