Casual racism on American Big Brother

[particle-jim]

They have no food man! Because they're too poor. Is that in itself not an adequate slur?

Nah it's clearly just because they fast on Wednesdays, Fridays and the entire Lenten season

Go eat some Tibs... on Thursday!

[Electric_Head]

Challenge: Find a race we cannot stereotype adequately via culinary slurs.

Ethiopians.

What's the height of bravery?

A chicken walking through an Ethiopian village.

[Sexual_Chocolate]

winner.

[magma]

I'd say it's still a culinary slur. Let's say for racism's sake that they eat sand or something.

If you told an Ethiopian dude to go and cook a SANDwich, I reckon they'd be pretty offended.

The modern world seems to have terrible difficulty in separating skin-tone and culture.

Pointing out cultural differences between nationalities is one thing - someone raised in Ethiopia will quite logically have different tastes, values and traditions to someone raised in China or America... the French can call us Rosbifs, we can call them Frogs and we can all call the Belgians rubbish - that's not racism, it's cultural stereotyping (it might still not be "good" - taking the piss out of Ethiopian famine is still pretty low*, but it's also all most Westerners know about the country) - prejudging your compatriots, raised in the same culture as yourself, as "different" because of their race is, well... racism.

I don't think it's really as damaging for two different national populations with entirely different education systems, national images, armies and sports teams to think each other are "weird" or even "wrong" as it is for compatriots to assume each other are weird or wrong based on non-cultural signifiers like skintone.





*you don't have to be a racist to be a cunt, but it helps.

[garethom]

Maybe I've missed the point here, but are you suggesting that me & wub are racist stnuc?

Edit: Just realised I'd misread your asterisked point mistakenly in my haste.

[magma]

No, not racist cunts, just cunts.

...and all in the best possible taste.

[Mason]

Come on guys racism isn't a laughing matter, we should all just get along and be friends!

[garethom]

No, not racist cunts, just cunts.

...and all in the best possible taste.

Gonna say, this being DSF, it's worth going back a few posts so you don't think before Magma came along we're all just indulging in a bit of free form racism.

[hugh]

Challenge: Find a race we cannot stereotype adequately via culinary slurs.

Ethiopians.

go eat nothing

[Liam92]

I'd say it's still a culinary slur. Let's say for racism's sake that they eat sand or something.

If you told an Ethiopian dude to go and cook a SANDwich, I reckon they'd be pretty offended.

The modern world seems to have terrible difficulty in separating skin-tone and culture.

Pointing out cultural differences between nationalities is one thing - someone raised in Ethiopia will quite logically have different tastes, values and traditions to someone raised in China or America... the French can call us Rosbifs, we can call them Frogs and we can all call the Belgians rubbish - that's not racism, it's cultural stereotyping (it might still not be "good" - taking the piss out of Ethiopian famine is still pretty low*, but it's also all most Westerners know about the country) - prejudging your compatriots, raised in the same culture as yourself, as "different" because of their race is, well... racism.

I don't think it's really as damaging for two different national populations with entirely different education systems, national images, armies and sports teams to think each other are "weird" or even "wrong" as it is for compatriots to assume each other are weird or wrong based on non-cultural signifiers like skintone.





*you don't have to be a racist to be a cunt, but it helps.

[PinUp]

I'd say it's still a culinary slur. Let's say for racism's sake that they eat sand or something.

If you told an Ethiopian dude to go and cook a SANDwich, I reckon they'd be pretty offended.

All I know is it would taste better than tibs.

[garethom]

I'd say it's still a culinary slur. Let's say for racism's sake that they eat sand or something.

If you told an Ethiopian dude to go and cook a SANDwich, I reckon they'd be pretty offended.

All I know is it would taste better than tibs.

Just read about tibs bro. From a simple description, it sounds like it'd be nice. What's the deal with tibs man?

[PinUp]

General meat quality in ethiopia is low. The injera that comes with just about everything tastes like farts. I spent 2 weeks in Ethiopia and I nearly cried when I was presented with a pizza, chips and a beer on my last day because the food out there is so terrible.

*edit* they've got coffee absolutely locked though, I don't even like coffee but it was fucking peng out there.

[ezza]

the only black guy in this years got kicked out for being aggressive to women

[wub]

the only black guy in this years got kicked out for being aggressive to women

Yeah that's what I saw about. Didn't he threaten to end someone or something silly?

[Liam92]

the only black guy in this years got kicked out for being aggressive to women

Yeah that's what I saw about. Didn't he threaten to end someone or something silly?

Should be allow to kill people imo, would make it far more entertaining, on the weekly shopping list you should be able to purchase weapons like katanas and shit

[wub]

the only black guy in this years got kicked out for being aggressive to women

Yeah that's what I saw about. Didn't he threaten to end someone or something silly?

Should be allow to kill people imo, would make it far more entertaining, on the weekly shopping list you should be able to purchase weapons like katanas and shit

Every week they are only given enough food for one less person than they currently have in the house, and are each provided with a sacrificial knife (advertising space available on each blade, email shyster@endemol.com for more details) to restore the natural balance in the house in terms of occupants vs. resources.

Killing another housemate grants the killer a guaranteed food allocation that week, however does mean they're automatically up for eviction.

[ezza]

the only black guy in this years got kicked out for being aggressive to women

Yeah that's what I saw about. Didn't he threaten to end someone or something silly?

yeah tbf the girl was a bitch tho

it was a joke and they were drunk but it did go a bit far. They'd been flirting for weeks and then one night they were play fighting n it just got a bit out of hand. She blagged it as well tho, instead of just sayin nah we were play fighting she was making out she was scarred. which is bullshit.

he was probably the nicest guy in there, just kept to himself and seemed pretty safe

shame really - he's probably seen as a woman beater now

[jaydot]

RIP Jade Goody.

[abelard]

Important stuff this