California Coaches + Teacher Suspended for wearing blackface - Polidicks

It's just three white guys trying to be those three Jamaican bobsledders. What the hell is wrong with that? Are you saying that people can't try to closely resemble the characters they're trying to portray if they do a shitty job at it?

What if a black person puts on blackface? are they like, super racists? Oh Oh Oh can I call black clowns racist too? I mean they wear white face paint...

[QUOTE=FunnyStarRunner;42740029]-quote-[/QUOTE] That was exactly my point.

[QUOTE=Matrix374;42741705]It's just three white guys trying to be those three Jamaican bobsledders. What the hell is wrong with that? Are you saying that people can't try to closely resemble the characters they're trying to portray if they do a shitty job at it?[/QUOTE] no one would care if they simply wore the jamaican olympic attire, it's when they blackfaced people started to care, we're saying if you're gonna do something that has a historical context of dehumanizing or mocking an entire race, prepare for consequences??? [QUOTE=Bridger;42741823]What if a black person puts on blackface? are they like, super racists? Oh Oh Oh can I call black clowns racist too? I mean they wear white face paint...[/QUOTE] blackfacing would still be a racist thing, they wouldn't be the spokesperson for the entire human population, and white face paint has nothing on the historical context of blackfacing??? whys it so hard understanding that just because it seems mild and unoffensive to you, it's a completely different mindset to other people lol

As a black dude I thank the whole thread for defending me and saying that I would be totally offended and dehumanized by this shocking travesty, thank you facepunch for so passionately arguing the most inane things again.

[QUOTE=Louis;42741963]As a black dude I thank the whole thread for defending me and saying that I would be totally offended and dehumanized by this shocking travesty, thank you facepunch for so passionately arguing the most inane things again.[/QUOTE] reminding people that blackfacing can offend people =/= passionately defending you and every single person in existence but ok buddy!

[QUOTE=lolwutdude;42741899]blackfacing would still be a racist thing, they wouldn't be the spokesperson for the entire human population, and white face paint has nothing on the historical context of blackfacing??? whys it so hard understanding that just because it seems mild and unoffensive to you, it's a completely different mindset to other people lol[/QUOTE] My post was so obviously retarded I'm not really sure how you thought I was being serious..

[QUOTE=Bridger;42742277]My post was so obviously retarded I'm not really sure how you thought I was being serious..[/QUOTE] When folks have said stupider things unironically... do the math. Edit: Deadpan doesn't work that well online.

[QUOTE=Matrix374;42741705]It's just three white guys trying to be those three Jamaican bobsledders. What the hell is wrong with that? Are you saying that people can't try to closely resemble the characters they're trying to portray if they do a shitty job at it?[/QUOTE] Learn some history

[QUOTE=lolwutdude;42741899]no one would care if they simply wore the jamaican olympic attire, it's when they blackfaced people started to care, we're saying if you're gonna do something that has a historical context of dehumanizing or mocking an entire race, prepare for consequences???[/QUOTE] I doubt what they actually did is actual blackfacing(big red lips,painting your skin black) People are so fucking sensitive,I bet it's just like the time people got offended over nothing but black painted skin like the time some people got offended by a kid painting his skin black to resemble Martin Luther King Jr. [editline]3rd November 2013[/editline] If you're going to suspend a couple of guys over black paint on their skin during halloween,a day where you dress up as anything you want then there's something fucking wrong with you

[QUOTE=Jookia;42739878]In Australia blackface isn't a thing.[/QUOTE] remember this shit [video=youtube;qEtjaZ8ZuNU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEtjaZ8ZuNU[/video]

[QUOTE=Louis;42741963]As a black dude I thank the whole thread for defending me and saying that I would be totally offended and dehumanized by this shocking travesty, thank you facepunch for so passionately arguing the most inane things again.[/QUOTE] please give me your address so I can mail you a high-five

A bit of devil's advocatry here, why is men dressing up in drag never considered sexist?

[QUOTE=Matrix374;42742712]I doubt what they actually did is actual blackfacing(big red lips,painting your skin black) People are so fucking sensitive,I bet it's just like the time people got offended over nothing but black painted skin like the time some people got offended by a kid painting his skin black to resemble Martin Luther King Jr. [editline]3rd November 2013[/editline] If you're going to suspend a couple of guys over black paint on their skin during halloween,a day where you dress up as anything you want then there's something fucking wrong with you[/QUOTE] "grrr!!!! this doesn't offend me at all, therefore anyone else getting offended by this is obviously just very sensitive person and shouldn't be offended! as a non-black dude, i have supreme authority whether or not anyone else can be offended by such historically racist action such as blackfacing!! that dude from the NAACP is obviously wrong!" [QUOTE=obdob;42744596]A bit of devil's advocatry here, why is men dressing up in drag never considered sexist?[/QUOTE] cause it doesn't have a history of being sexist

[QUOTE=RenegadeCop;42746569]Because people don't whine and make it sexist.[/QUOTE] not like blackface has a history of being racist nope not at all

[QUOTE=obdob;42744596]A bit of devil's advocatry here, why is men dressing up in drag never considered sexist?[/QUOTE] because dressing "in drag" is generally not done to turn yourself into a caricature of another person. blackface is.

[QUOTE=lolwutdude;42741899]no one would care if they simply wore the jamaican olympic attire, it's when they blackfaced people started to care, we're saying if you're gonna do something that has a historical context of dehumanizing or mocking an entire race, prepare for consequences???[/QUOTE] You must have been really pissed off when you found out a white guy played a black guy in Tropic Thunder. Just like so many other people were.

[QUOTE=mugofdoom;42749174]You must have been really pissed off when you found out a white guy played a black guy in Tropic Thunder. Just like so many other people were.[/QUOTE] Someone already brought that up. Compared to straight up blackfacing? Makeup to look [B]actually black[/B] rather than to look like a [B]caricature of black[/B] is massively fucking different.

[QUOTE=mugofdoom;42749174]You must have been really pissed off when you found out a white guy played a black guy in Tropic Thunder. Just like so many other people were.[/QUOTE] idk i never watched the movie, the point isn't that i would be offended, the point is that blackfacing is known to be offensive therefore don't get surprised when people are offended?