AberdeenHibee Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 4 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: White Chicks is unspeakably shit. I think people just want to forget that it's a thing. Spot on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Have we any black posters on P&B? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 3 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Maybe because black people didn’t really white up and mock whiteys for being all singy smiley/lazy thickos in the music halls many years ago when whites were treated as a sub species. Or what DA Baracus said. The only issue with that argument is that so many people will be ignorant of this history. As a good conscientious person you’d avoid blacking up as you would feel so uncomfortable with the historical connotations. Using another stereotype, maybe this football player is blissfully unaware of all this, has a brainwave and thinks “I’ll go to a party as a black basketball player”. The act in itself, out of that context of mockery and oppression seems quite unremarkable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 1 hour ago, Cerberus said: Was there a white Harlem Globetrotter he could have gone as? If not, why not? Racism IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 11 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: Have we any black posters on P&B? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Just now, Melanius Mullarkey said: Lest we forget Shannon, lest we forget. It’s not something I’d indulge in anyway. If I get even a wee bit of boot polish on me when smartening up my shoes I’m raging until at least lunchtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Oh, another blacking-up thread. These always go well. We've hit the "whiting-up" posts early, so it can't be long before someone mentions that young folk don't do racism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 2 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Lest we forget Shannon, lest we forget. Also.. in Griezman’s case, you do get the sense with that a name like that his grandpa probably got up to some fairly unsavoury stuff in WW2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 13 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: Have we any black posters on P&B? Plenty, but only cause they don't wash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Just now, Shandon Par said: Also.. in Griezman’s case, you do get the sense with that a name like that his grandpa probably got up to some fairly unsavoury stuff in WW2. Possibly true, yes, but he has a lot of friends who are black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Found out a few weeks back that the 'indian' guy in short circuit wasn't even Indian. Childhood ruined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booker-T Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 1 hour ago, DA Baracus said: Racist or harmless fun? Context is everything, but if you are white British there is no defence of ignorance when it comes to blacking up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Just now, Melanius Mullarkey said: Griezman again was it? No, he was Johnny 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 1 minute ago, D.A.F.C said: Found out a few weeks back that the 'indian' guy in short circuit wasn't even Indian. Childhood ruined. Did you listen to Romesh Ranganathan on Adam Buxton’s podcast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Just now, Shandon Par said: Did you listen to Romesh Ranganathan on Adam Buxton’s podcast? Nah, I was looking up a quote and read it. Los lobos kick your ass, los lobos kick your face, los lobos... etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 A white person blacking up used to be done at the start of every theatre show in America. They would then portray the most racist stereotypes for cheap laughs from the white audience. It was racist and never portrayed black people favourly at all. This started with slavery and didn't really die out until the 1960s with the civil rights movement. I wouldn't necessarily think Greizmann was racist for blacking up, but he certainly shows his ignorance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 2 minutes ago, D.A.F.C said: Nah, I was looking up a quote and read it. Los lobos kick your ass, los lobos kick your face, los lobos... etc They’d maybe read the same thing as you - they were talking about it in an episode a couple of days ago (as well as doing a rap freestyle). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecto Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Whilst I don't think that Griezmann is a racist, I don't really see a context where blacking up would be okay. In his case, everyone could tell he was a Harlem Globetrotter from the 80s without blacking up. What he's done is waste an extra couple of hours getting ready and washing himself in exchange for losing a load of sponsors. Racist he my not be, but a moron he most certainly is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 49 minutes ago, Loki said: A white person blacking up used to be done at the start of every theatre show in America. They would then portray the most racist stereotypes for cheap laughs from the white audience. It was racist and never portrayed black people favourly at all. This started with slavery and didn't really die out until the 1960s with the civil rights movement. I wouldn't necessarily think Greizmann was racist for blacking up, but he certainly shows his ignorance. Black slaves in America would take the piss out of their 'owners' by performing 'the cat walk' dumb fucking whites would in turn black up and perform the cat walk not knowing they were parodying themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Watson Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 It happens every day. I blame Indigo Sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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