Is this a racist comment? - Page 3 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

firemediceric · #31 12-05-2008, 05:19 PM

After being called out by the black student, I'm sure the joke teller felt like David Duke at a NAACP meeting.

C280 Sport · #32 12-05-2008, 05:48 PM

Its ok I didnt know who he was for a while also.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Combs

riorust · #33 12-05-2008, 05:57 PM

Personally I thought it was hilarious and not racist at all.... then I did a Google search for Pdiddy + Rims.... and it became even funnier

http://www.body-kitz.com/articles2/seanjohnweb/index.html

I think folks need to be able to laugh at themselves sometimes

Carleton Hughes · #34 12-05-2008, 06:17 PM

No,not in the context it was mentioned in.It was quite en pointe,particularly in light of the corrosive Thug subculture previously alluded to.

Reminds me of one of my Gramps's comments. "That damn car is rarer than a safety razor at a pullman porter's convention".

BodhiBenz1987 · #35 12-05-2008, 06:23 PM

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I think folks need to be able to laugh at themselves sometimes

Agreed ... obviously there's a line, and I guess it's different for everybody. But as a woman, I certainly here plenty of jokes that could "offend" me, but most of the time they make me laugh. There is a huge difference between someone actually discriminating against me because I'm a woman, and someone making a joke about shoes, or crying, or bad driving. I make those jokes myself. I don't take offense at that because I don't consider myself among the stereotype targeting in those jokes ... and anytime I find myself acting like a stereotype, I am able to laugh at myself for it and admit it.

Funny "sexist" incident recently ... I was in Barnes and Noble and picked up an MB Classic magazine off the shelf and starting flipping through it. This man was standing next to me looking at another car mag. As soon as I started looking through my magazine, he absolutely froze, and stared at me as though I'd just whipped out a crackpipe or something. After a long pause, he goes, "A girl? Looking at CAR magazines?", then shakes his head and walks off .... as though is entire universe had just been turned on end. I guess I could have been offended, but instead I just couldn't stop laughing about it the rest of the night.

I guess it all depends on your perspective and what you've been through, or what you've been taught to be offended by. I've never faced terrible discrimination for my gender and was raised to have a sense of humor about the various shortcomings (and blessings) or all types of people, within limits. I wouldn't make fun of mentally handicapped people in front of my sister, who is educably mentally retarded (and knows it), but I never got offended if someone called someone else "retard" when clearly there's no one actually retarded in sight.

Botnst · #36 12-05-2008, 06:27 PM

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Funny "sexist" incident recently ... I was in Barnes and Noble and picked up an MB Classic magazine off the shelf and starting flipping through it. This man was standing next to me looking at another car mag. As soon as I started looking through my magazine, he absolutely froze, and stared at me as though I'd just whipped out a crackpipe or something. After a long pause, he goes, "A girl? Looking at CAR magazines?", then shakes his head and walks off .... as though is entire universe had just been turned on end. I guess I could have been offended, but instead I just couldn't stop laughing about it the rest of the night.....

Fool should've asked you out for a date.

Carleton Hughes · #37 12-05-2008, 06:55 PM

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Fool should've asked you out for a date.

Probably a closet queen.

A264172 · #38 12-05-2008, 07:05 PM

The angrier you are, the more racism you can find.

Hatterasguy · #39 12-05-2008, 09:38 PM

If I saw a girl flipping through a Mercedes magazine I would have asked for a date. After staring kind of dumb struck for a few minutes.

MTUpower · #40 12-05-2008, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by G-Benz

Agreed.

Jokes are especially funny when there's a slant of truth in them...and that's why the black guy got offended...as long as the issue is kept within the black culture (like the use of the "N" word), it's alright, but if someone outside of the circle makes light of it, then it's offensive!

Sorry...I would have laughed too.

I could not agree less on the "kept within the black culture (like the use of the "N" word)". If a black can call a black the "n" word, then everyone ought to be able to do so. The opposite is also true- if "you " use it then "we" should be able to also. If you want everyone to be equal, then the lines of distinction need to be erased- meaning you have to act as if they don't exist. You cannot say "we black people, or we white people" without excluding some other group. When you exclude you invite discrimination.

Botnst · #41 12-05-2008, 09:55 PM

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I could not agree less on the "kept within the black culture (like the use of the "N" word)". If a black can call a black the "n" word, then everyone ought to be able to do so. The opposite is also true- if "you " use it then "we" should be able to also. If you want everyone to be equal, then the lines of distinction need to be erased- meaning you have to act as if they don't exist. You cannot say "we black people, or we white people" without excluding some other group. When you exclude you invite discrimination.

In terms of social equality: It's not a level playing field. It never was. It never will be. Not meaning necessarily in a racist sense. There are plenty of inequalities to choose from and most of them have incongruities that result in humor as well as offense. This is why we teach our children common courtesy.

If I had said that and somebody got offended I would say, "Im sorry if you were offended, it was meant for private conversation." Then let it drop. And I would truly be sorry that I offended the guy. I wouldn't do so intentionally out of the blue.

IMO, humor is best when it isn't personally offensive. But the really best humor skirts right along the edge! If you're going for the gold you gotta expect bruises.

iwrock · #42 12-05-2008, 10:28 PM

Bondhi Benz, I dated a chick who was kinda into Mercedes. She has a 16 valve.

My jaw dropped, as I was at Chevron gassing up the wagon, and she was checking the oil in the 16 valve.

I was like "Whoa."

C280 Sport · #43 12-05-2008, 10:40 PM

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Bondhi Benz, I dated a chick who was kinda into Mercedes. She has a 16 valve.

My jaw dropped, as I was at Chevron gassing up the wagon, and she was checking the oil in the 16 valve.

I was like "Whoa."

Ha Ha. Thats funny. To be honest If was young again and had Mercedes when young I would of introduced myself right there on the spot. The only thing was when I was young Mercedes where not common at all for people under 30.

iwrock · #44 12-05-2008, 10:54 PM

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Ha Ha. Thats funny. To be honest If was young again and had Mercedes when young I would of introduced myself right there on the spot. The only thing was when I was young Mercedes where not common at all for people under 30.

I did introduce myself, and we are still friends.

She laughed at me when I introduced myself (being a Mercedes person), but she likes my wagon.

I have some pictures around here somewhere of her 16 valve and my blue wagon.

C280 Sport · #45 12-05-2008, 11:01 PM

If you ever find them can you post them? Got a picture of her also. lol just kidding