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- From: rojohnso@libws3.ic.sunysb.edu (Ronald Johnson)
- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.college,soc.culture.african.american
- Subject: Re: Omar: a recap of events
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- Date: 17 Nov 92 20:33:16 GMT
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- To your question...
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- Blacks have been stereotyped for years and you are crying about some stupidness
- like "White Men Can't Jump" and Eddie Murphy calling white men "small"??!!
- Ok....White men *can* jump....White men *arent* small...Feel better now?? You
- dont seem to realize that these "racist" statements against whites stemmed from
- your white forefathers own stereotypes of blacks! Granted, whites are a
- minority in pro basketball...so whites gave blacks the stereotype that blacks
- are all athletes, and that all black men play basketball...*I* dont play ball
- but Im pretty damn sure Im black....and if you knew anything about the movie,
- youd realize that the movie was an irony of the title...it had a white man who
- could, in fact play basketball well...so the white man prove the title wrong,
- you should be satisfied...Here, I give you the permission to produce a movie
- named "Black Men Dont Putt" make yourself and all the other golfers feel spec-
- ial, okay??
-
- And onto your comment about Eddie Murphy calling white men small...Dont tell me
- that you havent heard the stereotype that black men are well endowed and have
- sexual prowess...white people came up with that stereotype, all he did was
- playfully agree with it and take it one step further...If these white racists
- were so insecure in their ...uh...size and they noticed a significant size
- difference between them and the blackman, then you guys *must* be small.(This
- is all done from the perspective of someone stupid enough to believe all this
- so dont quote me out of context and have me crucified like Sista Souljah).
- Like that Daemon person said, these are jokes...This is a harsh world and some-
- times we need to laugh at the ignorance just to get us through each day..Theres
- always going to be someone who is sensitive about something, but dont...dont
- sit there and cry about whites being made fun in the media etc...If there was
- ever a way that you could experience jokes and racist statements made towards
- the black community, as a black person, seeing how sensitive you are about the
- pettiness you are complaining about, youd probably be crying hysterically.
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- RJ
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