Wed 16 Jan 2008
Daily Dose of Discomfort: “A Practical Guide to Racism”
Posted by Miss Info under good for humanity , good for me , laugh at , laugh with , life beyond rap , videos[15] Comments
When smart people analyze racism and racial stereotypes it can be brilliant, i.e. Ego Trip’s Big Book of Racism, Ego Trip Presents Race-o-Rama, The Chappelle Show, Boondocks, AngryAsianMan, hiphopmusic.com, etc.
When not so smart people talk about race…it can be frighteningly dull and unfunny. (trust me, I’ve seen it, in person)
But anyways, there’s a new book out call The Practical Guide to Racism that has some dull moments, but many sharp hilarious ones. Its written by Professor C.H. Dalton, (the altar-ego of writer Sam Means, of The Daily Show). And in a stroke of marketing genius (or maybe its just that with the strike going on, Means had alot time on his hands), Prof. Dalton made a series of “instructional” videos on racism.
The scary thing is…. there are alot of folks who won’t get the jokes here, or will actually agree with Prof. Dalton.
The Concept of Race:
On Jews in the media business:
On racial stereotypes in videogames:
On how stereotypes are useful:
January 16th, 2008 at 2:52 am
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January 16th, 2008 at 3:39 am
That was mostly zzzzz. The video game stereotypes was kinda funny. He missed one. Glass Joe: avg. american white guys can’t box. lol.
You know what I used to hate? Back in the day, in WWF, they would give every black wrestler the head butt as a move. As if to say we all got rock heads. I remember saying to my brother when we first saw Balrog in Street Fighter “watch them give him the head butt”. Sure enough…..
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January 16th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
that was soooo funny, I just called up all my friends from each race, put the phone to the laptop, and left voicemail audio clips of each relavent part. I’m indian myself, so my part could take days to complete…
like chapelle laughingly said ‘all this racism is killing me…’ – until we start pointing an laughing at it, we won’t get get past it…great post
Raj Lovesoul
http://www.lovesoul.tv
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January 16th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Hey there! I’ve posted a piece about racism in 2008 you and your readers might want to take a look at:
http://dave-lucas.blogspot.com/2008/01/racism-2008.html
Love you Min!
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January 16th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
not funny. Who is this guy? Oh wait hes a nobody trying to sell a book, his five minutes is already up.
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January 16th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
lmao at jew tube
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January 16th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
If this had been a comedic segment to a late show like Leno or Conan, then it would have been cool, but the fact that they are YouTube videos screams “I’m so bored. Please pay me some attention.” I mean, I got a chuckle out of this, but if I never see this guy again, I wouldn’t mind.
LMAO @ #2. The WWF must have assumed that all negro heads were full of pure cement.
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January 17th, 2008 at 12:28 am
Phonte said the same thing about super punch out…its crazzy how real it is doe
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January 17th, 2008 at 2:51 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMD2Y36li1Y
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January 17th, 2008 at 6:41 am
He’s a moron. Amazingly ridiculous in more ways than one. He should applauded for immense stupidity…
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January 17th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
This guys using racism to make money..
wats he talkin about jew tube..
his views are similar to that of a white supremacist… he’s backing up people’s stereotypes and not everyone realizes he might be joking (if he is)
get a life…
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January 17th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
jew tube how funny is that
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January 17th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
These videos are funny as hell. I used to love street fighter as a kid not knowing all that time how racist it was.
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January 17th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
^^^very
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January 18th, 2008 at 12:01 am
they were pretty funny. thanks for sharing! i had to give you credit on my site.
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