NCgaga 4,324 Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Ellen obviously didn't see color when looking at him. She sees the fastest man alive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy scheisse 22,274 Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 how dare she make such a lame joke Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodolfo 139 Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 I can't stand internet activists making a big deal out of things that aren't important. Black people get killed everyday and they're worried about a harmless joke that wasn't even about race in the first place Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Ryan 1,468 Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Wtf lol how is this racist? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion Heart 15,041 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Ffs ▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley 59,150 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 How is this racist? Someone tell me? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GagaMyBlood95 9,915 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 This is racist? I don't think so Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdmistTheLight 2,269 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Weird, shouldn't it be Heterophoric or Sexual Harass? Oh.. nvm, I looked pass the color Spoiler And so did sheeeeeeee Liberaté mi amor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Surrealist 27,470 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 This is not racist, but a tragic attempt at a joke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 ......seriously...... People find stuff to complain about. Ellen is the farthest thing from racist, and the joke was harmless Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haroon 49,685 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 I had to think deeply and stare at this for quite a while to find the racism angle that this could be seen from Not quite sure what to say to be honest, I mean it's just a facepalm thing and not much else Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debithius 5,863 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 She shouldn't apologize at all. Our society is oversensitive as usual. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrawberryBlond 14,872 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 This is the moment where some people might say "She wouldn't make the same joke if he were white." But that is precisely what I'd argue against. This idea that whites would somehow treat minorities better if they were like them is 9 times out of 10 complete rubbish. There is rarely any actual proof given of better treatment for the same thing given to whites, it's just sheer paranoia. I don't know why some people are so arrogant that they think they can see into other people's heads to work out their motivations and intentions for everything. Fastest man in the world = jump on their back and you'd get everywhere faster, that's it. If he was white, no one would have said a thing. The only race angle that some people might see is that Ellen's a white person using a black person for a service (running errands), akin to slavery. But whites have used other whites for services since the dawn of time, so what gives? I remember during the London 2012 Paralympics, someone tweeted in a joke about the concept of blind sprinters running with a guide tied to them - "Why don't they just tie themselves to Jessica Ennis?" The presenters kinda paused for a second and then went, "I think they just mean that she's fast so they'd win easily with her as their guide." And that was it, we had a laugh, we moved on. But some people are just so mindblowingly sensitive, determined to see fault in anything. You need to ask yourself - "If they were white, would this joke be offensive?" If not, then why on earth is there a double standard when the race is non-white? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naotaro 11 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 10 hours ago, StrawberryBlond said: This is the moment where some people might say "She wouldn't make the same joke if he were white." But that is precisely what I'd argue against. This idea that whites would somehow treat minorities better if they were like them is 9 times out of 10 complete rubbish. There is rarely any actual proof given of better treatment for the same thing given to whites, it's just sheer paranoia. I don't know why some people are so arrogant that they think they can see into other people's heads to work out their motivations and intentions for everything. Fastest man in the world = jump on their back and you'd get everywhere faster, that's it. If he was white, no one would have said a thing. The only race angle that some people might see is that Ellen's a white person using a black person for a service (running errands), akin to slavery. But whites have used other whites for services since the dawn of time, so what gives? I remember during the London 2012 Paralympics, someone tweeted in a joke about the concept of blind sprinters running with a guide tied to them - "Why don't they just tie themselves to Jessica Ennis?" The presenters kinda paused for a second and then went, "I think they just mean that she's fast so they'd win easily with her as their guide." And that was it, we had a laugh, we moved on. But some people are just so mindblowingly sensitive, determined to see fault in anything. You need to ask yourself - "If they were white, would this joke be offensive?" If not, then why on earth is there a double standard when the race is non-white? You are seriously over analyzing this, there are lots of things that happen that are actually racist. This is simply not it. chill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrawberryBlond 14,872 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 11 hours ago, Naotaro said: You are seriously over analyzing this, there are lots of things that happen that are actually racist. This is simply not it. chill My whole post is saying that it's not racist and you've unfortunately misinterpreted it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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