Is this racism? - Page 2

Hal 2000 · #1 10-05-2005, 03:44 PM

If SPORTS radio hosts have to resort to this, they are obviously hacks, who can't come up with enough banter amongst themselves, or scare up enough good guests to get the ratings.

obsidian · #2 10-05-2005, 10:18 AM

Not sure if it is racist but it sure as hell isn't funny or entertaining.

#3 10-05-2005, 10:18 AM

They should know better and consider other peoples feelings, but if they know they are not racist...then whatever, but it's stupid calling black people negroes.

Mr_J · #4 10-05-2005, 10:35 AM

Racial tension has made americans so sensitive/uptight.

Black people are negros. It's basically the equiv of caucasian (well negroid is, but no doubt people will have problems with that too lol).

#5 10-05-2005, 10:38 AM

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Not sure if it is racist but it sure as hell is funny and entertaining.

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Shajen · #6 10-05-2005, 10:55 AM

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Not sure if it is racist but it sure as hell is funny and entertaining.

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You find it entertaining?

obsidian · #7 10-05-2005, 10:58 AM

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That was a typo. A bad one too.

Not sure if it is racist but it sure as hell isn't funny or entertaining

#8 10-05-2005, 11:13 AM

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That was a typo. A bad one too.

Not sure if it is racist but it sure as hell isn't funny or entertaining

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LOL. Now that's funny (scroll up)

#9 10-05-2005, 11:07 AM

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She responded with "not a lot". He then asked why, did they have a problem with white people or what?

She said no, they didn't, and was pretty uncomfortable. The guy then asked if she liked white people, or had any issues with white people, etc. Really uncomfortable radio.

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Radio like this exposes people's ugliness. If you think about it, there is absolutely no reason she should be uncomfortable with these questions. Puttting weak minded people on the spot is always amusing and highly entertaining. Exposing their closed minded attitudes is a valuable public service imo.

M2d · #10 10-05-2005, 11:16 AM

I'm assuming you're talking about the woman in the barbershop, so how do you make the leap from
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Radio like this exposes people's ugliness. If you think about it, there is absolutely no reason she should be uncomfortable with these questions.

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Puttting weak minded people on the spot is always amusing and highly entertaining. Exposing their closed minded attitudes is a valuable public service imo.

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what about this makes the woman "weak minded"? what about this should be her fault? If anything, it exposes the hosts as insensitive assholes. given the context of the questioning, the forum in which the questions were asked and the probable situation the woman was in (living day to day in a historically racially charged neighborhood), there's no reason to believe she should have been comfortable with it at all.