I just think it says something about the quality of a person who is willing and excited about mocking a group of people when that group finds it offensive. Why do people feel the need to do that? Probably because they're dicks. Everyone always asks why it's ok for other groups to make fun of white people, but not ok when it's the other way around. For one thing, I think that's way overblown as I've heard many a white comedian mock other groups in the same way that other groups mock white people. Secondly, the only reason white people ever bring that up is when other groups are offended by something like this. It's not like we're actually offended by Dave Chappelle dressing up as a white guy. If we were, then it'd be a different story. There's a lot of reasons why we aren't. First and foremost, most of us haven't encountered racism as much as minorities have. I have heard it directed towards one of my friends more than once by people when we're playing poker in a bar. "Oh, that's just a n***er move right there" or "If that black dude had real money to play with, he wouldn't do that". This same friend has no problem if he's with his buddies and we make dumb comments like that to him when it's obvious we're joking. He does the same to us. He knows the intent behind it. How many black people have you seen in any of these pictures? Zero. That says a lot right there.
My rule is that if I wouldn't do it or say it in front of a group of strangers of the racial group I am costuming, I probably shouldn't do it. To me, I think it is worse to do something like this knowing you would NEVER do it in public. It not only makes you stupid but a hypocrite.
No one here is saying that they should be punished for breaking a law. Just that some here disagree w/ the party. Clearly this also crossed some sort of line for you, from agreeable to disagreeable behavior. Can we not disagree on what is a 'joke' too? I'm sure everyone has some kind of line on what not to joke about. I can't think of many worthy punchlines to 'my father passed away from cancer a few years ago'. Some Jewish people may not find the holocaust that funny. Is it that hard to believe that there are some topics that are just not funny for some?
Is the term 'nancy' a common term? My g-friends friends use it all the time, but until I heard them, I'd never heard of it before.
When Eddie Murphy dressed up as a white guy on SNL, I thought that was one of the funniest things I have ever seen. Seeing the picture of that college kid with the blackface on the first page of this thread just looks stupid.
If two white undercover cops dressed up as sistas and starred in a movie called Black Chicks doing stereotypically sista things, how soon before the NAACP would boycott? I say 5 minutes.
I only have a problem when someone does something with the intent of insulting someone or a group that is offensive. If the intent is not there, it is best to let it go. For me, this group obviously crossed the line and knowingly did so and thus it is definitely offensive. No they shouldn't be punished because hopefully the public shame is punishment enough because it certainly is not a crime. I just don't like when some people are criticized when they obviously had no intent to insult anyone such as Steve Kerr (as much as I can't stand him) got in trouble with his sensative remark a few years back.
Depends on if the two black characters they were acting as fit the persona the undercover cops displayed, such as in the movie "white chicks". They didn't mock white people as a whole because we saw clearly that's how the two real white women really acted. In your scenario if two white cops had to go undercover as 50 cent and lloyd banks I would expect them to act as rappers with a thug image, not necessarily as black men. If a white undercover cop had to pose as carlton from fresh prince of belaire and the cop portrayed him as a bad mouthed/thugged attitude I would find that more offensive because thats not how the true character is displayed and the cop is acting based on stereotype of carlton's race.
Speaking of blackface, wasn't there an 80's movie that always plays on Comedy Central about a white guy who pretended to be black to get into Harvard Law School? Try making that movie today.
Why am I not surprised that a Kappa Sigma would be saying this? How many african americans were in Kappa Sig at SWT? DD
So, because someone has been the victim of verbal racism in the past, it's not OK to make fun of them? That doesn't seem like a good basis for determining what is and what is not OK to make fun of. My question is about the bigger picture. What is and what is not OK to make fun of? Why? Why is only OK to make fun of some races, some religions, etc.? Either it's all OK or none of it is. Why don't the numerous "Redneck" parties that take place on college campuses ever get notice? If there was one black guy in this picture does that now make it OK? EDIT: My favorite replies are the "wait until he sees the black guys on campus" type remarks. Talk about being a hypocrite.
Redneck parties? How many times have you seen a group of black people get together and act like rednecks? I answered the rest of your questions in my post.
Apparently when Soul Man came out, there was no NAACP or anyone who was ever offended by racist jokes. Or, it could be the intent behind the movie.
