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How To Tell People They Sound Racist

by: Louise

Sat Jun 06, 2009 at 19:51:31 PM EDT

As Dawn said the other day, this video is applicable for so much more than simply race...

Maybe someone should forward this to cartoonist Chip Bock.

Some women's groups are voicing outrage over Tuesday's editorial cartoon by Creators Syndicate's Chip Bok, which depicts Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor strung up like a piñata with a sombrero-wearing President Obama handing out bats to Republican Congressmen.
"Did the journalistic community not learn anything from the New York Post monkey cartoon?" asks Joni L. Reynolds of news site The Daily Voice. "Are there any minorities in these newsrooms when they are reviewing these cartoons?"

We've got a long way to go...

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How To Tell People They Sound Racist | 7 comments

Dang, I like this guy.

He's really talented to be able to lay out an appropriate plan of attack against this sort of behavior, while keeping the viewer (at least this viewer) smiling as well as nodding.

by: Pollyanna @ Sat Jun 06, 2009 at 19:32:21 PM CDT

Hey that's excellent

Of course the next step, once you know you're going to talk about what they did/said and not what they are, is figuring out how to approach that conversation. I guess it all depends on the specifics of each situation.

It's interesting to me, because I live in a neighborhood heavily laden with elderly white people. And in 4 years here, I've only ever heard one racist comment. I'd say that's pretty astounding. And I don't get the feeling they're just being polite/PC. What a wonder respite from that crap I used to hear back in Michigan.

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by: Lurleen @ Sat Jun 06, 2009 at 19:40:29 PM CDT

What's great about his video is that this is exactly why racist comments are wrong in the first place.

"What they did" versus "who they are" is, of course, the dividing line between making a comment about an individual's behavior and generalizing it into a racist comment.

Brilliant.

And, of course, this works for any kind of false generalizations. Racism, homophobia, etc.

I also liked his point about how people defending unacceptable comments or behavior will attempt to turn it around.

For instance, criticizing Obama for his silence and lack of leadership on gay rights is not the same thing as calling Obama a bigot or a homophobe. Seems like whenever somebody says "I'm disappointed that Obama isn't showing more leadership toward fulfilling his campaign promises for gay rights," somebody else butts in and hollers, "Are you calling Obama a bigot??!!" Way to reframe the conversation in a way that puts the people without equal rights on the defensive, again.

by: night owl @ Sat Jun 06, 2009 at 20:11:48 PM CDT

Watermelon?

Watermelon makes me think of my Cypriot relatives. Watermelon and halumi .... ummm.

Does it have racist connotations over there in the States?

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by: TRiG @ Sun Jun 07, 2009 at 11:57:00 AM CDT

It would be nice...

...if someone made a video on how to confront a homophobe effectively.

The tactic this fellow describes might work against some of the casual homophobia that we see every day from people who consider themselves liberal. But the Christian homophobes are PROUD that they are bigots. So let's see a video on how to make them feel ashamed.

by: Jim @ Sun Jun 07, 2009 at 13:19:46 PM CDT

Great video

This is honestly one of the best videos online that I have watched in a very long time. This guy's rhetorical delivery is brilliant.

by: SuburbanHomo @ Sun Jun 07, 2009 at 15:52:22 PM CDT

good

but it's disturbing how their are people in the comments actually defending racism, and calling those who would advocate judging someone on their actions, and deciding not to associate or employee someone for their actions as being "just as much of a bigot" and or "censoring" someone else.

by: PunkZanyJ @ Sun Jun 07, 2009 at 17:42:31 PM CDT