I'm looking for
racial comedy, in English, available on video, or less preferably mp3. It doesn't need to be the exclusive topic of the comedian, but it should play a part. No preference for a specific racial background, although East Asian would be interesting to see, since I haven't seen much of it before. Examples:
Maz Jobrani, Canada's own
Russell Peters,
Chris Rock.
posted by demagogue
on Aug 12, 2012 -
30 answers
Co-worker just ended a diatribe about different types of Black people. We want to see consequences for this person. How do we write this report to HR?
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posted by Ashen
on Jul 6, 2012 -
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This might be a wild goose chase. But can anyone help me track down any sort of a technical clue for
why a white tint very specifically applied to one part of a photo taken in the 1920s – for the purpose of deliberate deception – would have turned a dark, purplish navy color over time?
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posted by Jody Tresidder
on Jul 24, 2009 -
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How prominent was racial segregation in the western parts of the Mid-west (Kansas/Nebraska area) in the early-to-mid-50s?
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posted by Deflagro
on Jan 21, 2009 -
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My girlfriend (white, both parents English) and I (dark-skinned, both parents from Sri Lanka) met an American couple in a bar (here in Australia). They seemed very adventurous, educated and intelligent but became very VERY serious when we said we planned to travel in the Southern States of the U.S., suggesting that - after dark at least - the whole area is still (and I quote) "maybe a bad idea for a mixed-race couple." Are they right?
posted by bunglin jones
on Feb 16, 2005 -
61 answers
Oddball semantics question: Yesterday my wife and her mother were talking about chutney for some reason. Her mother remarked that she always thought that chutney was something that "the blacks" ate. Setting aside the fact that chutney is an Indian thing, what is so distasteful about mom-in-law's choice of words? [MI]
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posted by yalestar
on Oct 3, 2004 -
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