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There is a movie titled “White men cant jump”.
This, most decidedly is based on a stereotype that white men are not as good at sports as black men.
If someone created a movie (based on a common stereotype) called “Black men can’t swim”, would it be accepted in the same manner?
| Skin color has nothing to do with statistics | 13 | |
| Whites are better | 10 | |
| It’s a double standard | 28 | |
| Blacks are better | 4 |
I see what you are saying, and I can appreciate your point of view, but the reason why your suggestion would come off as racist is because the reason why there's a stereotype that black people can't swim or that some people refer to blacks using the racist term non-swimmers is because of segregation. Black people were not allowed to join country clubs or to go to local pools in many places so they were deprived the opportunity to learn how to swim! This is why we should not forget our past!
I honestly haven't seen the movie White Men Can't Jump so I can't tell you how racist it is or isn't. However, to just say black men can't swim is kinda racist when you take into account the history of it all.
https://youtu.be/Zmvt7yFTtt8
so itd be a movie bout a black guy whos secretly a champion swimmer and hustles overconfident white guys into gamblin over swim races?
im not sure thatd be a good movie double standard or not
Lol this thread is great.
My 2cents, people are different. And I feel that it has gotten to the point where pointing out differences has become offensive instead of being a wonderful part of life. I don't see anything wrong with saying black people are gifted at playing sports. Nothing wrong with Asian people being gifted at academic achievement. Nothing wrong with Mexicans having some of the most intense value for family. Different cultures are good at different things. The movie was made just to get a response out of you because of the current socio-political climate and it worked.
Are you saying I said theses things cause I didn’t I’m guessing you meant the op when you said lestat cause I didn’t say that
I think white liberals would be upset more than blacks, but you do have plenty of race obsessed blacks that would cry a river. How come that stereotype about black men is never complained about?
After so many years and black countries with excellent racist laws, it is only one group that complains regularly.
Are you being intentionally stupid? No one was stopping white people from playing sports or anything like what black people had to deal with. That’s her point and why she said it’s racist givin the history. No one was depriving white people like they did and arguably still are blacks and other minority’s. Learn some history.
White people in the past weren't deprived? And you tell others to read history? Oh boy lol
Are you sure about this?
From what I gather, you are perpetuating the reality/stereotype.
If you were a white child growing up in Africa, your disposition would be flip flopped entirely, would it not?
That was a really poor argument on that site. It doesn't "define" the word or it's use, it gives one person's opinion.
The information she put before the "but" is not negated by what comes after. Someone trying to avoid a ball but still being hit doesn't negate the first part of the sentence.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/but
I didn't see any that worked for your "definition". Most og them would not work as sentences without the first half. The only one I can see it working for is "I'm sorry, but..." and that is not because of grammar.
If you're going to try to be a grammar nazi, at least do it well. All you've done here is make yourself look like an ignorant, self important twat.