I'm dating an Asian and have black friends: can I make jokes about their ethnicities?

[Adi Shankara]

Just wondering if that's official board policy now, since a precedent has been set by "someone".

Is it only a bannable offense if I have no black friends anymore or stop dating my girlfriend? or is it only acceptable if no one of the mentioned ethnicity is present to be offended?

[S.Artesian]

Sounds like you're trolling to me.

[Adi Shankara]

Sounds like you're trolling to me.

goddamn it, that word is used too much on revleft.

[NecroCommie]

Personally, I think you can joke about everything and anything. I just can't stand all that pretentious "you cant talk about that stuff!" idiocy. All you have to make sure of is that people know you are joking.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcFryjunIjw

[S.Artesian]

Doesn't matter how often it's used. What matters is if it's used accurately.

Like I said, comrade, sounds like you're trolling, or baiting, chumming the waters, or whatever words we want to use.

[Chambered Word]

In my opinion, no. Should we really be legitimizing racism (and sexism, homophobia etc. for that matter) by making such jokes, let alone excusing them on the grounds that one has friends who are non-white?

[Adi Shankara]

In my opinion, no. Should we really be legitimizing racism (and sexism, homophobia etc. for that matter) by making such jokes, let alone excusing them on the grounds that one has friends who are non-white?

No. we really shouldn't be.

[Iskalla]

This thread made me think of that blackpeopleloveus.com site haha. But no, that doesn't sound good, almost as bad the whole "I'm not racist, BUT" thing where somebody inevitably turns out to be racist by the end of their sentence.

[Blackscare]

Personally, I'm of the opinion that nobody has the right to never be offended by something they may hear. But it's a matter of context. I don't think that while we speak as representatives of the left, jokes like these are acceptable.

[Widerstand]

I'm not racist, I'm dating an asian!
I'm not racist, I have black friends!
I'm not islamophobic, I eat Kebap!
I'm not homophobe, I liked Brokeback Mountain!
I'm not sexist, I have tomboy girl friends!

[Dimentio]

I cannot help wondering if you are LARP;ing sometimes. Your user is almost a little bit like a persona.

[#FF0000]

Just don't do it goddamn. I mean do you expect everybody in the goddamn world who might read whatever dumb thing you might say to know that you have black friends/asian girlfriend anyway?

[scarletghoul]

what if the freinds are asian and the girlfriend is black

[Adi Shankara]

Just don't do it goddamn. I mean do you expect everybody in the goddamn world who might read whatever dumb thing you might say to know that you have black friends/asian girlfriend anyway?

I was referencing someone... <.<

[scarletghoul]

you still havnt answerd my question, stop trying to avoid my question, just because i proved you wrong

go raan

[Adi Shankara]

you still havnt answerd my question, stop trying to avoid my question, just because i proved you wrong

go raan

wait, wat? I'm not RAAN...but again, I'm trying to make a tongue in cheek statement with this thread...if you know what I mean...

[scarletghoul]

i am raan cant you see by my debating style and you still havent answerd my question
something tells me youre deliberately avoiding it because you such

[Adi Shankara]

i am raan cant you see by my debating style and you still havent answerd my question
something tells me youre deliberately avoiding it because you such

I do not get your question, sir :P

[Sam_b]

I'm dating an Asian and have black friends: can I make jokes about their ethnicities?

Is this actually serious?

[Widerstand]

No he's trying to make fun of TAT or something. Trolling, basically.

[Queercommie Girl]

What a stupid retarded question.

Though it is true that among Asians and Blacks ourselves, we sometimes use "racist" words without the word meaning anything like an insult. For instance, did you know there was a mainland Chinese leftist author called Wang Lixiong who wrote a novel literally called "Yellow Peril" (Huang-huo in Chinese). "Yellow Peril" is a racist phrase like "nigger" but in the Chinese context it is ok if Chinese people themselves use it.

However, the English translation of this novel avoided the term "Yellow Peril" and used "China Tidal Wave" instead.

[Os Cangaceiros]

i am raan cant you see by my debating style and you still havent answerd my question
something tells me youre deliberately avoiding it because you such

I'm glad that you've finally seen the light. Viva RAAN!

Glue in every parking meter, spraypaint on every wall and a brick through every window!

[gorillafuck]

He's mocking TAT.

[danyboy27]

He's mocking TAT.


indeed, this is first class bullying, this thread should be closed.

[Dimentio]

Thread closed