Juneteenth

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n_huffhines said:
Imagine seeing someone go out of their way to make a joke about Fatherless blacks on the day that we celebrate the liberation of slaves, and thinking it isn't racist.
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It was a joke and even “tasteless” jokes can still be funny. Whether it’s trailer park white rednecks or ghetto gangstas of different races. Stereotypes exist for a reason and commenting on the facts doesn’t make someone racist or any other “ist”. And I would say the same thing for a liberal comedian making fun of Trump or Sarah Palin
 
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Rickyvol77 said:
It was a joke and even “tasteless” jokes can still be funny. Whether it’s trailer park white rednecks or ghetto gangstas of different races. Stereotypes exist for a reason and commenting on the facts doesn’t make someone racist or any other “ist”. And I would say the same thing for a liberal comedian making fun of Trump or Sarah Palin
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Wait, so it's offensive to you to call a racial joke racist and to make a joke about the person being a klan member?

Seems like a double standard.

How on earth is the joke not racist? It wouldn't even be a joke if it weren't racist.
 
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n_huffhines said:
Wait, so it's offensive to you to call a racial joke racist and to make a joke about the person being a klan member?

Seems like a double standard.

How on earth is the joke not racist? It wouldn't even be a joke if it weren't racist.
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I didn’t say I was offended. I said someone making a joke doesn’t automatically make them a “klan member”. Racism is someone stating that their race is naturally superior to others. He didn’t say that. He pointed out a cultural issue that was factually correct. He also could’ve said it about white trailer park dads and still been accurate and it’s still not racist.
 
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Rickyvol77 said:
I didn’t say I was offended. I said someone making a joke doesn’t automatically make them a “klan member”. Racism is someone stating that their race is naturally superior to others. He didn’t say that. He pointed out a cultural issue that was factually correct. He also could’ve said it about white trailer park dads and still been accurate and it’s still not racist.
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You're calling the fun police on me for making fun of him. You think I really think he is a klan member?

And the idea that we can't call it a racist statement unless he specifically says he is superior to other races is just about the dumbest ****ing **** that I've ever read on this message board, and that's saying something.

Making a joke that is in someway related to a fact doesn't make it not racist. Racism isn't about not having facts. I honestly can't even fathom how illogical your brain is in operation.
 
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n_huffhines said:
You're calling the fun police on me for making fun of him. You think I really think he is a klan member?

And the idea that we can't call it a racist statement unless he specifically says he is superior to other races is just about the dumbest ****ing **** that I've ever read on this message board, and that's saying something.

Making a joke that is in someway related to a fact doesn't make it not racist. Racism isn't about not having facts. I honestly can't even fathom how illogical your brain is in operation.
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My black son in law and I joke about similar things all the time. Is he racist or a klan member too? You are clutching pearls when none need to be clutched
 
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Rickyvol77 said:
My black son in law and I joke about similar things all the time. Is he racist or a klan member too? You are clutching pearls when none need to be clutched
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I made a joke about someone saying something racist and look at how incredibly defensive you get. People who aren't racist tend to keep walking. I don't give a **** if you claim to know a black person, dude. To me, you are who you are on this message board.
 
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n_huffhines said:
I made a joke about someone saying something racist and look at how incredibly defensive you get. People who aren't racist tend to keep walking. I don't give a **** if you claim to know a black person, dude. To me, you are who you are on this message board.
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So you think the way someone posts on an internet message board is exactly how they are in real life? Are you really that obtuse?
 
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The grass roots holiday carries importance in the black community. It was a community acknowledgment that the last of the slaves were told they were free.

For decades, black people have celebrated Juneteenth is small numbers. When I say small numbers, I mean even within the black community. Many black people did not celebrate and many did not even know about it. Each generation celebrated it less as we got further from the civil rights era. Typical when you think about it.

A staple was local merchandising and cookouts. It's possible in areas closer to Galveston they did community marches.

I worry it is more of a commercialized, political holiday for new chances for racial divides as much as anything. Two years ago it was made into another flashpoint after the death of repeat criminal George Floyd to help in political and racial division to excuse rioting and help elect Biden amid chaos.

Now you see white elite neo-liberals using it as a virtue signaling pulpit. In the next few years you can see them trying to lecture all of us on the importance of the holiday that they knew nothing about through 2019.

The truth is even the holiday doesn't bring black people together in a civil common cause because there is a problem within the community that leads to rampant crime against each other and those folks don't care what holiday it is. The police can't be accused. A political party can't be accused. This needs to cleaned up but it won't because the optics of the effort won't get votes and it would be an admission there are problems other than the superficial reasons. Just look at the calm reaction of Mayor Bowser in DC after weekend of violence and death erupted during the Juneteenth celebration. Compare that to her triggered reaction to George Floyd that did not even happen in her city and the painting of marxist blm logos. Heck look at the multiple cities this weekend that had problems during their marches/parades. You begin to have the picture painted.

The best years of Juneteenth might be the ones looked back on where it was grass roots instead of photo ops for knucklehead politicals for years to come and a proud day for virtue signalers to feel good about themselves.

I like that it's a national holiday, but everytime we do this we fill the calendar up with holidays that waters down importance, ie see what has happened since Black History Month. When everything is a holiday then nothing is a holiday idea.
 
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