Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:41 pm
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SherronShabazz wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
racist bull. chuckle it up.
TB#1 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
You think the joking suggestion that Ben Wallace, with his wild hair, might have looked like Buckwheat from the Our Gang movies as a child is racist?
Now the character of Buckwheat in and of itself clearly has racist overtones which would never fly today, but come on...the Ben/Buckwheat comparison is really no different than Hinrich/Harry Potter.
Were you equally outraged when Eddie Murphy did his grownup Buckwheat character?
SherronShabazz wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
yes i think its racist.
TB#1 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
OK. How so?
bulls6pack wrote:Its not racist! If someone thought it was racist, then chances are it wouldn't have been put up at all! BTW, how is Tom and Jerry and The 3 Stooges racist?
bulls6pack wrote:Its not racist! If someone thought it was racist, then chances are it wouldn't have been put up at all! BTW, how is Tom and Jerry and The 3 Stooges racist?
TB#1 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
Tom and Jerry most certainly -- there is a recurring character of a "mammie" type maid that is horribly inappropriate.
I can't recall anything in the Stooges particularly racist, but I've never been a big Stooges fan. It certainly wouldn't surprise me if there were some shuffling step'n'fetchit type background characters in some skits, given the overall lowbrow nature of the humor.
And if the accusation of racism is the mere invocation of an admittedly race-based character like Buckwheat, I guess I'm guilty as charged.
However, the point of the comparison is just the similarity of the wild hair, which I don't particulary consider to be racially charged. As I said, it is taking a feature and comparing it to someone with a similar look -- like Kirk and Harry Potter.
We spent weeks making fun of Skiles' balding head. If we can't make fun of Ben's hair without offending, this thread isn't going to go far.
SherronShabazz wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
hey. i dont think your intent was bad. i just think its wrong. its my opinion. sorry to slow down the thread. i laughed at a couple things here. just not buckwheat.
im done.