AndreaGail
18th May 2010, 06:40 PM
No matter what white people say, think, or do, it’s “racist.†That’s because all white people are “racistsâ€, because “racist†simply means white person. Technically, “racist†has two definitions – when liberals use the word, they mean “any white person who’s not as left wing as I amâ€, but when non-whites use the word, they mean “white person.†Liberals love to think that by attacking conservative whites as “racistsâ€, they’ll get a pass from Jews, blacks, Hispanics, etc. But they don’t. When these groups use the word “racistâ€, they mean “white person.â€. They’ll tolerate white liberals as useful idiots who can be used for political advantage, but white liberals are still white, so they’re “racistsâ€, too. One white person can do something and get called “racist†for it, while another white person can do the exact opposite, and he’ll be called “racist†too.
Need proof? Just turn on the TV or read the paper any day of the week. But here’s one example of how the word “racist†is tossed at white people no matter what they do. Back in 2006, there was a controversy about singer/songwriter Stephin Merrit. I’d never heard of him until the controversy, but apparently he’s a well respected musician. By some folks, anyway…in 2006 a black music critic for the New Yorker started denouncing Merritt as a “racistâ€. Why? Because he doesn’t like rap. That’s a pretty serious charge to make, and a critic for the New Yorker is a pretty serious person to be making it. This wasn’t some fringe lunatic calling Merritt a racist.
So – not liking rap makes a white person racist. Got that?
Cut to 2010. Toyota has a new commercial for its minivan, and the ad is being denounced as “racist.†Why?
Because it features white people rapping!
Think you’ve lost your cool because you covet a minivan? A new Toyota commercial is attempting to take away the “soccer mom†stigma with a video campaign that features parents rapping about all the mundane aspects of parenthood … and their love for their Toyota 2011 Sienna minivan.
The campaign is a departure for Toyota (and from traditional advertising) — so much so, in fact, that critics are labeling the ad racist.
Christine Huang, head of cultural trends at Globalhue, an ad agency specializing in campaigns that target minorities, complained that the ad is offensive. “White people acting, dancing and rapping like rap stars, mocking this culture that so contrasts their own. What a hilariously clever twist,†said Huang.
I see.
So, if a white person doesn’t like rap, he’s a racist.
And if a white person likes rap and actually performs it, he’s a racist, too.
It doesn’t take an advanced course in logic to draw the inescapable conclusion – whatever white people do, they’re racists. Because “racist†simply means “white person.â€
At this point some liberal is no doubt reading this and going, “oh, come on, the people in the ad are mocking black people by mimicking the worst stereotypes of gangsta rappers, so this is totally different and has no relevance to the Stephen Merritt controversy. You’re comparing apples and oranges.†And, as usual, the liberal will be dead wrong – read the article about Stephen Merritt, and you’ll see that one of his reasons for not liking rap is that it glorifies ugly stereotypes of black people. And he got called a racist for that. So it’s not apples and oranges at all. It’s apples and apples.
Besides, gangsta rap is totally ridiculous, and it should be made fun of, as even this mainstream website points out:
…the joke here is that there’s no black people in the ads. It’s a modern take on blackface or “minstrelsy,†as Huang puts it.
Or is it? These ads aren’t supposed to be viewed together. They’re supposed to be seen in isolation, or at least at random. Judging them without context seems unfair. And the context here is the aforementioned ubiquity of rap and hip hop. It’s the dominant music of the last two decades. A majority of hip hop sales are to white people. The artists may be black, but the culture is mainstream American.
Hip hop is therefore ripe for parody in just the same way that everything that becomes successful is, whether it’s Goldman Sachs, Tiger Woods or The Real Housewives of New Jersey. To argue that hip hop should be off limits from mockery would accord it a victim status that it doesn’t deserve — hip hop rules pop music. Besides, hip hop has plenty of spoof-provoking material. These ads aren’t funny because they mock black people, they’re funny because they mock a small number of performers who want us to take them seriously when they celebrate drug dealing, killing and prostitution.
Word to yo mama!
Here’s the ad, and below it, a whole bunch of other “racist†ads.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql-N3F1FhW4&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXngi6tUma0&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sk2zBEjfX8&feature=player_embeddedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTU2He2BIc0&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzScjI78dWI&feature=player_embedded
http://www.thepoliticalcesspool.org/jamesedwards/2010/05/18/no-matter-what-white-people-do-its-racist/
Need proof? Just turn on the TV or read the paper any day of the week. But here’s one example of how the word “racist†is tossed at white people no matter what they do. Back in 2006, there was a controversy about singer/songwriter Stephin Merrit. I’d never heard of him until the controversy, but apparently he’s a well respected musician. By some folks, anyway…in 2006 a black music critic for the New Yorker started denouncing Merritt as a “racistâ€. Why? Because he doesn’t like rap. That’s a pretty serious charge to make, and a critic for the New Yorker is a pretty serious person to be making it. This wasn’t some fringe lunatic calling Merritt a racist.
So – not liking rap makes a white person racist. Got that?
Cut to 2010. Toyota has a new commercial for its minivan, and the ad is being denounced as “racist.†Why?
Because it features white people rapping!
Think you’ve lost your cool because you covet a minivan? A new Toyota commercial is attempting to take away the “soccer mom†stigma with a video campaign that features parents rapping about all the mundane aspects of parenthood … and their love for their Toyota 2011 Sienna minivan.
The campaign is a departure for Toyota (and from traditional advertising) — so much so, in fact, that critics are labeling the ad racist.
Christine Huang, head of cultural trends at Globalhue, an ad agency specializing in campaigns that target minorities, complained that the ad is offensive. “White people acting, dancing and rapping like rap stars, mocking this culture that so contrasts their own. What a hilariously clever twist,†said Huang.
I see.
So, if a white person doesn’t like rap, he’s a racist.
And if a white person likes rap and actually performs it, he’s a racist, too.
It doesn’t take an advanced course in logic to draw the inescapable conclusion – whatever white people do, they’re racists. Because “racist†simply means “white person.â€
At this point some liberal is no doubt reading this and going, “oh, come on, the people in the ad are mocking black people by mimicking the worst stereotypes of gangsta rappers, so this is totally different and has no relevance to the Stephen Merritt controversy. You’re comparing apples and oranges.†And, as usual, the liberal will be dead wrong – read the article about Stephen Merritt, and you’ll see that one of his reasons for not liking rap is that it glorifies ugly stereotypes of black people. And he got called a racist for that. So it’s not apples and oranges at all. It’s apples and apples.
Besides, gangsta rap is totally ridiculous, and it should be made fun of, as even this mainstream website points out:
…the joke here is that there’s no black people in the ads. It’s a modern take on blackface or “minstrelsy,†as Huang puts it.
Or is it? These ads aren’t supposed to be viewed together. They’re supposed to be seen in isolation, or at least at random. Judging them without context seems unfair. And the context here is the aforementioned ubiquity of rap and hip hop. It’s the dominant music of the last two decades. A majority of hip hop sales are to white people. The artists may be black, but the culture is mainstream American.
Hip hop is therefore ripe for parody in just the same way that everything that becomes successful is, whether it’s Goldman Sachs, Tiger Woods or The Real Housewives of New Jersey. To argue that hip hop should be off limits from mockery would accord it a victim status that it doesn’t deserve — hip hop rules pop music. Besides, hip hop has plenty of spoof-provoking material. These ads aren’t funny because they mock black people, they’re funny because they mock a small number of performers who want us to take them seriously when they celebrate drug dealing, killing and prostitution.
Word to yo mama!
Here’s the ad, and below it, a whole bunch of other “racist†ads.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql-N3F1FhW4&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXngi6tUma0&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sk2zBEjfX8&feature=player_embeddedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTU2He2BIc0&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzScjI78dWI&feature=player_embedded
http://www.thepoliticalcesspool.org/jamesedwards/2010/05/18/no-matter-what-white-people-do-its-racist/