Originally posted by White[Pony]
yaaayyy racial tensions... :down:
but here's my $.02: I personally have nothing against black people for simply being black. That's a pretty damn stupid reason to me. I do have something against ghetto people, though. White, black, asian, hispanic. If you're ghetto, then I do not like you. If you're a decent normal average person I don't care what color your skin happens to be. I'm not a fan of rappers, though as most of them come off extremely ghetto, and annoying.
I'm also not a fan of the fact that 99% of black comics I see on any comedy special make the entire act about reciting the differences between blacks and whites. It's old. Richard Pryor did it back in the 70's, and that's when it was funny. this is the 21st century... it's been done. No white person I've ever met has ever said (without joking) "gee whiz", and more than half of the "differences" the comedians talk about aren't true, or they're present in any race. I've been noticing the comedy stuff for a long time and it still bothers me that these guys can be rich and famous just by saying, "Oh and white people are like this bleh bleh, but black dudes, we be like blleehh bleehhh" It's all just a bunch of stupid crap. If I was a comedian, and I started saying things like, "my black friends are like this, but I'm always like that" do you think that shit would fly? Total bullshit. Bernie Mac, Cedric, Steve Harvey, D.L., and all these supposedly great black comedians ALL made themselves big by talking about white folks in a derogatory way. That's totally retarded. Tracy Morgan, Sinbad, Cosby, and maybe Eddie Murphy were great without making all those kinds of jokes.
Basically, why should black people get away with dissin' white people for being white, or doing things that a lot of white people do, but if a white guy does it he's a racist. That's one of the most retarded concepts.
:werd.