10 Most Racist Moments From "Accidental Racist"

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10 Most Racist Moments From "Accidental Racist"

Postby Matthew Notch » Mon Apr 15, 2013 1:36 am

JugularNotch Posted: Apr 10 2013, 07:37 PM

Today's article has been discussed extensively on the web, from Rap Genius to NPR. But why not discuss it with the addition of puns?!

I'd like to say that the line "no one working at Starbucks 'understands' Lynyrd Skynyrd" is hilarious. But then again, I'm a fan of ATB, so I might be prejudiced in that way.
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Re: 10 Most Racist Moments From "Accidental Racist"

Postby Lindvaettr » Mon Apr 15, 2013 1:37 am

cjlind6436 Posted: Apr 10 2013, 08:13 PM

I liked the article, honestly, but I thought it was odd that ATB seemingly couldn't decide if he wanted to discuss symbolism or take things literally. He'd constantly talk about how the Confederate Flag was a symbol for racism, and yet when LL Cool J said "if you forget about my gold chains, I'll forget about the iron chains" or whatever, suddenly the gold chains were literally jewelry, as opposed to the obvious symbolic meaning of "If you stop being racist now, I'll stop being upset about what happened then".

Also, I have no puns to add. Something about paisley shirts, I guess.
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Re: 10 Most Racist Moments From "Accidental Racist"

Postby jbobsully11 » Mon Apr 15, 2013 1:38 am

jbobsully11 Posted: Apr 10 2013, 09:10 PM

The whole time I read it, I kept thinking of a bit by stand-up comedian Joe Klocek (he was mentioned a while ago in a Cracked article about hecklers getting destroyed) wherein he talked about a time that he performed at a club in the South that had (among other things) a giant Confederate flag hanging on the wall. When he asked a waitress if she didn't think it was really offensive to African Americans, she replied, "Well, they never come in here." And yes, I thought the whole "gold chains" thing he kept bringing up was pretty stupid. And I don't think there needed to be 10 entries.

...Also, something something paisley, uh... cool... dammit...
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Re: 10 Most Racist Moments From "Accidental Racist"

Postby Tesseracts » Mon Apr 15, 2013 1:38 am

AiAiAi Posted: Apr 10 2013, 09:29 PM

Is anyone else getting really over hearing about this EVERYWHERE, I mean the guy was on Ellen for goodness sake.

Besides, Gob Bluth already wrote the perfect song to combat racism.
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Re: 10 Most Racist Moments From "Accidental Racist"

Postby deathknight928 » Mon Apr 15, 2013 1:40 am

deathknight928 Posted: Apr 11 2013, 04:13 AM

What guy? The author? Well good for him!
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Re: 10 Most Racist Moments From "Accidental Racist"

Postby Matthew Notch » Mon Apr 15, 2013 1:40 am

JugularNotch Posted: Apr 12 2013, 09:46 AM

AiAiAi wrote:Apr 10 2013, 09:29 PM Besides, Gob Bluth already wrote the perfect song to combat racism.

"I got childrensss all over towwwn!"
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Re: 10 Most Racist Moments From "Accidental Racist"

Postby rickmcslick » Mon Apr 15, 2013 1:41 am

rickmcslick Posted: Apr 12 2013, 02:41 PM

AiAiAi wrote:Apr 10 2013, 09:29 PM Is anyone else getting really over hearing about this EVERYWHERE, I mean the guy was on Ellen for goodness sake.

Besides, Gob Bluth already wrote the perfect song to combat racism.

ATB was on Ellen? Wow, that's crazy.
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