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Sakpo · 03-12-2003, 06:46 PM

It's amazing how he knows how to send web sites on the internet! Check it out.

Edit: oops, wrong forum. Off to jokies.

BrotherMan · 03-12-2003, 06:52 PM

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Johnny always says: "I'm not racist; one of my best friends is Black!" I think he might mean me!

That's my favorite.

M87 · 03-12-2003, 09:19 PM

I laughed until I could barely breathe when I first came across this website!

It provoked totally unexpected reactions from several of the friends that I shared it with, though. Some people who I thought would be mildly horrified found it to be as freaking hysterical as I did - and some that I would have sworn would love it thought it was horrifying. Weird. You think you know people! We ended up doing a little mini-poll to find out what everyone thought. Sparked fascinating lunch-time conversations for weeks...

Strawberry · 03-13-2003, 12:48 AM

IMHO, this could be interpreted as making fun of white people...definitely non-PC humor, with a grain of truth, but, I hope, only a grain. I definitely wouldn't want lots of ethnic minorities to look at that, laugh, and then look at me and wait for me to do one of those stereotypical white-person things. "Reverse racism" isn't any funnier than the regular old Alabama White Citizens' Council variety to me, because I don't want to be pre-judged any more than the next person does.

But that's just my 2 cents and I know I'm reading way into it. It would make a pretty funny Onion article, actually...

DarkBronzePlant · 03-13-2003, 01:14 PM

I thought it was hilarious!

Just because it deals with races, I don't find it to be racist. I don't think it makes fun of black people at all; if anything, it makes fun of white people, but really, I think it's mainly just clueless people.

Elbereth · 03-13-2003, 03:13 PM

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but really, I think it's mainly just clueless people.

For instance, read the letters section.

Sakpo · 03-13-2003, 06:47 PM

The site plays on both white and black racism, though the pokes at black racism are more subtle.

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We're just regular, normal people�just like you!
We grew up in your average neighborhoods doing the usual things that all people do: swimming, golf, horseback riding, arts and crafts, gardening, building treehouses, mowing the lawn, selling lemonade, etc.

If that's not a poke at black stereotypes about white people I don't know what is.

Kinross · 03-14-2003, 03:57 AM

What I found most interesting is in the letters section. Everyone wants to know their "background" ie the site is good if they are black not good if they are white.

Ut · 03-14-2003, 04:38 AM

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Sally is so thoughtful. She always tries to set me up with every black man she knows. Since we're both black that means my date and I will have so much in common.

lol

christ-on-a-stick · 03-14-2003, 11:20 AM

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- Sally and Johnny recognize that as a black man, I'm an expert on self-defense and the ways of organized crime. Whenever they are about to go to a "bad" neighborhood, they ask me for my advice. That's phat.

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03-12-2003, 09:19 PM	#3
M87 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The twilight zone, as far as I can tell Posts: 35	I laughed until I could barely breathe when I first came across this website! It provoked totally unexpected reactions from several of the friends that I shared it with, though. Some people who I thought would be mildly horrified found it to be as freaking hysterical as I did - and some that I would have sworn would love it thought it was horrifying. Weird. You think you know people! We ended up doing a little mini-poll to find out what everyone thought. Sparked fascinating lunch-time conversations for weeks...

03-13-2003, 12:48 AM	#4
Strawberry Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Lancaster, PA/Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 627	IMHO, this could be interpreted as making fun of white people...definitely non-PC humor, with a grain of truth, but, I hope, only a grain. I definitely wouldn't want lots of ethnic minorities to look at that, laugh, and then look at me and wait for me to do one of those stereotypical white-person things. "Reverse racism" isn't any funnier than the regular old Alabama White Citizens' Council variety to me, because I don't want to be pre-judged any more than the next person does. But that's just my 2 cents and I know I'm reading way into it. It would make a pretty funny Onion article, actually...

03-13-2003, 01:14 PM	#5
DarkBronzePlant Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: San Francisco, CA USA Posts: 3,568	I thought it was hilarious! Just because it deals with races, I don't find it to be racist. I don't think it makes fun of black people at all; if anything, it makes fun of white people, but really, I think it's mainly just clueless people.

03-14-2003, 03:57 AM	#8
Kinross Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: . Posts: 1,281	What I found most interesting is in the letters section. Everyone wants to know their "background" ie the site is good if they are black not good if they are white.

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