# my racist rant of the day **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 10, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-racist-rant-of-the-day/553334 "2010-09-10T21:16:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kapri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kapri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kapri)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-racist-rant-of-the-day/553334/21 "2010-09-10T22:12:57Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > … > > Okay, you know what, I’m just going to go ahead and hijack this thread right now. > > I have a couple of chicken breasts sitting in the freezer tonight, what can I do with them for dinner? Step 1: Remove from freezer ---
**Author:** ![Gestalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/90ced4/32.png) [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-racist-rant-of-the-day/553334/22 "2010-09-10T22:17:22Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > … > > Okay, you know what, I’m just going to go ahead and hijack this thread right now. > > I have a couple of chicken breasts sitting in the freezer tonight, what can I do with them for dinner? Hurl at nearest pizza delivery car you see driving by. When he crashes into a tree due to the distraction, steal pizzas from his car. Eat those for dinner. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-racist-rant-of-the-day/553334/23 "2010-09-10T22:18:55Z")
> [@Gestalt](#): > > NOT that I agree with any of the stereotypes above (speaking of which and also of hijacks, any y’all seen Friday Night Lights, the show? OMG, so many stereotypes. Yet I am constantly choking back a tear. Why oh why does the large black woman who carries the weight of the world on her shoulders but loves her running-back son so much even when she yells at him for giving her lip and ignoring her down-home wisdom and fried chicken, why oh why does she make a tear come to my eye every time she cheers her son on for getting a touchdown? Sometimes I hate myself) but I am familiar with most of them. And this is the only time I’ve heard of Russians as being kind and gentle. Usually the stereotype of them is all Boris and Natasha. More importantly, what exactly do running backs do? I mean, I assume running is involved at some point. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-racist-rant-of-the-day/553334/24 "2010-09-10T22:25:26Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Your confusion saddens me, so I have sent a couple of minions over to solve your problem by confiscating the chicken breasts, along with whatever cash, jewelry, and sensitive intelligence you may have lying around. You’re announcing your plans to grab her breasts? The things people say on the internets! ---
**Author:** ![Gestalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/90ced4/32.png) [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-racist-rant-of-the-day/553334/25 "2010-09-10T22:29:32Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > More importantly, what exactly do running backs do? I mean, I assume running is involved at some point. Despite living in the south and having gone to an SEC school . . . I’m not quite sure . . . they are receivers (at least this kid always is catching the ball and running into the endzone while throwing off every single lineman from the other team) . . . and they run? I’m not sure if they have any other duties than to execute passing plays by catching and running as far and as nimbly as they can. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-racist-rant-of-the-day/553334/26 "2010-09-10T22:33:57Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > > [@scamartistry](#): > > > > you’d be wrong most are actually of russian and asian (japanese to be specific) heritage , why? > > Assuming you’re not just fucking around, “my best friends are black” is an allusion to a sort of statement frequently made by racists and/or anti-semites. I really hate it when people are all like “Yes, I did just say I was glad that so many Jews were killed by Hitler. But what’s wrong with that? Some of my closest friends a black.” ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-racist-rant-of-the-day/553334/27 "2010-09-10T22:45:42Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > > [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > > > Your confusion saddens me, so I have sent a couple of minions over to solve your problem by confiscating the chicken breasts, along with whatever cash, jewelry, and sensitive intelligence you may have lying around. > > You’re announcing your plans to grab her breasts? > > The things people say on the internets! I’m HAVING her breasts grabbed. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-racist-rant-of-the-day/553334/28 "2010-09-10T22:46:53Z")
> [@Gestalt](#): > > > [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > > > More importantly, what exactly do running backs do? I mean, I assume running is involved at some point. > > Despite living in the south and having gone to an SEC school . . . I’m not quite sure . . . they are receivers (at least this kid always is catching the ball and running into the endzone while throwing off every single lineman from the other team) . . . and they run? I’m not sure if they have any other duties than to execute passing plays by catching and running as far and as nimbly as they can. See, that’s my problem with football. Shouldn’t there be someone on each team tasked to do pointless acts of brutality? You know, for the kids? ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-racist-rant-of-the-day/553334/29 "2010-09-10T23:08:33Z")
Black Americans: Open up either a bottle of lotion or a bag of potato chips around them, and they’ve suddenly got their hands out. You could be in class, at church, at a funeral…it does not matter. Hands will just appear out of nowhere. Try it out one day. Gotta go. I sense that my downstairs neighbor just opened up a jar of cocoa butter, and I must have some for these ashy knees. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-racist-rant-of-the-day/553334/30 "2010-09-10T23:50:18Z")
> [@Gestalt](#): > > > [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > > > More importantly, what exactly do running backs do? I mean, I assume running is involved at some point. > > Despite living in the south and having gone to an SEC school . . . I’m not quite sure . . . they are receivers (at least this kid always is catching the ball and running into the endzone while throwing off every single lineman from the other team) . . . and they run? I’m not sure if they have any other duties than to execute passing plays by catching and running as far and as nimbly as they can. Running backs don’t execute passing plays. Those are receivers. Running backs execute run plays. I mean, there are sometimes you’d use a running back as a receiver, but those are rare. (Running backs would also catch in option plays and pitches, but those are special cases.) When a team calls a run play, the quarterback hands off the ball to a running back who then tries to get through the line of scrimmage. ---
**Author:** ![Gestalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/90ced4/32.png) [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-racist-rant-of-the-day/553334/31 "2010-09-11T00:07:35Z")
Well, it seems like the QB is always throwing the ball to this guy, who nimbly jumps around all the defensive line and such to run the ball in for a touchdown. I’ve seen him passed the ball like, twice. And he is definitely a running back. Then again, passing plays make for better drama than running plays, so there you go. Also, I’m pretty sure the times I’ve seen the ball thrown to him, it was for short (like less than 20 yards) throws. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-racist-rant-of-the-day/553334/32 "2010-09-11T00:24:24Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Your confusion saddens me, so I have sent a couple of minions over to solve your problem by confiscating the chicken breasts, along with whatever cash, jewelry, and sensitive intelligence you may have lying around. Someone has to ask it… Are you planning on frying them? And that’s NOT racist. I have a black president. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-racist-rant-of-the-day/553334/33 "2010-09-11T00:26:45Z")
> [@Gestalt](#): > > > [@Kythereia](#): > > > > I have a couple of chicken breasts sitting in the freezer tonight, what can I do with them for dinner? > > Hurl at nearest pizza delivery car you see driving by. When he crashes into a tree due to the distraction, steal pizzas from his car. Eat those for dinner. Stealing pizzas? You’re obviously Hungarian. ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-racist-rant-of-the-day/553334/34 "2010-09-11T00:32:06Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > and am on record as hating … the people of Wales in particular. > [@Skald the Rhymer](#): > > Yes, I can. By asserting that certain traits are strongly associated with a person’s “race,” you are attempting to backdoor justify claims that other traits–negative ones – are also overwhelmingly associated with persons of a given “race.” It fools no one. Interesting. So you’re OK with generalizing by nationality but not by skin colour? A positive observation about those of your race is _worse_ than a hatred of a nation of disparate people (many of whom even share your skin colour)? I’m confused. This sounds like “don’t generalise about me; but I can generalise about you.” And if we’re talking minoroties, “Welsh” is infinitely more of a minority than “people with black skin”. ---
**Author:** ![Gestalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/90ced4/32.png) [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-racist-rant-of-the-day/553334/35 "2010-09-11T00:42:18Z")
**Skald** is black, so he can’t be racist. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-racist-rant-of-the-day/553334/36 "2010-09-11T00:49:52Z")
> [@Gestalt](#): > > **Skald** is black, so he can’t be racist. Does this mean that **Halle Berry** only allowed to be racist every other day? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-racist-rant-of-the-day/553334/37 "2010-09-11T00:50:00Z")
White people have names like Lenny, and black people have names like Carl. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-racist-rant-of-the-day/553334/38 "2010-09-11T00:52:47Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > … > > Okay, you know what, I’m just going to go ahead and hijack this thread right now. > > I have a couple of chicken breasts sitting in the freezer tonight, what can I do with them for dinner? Marinate them in soy sauce, garlic and ginger, grill on skewers. ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-racist-rant-of-the-day/553334/39 "2010-09-11T00:56:01Z")
One of my best friends is Welsh. ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-racist-rant-of-the-day/553334/40 "2010-09-11T01:16:34Z")
> [@Candyman74](#): > > > [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > > > and am on record as hating … the people of Wales in particular. > > > [@Skald the Rhymer](#): > > > > Yes, I can. By asserting that certain traits are strongly associated with a person’s “race,” you are attempting to backdoor justify claims that other traits–negative ones – are also overwhelmingly associated with persons of a given “race.” It fools no one. > > Interesting. So you’re OK with generalizing by nationality but not by skin colour? > > A positive observation about those of your race is _worse_ than a hatred of a nation of disparate people (many of whom even share your skin colour)? > > I’m confused. This sounds like “don’t generalise about me; but I can generalise about you.” And if we’re talking minoroties, “Welsh” is infinitely more of a minority than “people with black skin”. He’s also on record as attempting to kill every last panda bear. So, you know, he’s a damn speciesist. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-racist-rant-of-the-day/553334.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-racist-rant-of-the-day/553334.md?page=3)