Diversity is our strength?

Just do the same when a black does something as stupid.

 

What happens when its directed at a black guy whose grand parents actually own a cotton farrm?

 

Black students do get expelled or suspended for doing dumb shit, all the time. So what's your point?

 

I don't know...
What happens?

 

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"Just do the same when a "black" does something stupid........."

Duh!

 

What happens? No one directly involved gets offended

Double checking the story, I think it was actually the black girl in the photo whose grandparents owned the cotton farm, maybe the white chics were asking her brother or someone to the prom

Who does most of the cotton picking on US farms nowaadays anyway? probably mexicans

 

If she’s into racists, she probably said yes.

 

It could also be they simply share a quaint type of humor

 

Should the 3 in that picture be suspended is what is being asked.

 

Well, that's an interesting story VG, but what does it have to do with the other picture that Hotwater and I were commenting about? Folks are running to the defense of this kid who's displaying something questionable and are obviously offended by what I said about what should be done. If it was an African American kid displaying something derrogatory against another race, I would want him suspended or expelled too. Makes no difference to me.

 

"A black" hahaha who talks like that. Maybe I shouldn't be laughing but Christ almighty

 

And I'm asking, "what do YOU think should happen", because as far as I'm concerned, it's totally irrelevant to a discussion I was having with Hotwater about the OTHER picture.

 

That's possible. Duly noted.

 

The story: Sarasota teen's 'cotton-picking' promposal outrages social media

Sarasota is near Tampa in florida, a lot of his classmates would be black, its not like its a high school in kentucky

Sounds like it was from a guy that is maybe a bit of a dumbass rather than having intent

 

Whatever action you feel should happen in the first example should be the same result when it goes the other way. It's a racially disparaging statement. Doesn't matter who's making it. The fact that there are 2, white girls supporting the statement makes them complicit. They should all be held to the same standard.

If one picture is viewed as humourous, then so should the other.

 

Just so you know, I don't find either one of them very humorous at all, and I don't need a lecture from you about standards.

 

Agreed (naturally, as it just makes sense and seems fair). But i have the feeling that in all this fairness people overlook something. Motives and context matter, and its also how the same kind of joke can not be funny at all when another person makes it.

Some jokes are mainly funny because the comment, or the situation displayed, plays with inappropriateness or sometimes just plain rudeness. I often dig this kind of humor myself a lot too. But there are plenty of people who abuse this given and neglect the humorous part, so they can make inappropriate or rude comments and act like its a brilliant piece of humor.

 

But you do or don't feel that the punishment should be equal in both instances?

 

Someone will always find something offensive. Even when no offense was ever intended. How society is told to handle it when some groups gets offended and others arent allowed to be offended is what's becoming offensive.

I find it offensuve when one picture is deemed OK and the other is not.

They are both racially disparaging as written.

 

I am concerned with racism, prejucdice, and colorism everywhere it exists. It's hard to keep track of all racism on a global scale. But I think that it's possible to encourage a more general diversity-driven mindset. Recently, there was a speaker at my school. The guy started speaking out against lesbianism and then went on to say that transgender culture "is being shoved down our throats". A ton of people in the auditorium walked out. In my own little corner of the world it feels like progress. Granted, there were some even from my class where we are reading the "Race in America" textbook who stayed and listened and reported at our next class time that they didn't walk out and that the guy himself was actually gay and went on to talk about how he's making a movie about it or something. But it felt good to walk away from something like that together. I realize that isn't the same as turning away from the cruelty that is racism. But it's embracing diversity over intolerance! I think that says something about our capacity to change. And now I've gone on for too long... Sorry for the long post!