Black person + watermelon = stereotype

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Post #252,732 by pwhysall 4/20/06 9:18:27 AM Reply	Black person + watermelon = stereotype If you're going to try to argue that it's not stereotypical to have a black person drop (instead of eat) an object which, for the purposes of the example, could be anything vaguely spherical at all (a bowling ball leaps to mind) but is, by sheer coincidence, a foodstuff which is part of a very well known stereotype, then you're indulging in sophistry. Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #252,734 by admin 4/20/06 9:20:54 AM Reply	Ar. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #252,736 by Silverlock 4/20/06 9:30:31 AM Reply	Nope. I truly don't see it. The sterotype I am familiar with is always, every single time, about eating a watermelon. Throwing one off a building instantly brings to mind a David Letterman bit which is what I thought they were going for. A bit o' funny. YMMV ----------------------------------------- Impeach Bush. Impeach Cheney. Do it now.
Post #252,739 by pwhysall 4/20/06 9:45:16 AM Reply	I'm not asking (nor disputing) what you're familiar with. I'm telling you how it's a stereotype, irrespective of your specific experience. Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #252,742 by Silverlock 4/20/06 9:56:35 AM Reply	YMMV. And mine does. ----------------------------------------- Impeach Bush. Impeach Cheney. Do it now.

Condoleeza appears in a college math test - (lincoln) - (22) - April 18, 2006, 05:47:14 PM EDT

This made me laugh - (warmachine) - (21) - April 18, 2006, 07:19:42 PM EDT

racism and racial stereotyping are two different things - (boxley) - April 18, 2006, 07:41:13 PM EDT

I obviously need sensitivity training then... - (ben_tilly) - (19) - April 18, 2006, 08:10:25 PM EDT

Oh dear. Call me PC and humourless, then. - (warmachine) - (17) - April 19, 2006, 03:01:21 AM EDT

IAWTP. -NT - (pwhysall) - April 19, 2006, 03:17:38 AM EDT

OK, you are PC and humorless, but we knew that :-) -NT - (boxley) - April 19, 2006, 10:09:16 AM EDT

Please explain this to me then - (ben_tilly) - (14) - April 20, 2006, 01:13:14 AM EDT

Using Ben as an example - (boxley) - April 20, 2006, 02:00:48 AM EDT

Maybe I'm missing something, but... - (admin) - (11) - April 20, 2006, 09:04:57 AM EDT

So it doesn't even fit the sterotype intended? - (Silverlock) - (5) - April 20, 2006, 09:09:07 AM EDT

Black person + watermelon = stereotype - (pwhysall) - (4) - April 20, 2006, 09:18:27 AM EDT

Ar. -NT - (admin) - April 20, 2006, 09:20:54 AM EDT

Nope. I truly don't see it. - (Silverlock) - (2) - April 20, 2006, 09:30:31 AM EDT

I'm not asking (nor disputing) what you're familiar with. - (pwhysall) - (1) - April 20, 2006, 09:45:16 AM EDT

YMMV. And mine does. -NT - (Silverlock) - April 20, 2006, 09:56:35 AM EDT

True....they should've used - (Simon_Jester) - April 20, 2006, 09:56:22 AM EDT

I missed that - (ben_tilly) - (1) - April 20, 2006, 11:10:18 AM EDT

If a stereotype falls in the woods... - (jb4) - April 20, 2006, 12:41:42 PM EDT

And perhaps the best way of dismantling one - - (Ashton) - (1) - April 21, 2006, 05:13:17 AM EDT

no, she followed that pubic hair to a sucksession of jobs - (boxley) - April 21, 2006, 07:02:51 AM EDT

Lobbing stuff is, by default, a bad image - (warmachine) - April 22, 2006, 06:14:14 AM EDT

s/watermellon/Sadam's head/g -NT - (tuberculosis) - April 19, 2006, 12:57:02 PM EDT

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