That's racist!

#2,079
#2,079
That's awesome. Sometimes I eat a banana on the way to work and I just chuck the peel out of my window. I'll have to get more creative with the placement now.
 
#2,085
#2,085
This reminded me of a recent event. The story below was sent out by an Alabama legislator to his fellows members:

A group of scientists placed five monkeys in a cage, and in the middle, a ladder with bananas on top.

Every time a monkey went up the ladder, the scientists soaked the rest of the monkeys with cold water.

After a while, every time a monkey would start up the ladder, the others would pull it down and beat it up.

After a time, no monkey would dare try climbing the ladder, no matter how great the temptation.

The scientists then decided to replace one of the monkeys. The first thing this new monkey did was start to climb the ladder. Immediately, the others pulled him down and beat him up.

After several beatings, the new monkey learned never to go up the ladder, even though there was no evident reason not to, aside from the beatings.

The second monkey was substituted and the same occurred. The first monkey participated in the beating of the second monkey. A third monkey was changed and the same was repeated. The fourth monkey was changed, resulting in the same, before the fifth was finally replaced as well.

What was left was a group of five monkeys that – without ever having received a cold shower – continued to beat up any monkey who attempted to climb the ladder.

If it was possible to ask the monkeys why they beat up on all those who attempted to climb the ladder, their most likely answer would be “I don’t know. It’s just how things are done around here.”

While this seems pretty innoucous and a good explainer of how complacency develops in the workplace, the black caucus saw it differently. They blasted the email as one of the most racist things they'd ever seen. The legislator was referring to all the reps with his story, yet in their eyes when someone says monkey that is code for something racist. They cannot seperate themselves from that idea, no matter the stretch.
 
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NashVol11 said:
There's nothing strawman about it. No one considers him a "leader" of the black community other than conservatives who drag him on TV to say, "Look, a black person agrees with me!"

To "lead" a community, that community has to lend some weight to your opinion, no?
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So the black community 'leaders' include such people as Spike Lee, the 'reverands' Al and Jesse, Maxine Waters, Corrine Brown, and the Ford family.


LOL
 
#2,096
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DancingOutlaw said:
This reminded me of a recent event. The story below was sent out by an Alabama legislator to his fellows members:

A group of scientists placed five monkeys in a cage, and in the middle, a ladder with bananas on top.

Every time a monkey went up the ladder, the scientists soaked the rest of the monkeys with cold water.

After a while, every time a monkey would start up the ladder, the others would pull it down and beat it up.

After a time, no monkey would dare try climbing the ladder, no matter how great the temptation.

The scientists then decided to replace one of the monkeys. The first thing this new monkey did was start to climb the ladder. Immediately, the others pulled him down and beat him up.

After several beatings, the new monkey learned never to go up the ladder, even though there was no evident reason not to, aside from the beatings.

The second monkey was substituted and the same occurred. The first monkey participated in the beating of the second monkey. A third monkey was changed and the same was repeated. The fourth monkey was changed, resulting in the same, before the fifth was finally replaced as well.

What was left was a group of five monkeys that – without ever having received a cold shower – continued to beat up any monkey who attempted to climb the ladder.

If it was possible to ask the monkeys why they beat up on all those who attempted to climb the ladder, their most likely answer would be “I don’t know. It’s just how things are done around here.”

While this seems pretty innoucous and a good explainer of how complacency develops in the workplace, the black caucus saw it differently. They blasted the email as one of the most racist things they'd ever seen. The legislator was referring to all the reps with his story, yet in their eyes when someone says monkey that is code for something racist. They cannot seperate themselves from that idea, no matter the stretch.
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That's a pretty racist story, IMO.
 
#2,099
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DancingOutlaw said:
This reminded me of a recent event. The story below was sent out by an Alabama legislator to his fellows members:

A group of scientists placed five monkeys in a cage, and in the middle, a ladder with bananas on top.

Every time a monkey went up the ladder, the scientists soaked the rest of the monkeys with cold water.

After a while, every time a monkey would start up the ladder, the others would pull it down and beat it up.

After a time, no monkey would dare try climbing the ladder, no matter how great the temptation.

The scientists then decided to replace one of the monkeys. The first thing this new monkey did was start to climb the ladder. Immediately, the others pulled him down and beat him up.

After several beatings, the new monkey learned never to go up the ladder, even though there was no evident reason not to, aside from the beatings.

The second monkey was substituted and the same occurred. The first monkey participated in the beating of the second monkey. A third monkey was changed and the same was repeated. The fourth monkey was changed, resulting in the same, before the fifth was finally replaced as well.

What was left was a group of five monkeys that – without ever having received a cold shower – continued to beat up any monkey who attempted to climb the ladder.

If it was possible to ask the monkeys why they beat up on all those who attempted to climb the ladder, their most likely answer would be “I don’t know. It’s just how things are done around here.”

While this seems pretty innoucous and a good explainer of how complacency develops in the workplace, the black caucus saw it differently. They blasted the email as one of the most racist things they'd ever seen. The legislator was referring to all the reps with his story, yet in their eyes when someone says monkey that is code for something racist. They cannot seperate themselves from that idea, no matter the stretch.
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Eat a banana? Racist

Drink whiskey and get drunk? Racist

Eat watermelon at a picnic? Racist

Go to the zoo and look at the monkeys? Racist

Squint in bright light? Racist

Dont counter protest Nazis? Racist

Don't disavow White hate groups constantly? Racist

Pay your bills on time/good credit? Racist

Good grades lead to an academic scholarship? Racist

Launch monkey into space? Racist

Test disease cures on monkeys? Racist

Have across the board standards for anything? Racist

Hard work gets you ahead? Racist

Personal responsibility? Racist

Anyone can be racist? Racist

Have non White friends? Racist

Are you White? Racist.
 
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