Explain the difference for me....

[Z4C_er]

This:

Versus this:

I'll just go get me popcorn.

 

[mmm-five]

If you can't tell the difference, then you truly are colour blind

White to black is 'discrimination' or 'cultural appropriation' or 'racist'.

Black to white is 'empowerment', or 'sticking it to the man'.

 

[mr.tourette]

there isn't, problem is now people dont see the difference between a comic character that is black played by a white person or vice versa and actual demeaning a race through comedy.. to me there is a difference but to our Instagram generation apparently its all the same.

Same with Leigh Francis apologising for his black characters on Bo Selecta, he was taking the piss out of Craig David and Michael Jackson not black people in general, he did exactly the same thing with the caricature style make up for white characters like Ant and Dec, Kelly Osborne etc it was character observation comedy not any kind of racial slur.

Little Britain characters was more sterotyping characters, trans, gay, fat, black, thai, but nothing was off limits for them and plenty of white straight British characters came in for a comedy bashing too and I genuinely believe David and Matt are just 2 funny guys with not a bad bone in them yet the shows are now being dropped from streaming services. Kinda sad really

 

[Z4C_er]

Exactly. Let's see how many Eddie Murphy movies and comedy acts get canned.

 

[Big Bad Boris]

Does seem to be a certain irony in the fact they tried to turn Eddie Murphy into Alf Garnett

 

[john-e89]

there isn't, problem is now people dont see the difference between a comic character that is black played by a white person or vice versa and actual demeaning a race through comedy.. to me there is a difference but to our Instagram generation apparently its all the same.

Same with Leigh Francis apologising for his black characters on Bo Selecta, he was taking the piss out of Craig David and Michael Jackson not black people in general, he did exactly the same thing with the caricature style make up for white characters like Ant and Dec, Kelly Osborne etc it was character observation comedy not any kind of racial slur.

Little Britain characters was more sterotyping characters, trans, gay, fat, black, thai, but nothing was off limits for them and plenty of white straight British characters came in for a comedy bashing too and I genuinely believe David and Matt are just 2 funny guys with not a bad bone in them yet the shows are now being dropped from streaming services. Kinda sad really

Totally agree 100%.

 

[ben g]

There is no problem with either :lol: unfortunately these days people have nothing better to do than get offended by anything. It's pathetic and sad.

Excuse. Victims. Etc etc. Bored of it now :thumbsdown:

I can't wait for the day someone is able to describe a white man or a black man as simply 'a man'.

 

[Nictrix]

I can't wait for the day someone is able to describe a white man or a black man as simply 'a man'.

This is it though, if you are describing someone you dont know the colour of that person will always need to come into it just like if they wore glasses, were bald, had a beard, one eye, skinny, fat, tall, short, etc.
Surely by missing out a main descriptive part is wrong.

 

[GAZA62]

Agree with all the above nothing wrong with either of those images its comedy at the end of the day if people don't like it use the off button on the remote :x i am very anti PC and will not change the words i use for someone with nothing better to do with their time.

Looks like Uncle Bens is going to be taken off the shelves now :headbang: FFS its getting ridiculous

 

[Number5]

What about Ginger Lives matter ? Ginger people have had stick for years, but I haven't seen any protest marches.
-Perhaps they're waiting for the sun to go in before they start :wink:

 

[john-e89]

Agree with all the above nothing wrong with either of those images its comedy at the end of the day if people don't like it use the off button on the remote :x i am very anti PC and will not change the words i use for someone with nothing better to do with their time.

Looks like Uncle Bens is going to be taken off the shelves now :headbang: FFS its getting ridiculous

Anti PC....you and me both squire.....and the only way you’ll ever get me down on one knee is if you kick me square in the bollocks.....

 

[GAZA62]

Agree with all the above nothing wrong with either of those images its comedy at the end of the day if people don't like it use the off button on the remote :x i am very anti PC and will not change the words i use for someone with nothing better to do with their time.

Looks like Uncle Bens is going to be taken off the shelves now :headbang: FFS its getting ridiculous

Anti PC....you and me both squire.....and the only way you’ll ever get me down on one knee is if you kick me square in the bollocks.....

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Sadly i have to go down on one knee every time i clean the wheels on the Z as the right one is wrecked

 

[buzyg]

What about Ginger Lives matter ? Ginger people have had stick for years, but I haven't seen any protest marches.
-Perhaps they're waiting for the sun to go in before they start :wink:

That's anti Royalist, Throw him in the Tower. :wink:

 

[Z4C_er]

Looks like Uncle Bens is going to be taken off the shelves now :headbang: FFS its getting ridiculous

Hadn't heard that. That is ridiculous!

 

[dr_john]

Oh God help us, has nobody got a sense of humour anymore? In all history humour has relied heavily on racial stereotyping, eg English, French, Irish, Jewish, Polish, etc etc. I never took offence at any of it. Makes my piss boil when all these celebrities suddenly find that they have to apologise for stuff from years back that nobody cared about.

I hear black rap music using derogatory terms about white folk, that doesn't seem to count in the current argument.

 

[firebobby]

To many tossers getting offended by nothing IMHO :thumbsdown:

 

[Z4C_er]

Oh God help us, has nobody got a sense of humour anymore? In all history humour has relied heavily on racial stereotyping, eg English, French, Irish, Jewish, Polish, etc etc. I never took offence at any of it. Makes my piss boil when all these celebrities suddenly find that they have to apologise for stuff from years back that nobody cared about.

I hear black rap music using derogatory terms about white folk, that doesn't seem to count in the current argument.

It doesn't take long to find hypocrisy these days. And I agree with you. I laughed just as hard watching Eddie Murphy doing white-face as I did any other humour. We've allowed people to dictate what we should and shouldn't be. I like Voltaire...

 

[ben g]

I can't wait for the day someone is able to describe a white man or a black man as simply 'a man'.

This is it though, if you are describing someone you dont know the colour of that person will always need to come into it just like if they wore glasses, were bald, had a beard, one eye, skinny, fat, tall, short, etc.
Surely by missing out a main descriptive part is wrong.

But why do the media have to say 'black man killed by white cop' when the fact is it was 'a man killed by a cop'. The fact they're black and white had nothing to do with it. It only incites racial hatred.

 

[pvr]

Click bait ...

 

[Nictrix]

I can't wait for the day someone is able to describe a white man or a black man as simply 'a man'.

This is it though, if you are describing someone you dont know the colour of that person will always need to come into it just like if they wore glasses, were bald, had a beard, one eye, skinny, fat, tall, short, etc.
Surely by missing out a main descriptive part is wrong.

But why do the media have to say 'black man killed by white cop' when the fact is it was 'a man killed by a cop'. The fact they're black and white had nothing to do with it. It only incites racial hatred.

Yep, the headline wouldnt need to mention that. It only needs mentioned when describing someone.