That white people dancing gif

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Valhelm

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Asians can't drive
Black people can't swim

Those are relatively inoffensive I think?

Kinda worse. There are so many white people famous for being good dancers, that everybody knows "white people can't dance" doesn't apply to everyone. There are people who insist that all Asians are bad drivers, or that all Black people are scared of water.
 

Grizzo

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I think this thread is missing some Miley Cyrus gifs:

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Htown

STOP SHITTING ON MY MOTHER'S HEADSTONE
I hate you so much.
You can't just post perfection and leave it at that.

not really his fault

the show was on every saturday for like ten years, it's like finding a needle in a haystack when none of the haystacks have been released on DVD
 
I remember there was one gif of some white girl with baggy pants dancing in a street somewhere and she was pretty good

i was looking for that gif but instead i found this and now i have a kind of weird boner

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Still no name or source. Can't leave us hanging, bro :/
 

BHZ Mayor

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I love how some people in this thread only now want to play the "racism is bad" angle when the relatively benign shoe is on the other foot.

Nigger? It's just a word.
Unarmed black person killed? What if they were up to something?
Sum Ting Wong, Wi Tu Lo? Lighten up, it's just a joke.

White people are bad dancers? OH MY GOD! SUCH HORRIBLE RACISM! THIS HAS TO STOP!
 

Data West

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I can think of several Asian stereotypes that people think are harmless that aren't 'funny' to them. You really think the Asian kid likes being asked for help with math because he's Asian?
 
He was ok. If I remember right he sued and got a settlement for around 20k. You can buy a lot of chicken and watermelon with that kind of scratch.

Even though you're banned now. All I have to say is, Obama's blessing be onto you young one.

I can think of several Asian stereotypes that people think are harmless that aren't 'funny' to them. You really think the Asian kid likes being asked for help with math because he's Asian?

If it makes them feel better, I get asked to play on peoples' basketball/sports team because I'm black. I wish people would ask me for help with math and writing. But they never do

Maybe cause I'm a thug
all day everyday
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TheOGB

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Now this guy and Duane are goofy, but they fucking own it, and they rock that shit. Only difference between these guys and a lot of the other dancers in these gifs is that they don't look uncomfortable or awkward, like the movements they're doing are foreign to them. But hey, even if it doesn't look good compared to professionals or whatever, have fun. That's what I love about dance.
 

msdstc

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So I don't mean to be that guy, but can somebody explain to me why it's ok to racially stereotype like this, but not in other ways? Honestly it doesn't even slightly bother me I guess I'm just stirring the pot, but it really doesn't make sense to me in that regard.


"oh shit i better sit my ass down"

lost it when I read this.

Rockwell owns.

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This is so amazing
 

Kadayi

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I love how some people in this thread only now want to play the "racism is bad" angle when the relatively benign shoe is on the other foot.

Only now?

Nigger? It's just a word.
Unarmed black person killed? What if they were up to something?
Sum Ting Wong, Wi Tu Lo? Lighten up, it's just a joke.

When has anyone saying any of those sort of things not resulted in swift justice? I'm hard pressed to recall a thread where people have gone off the rails on issues of race and the mods haven't intervened (which is what makes GAF so great).

Is the thread racist? Not really. Is it lazy? Kinda (at least from where I'm sitting). Still can't beat em join em I guess...

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Angry Grimace

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Why am I not shocked to see a ton of gifs of random hot white girls dancing regardless of whether the dancing is good, bad or mediocre.
 

akira28

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So I don't mean to be that guy

if you notice, most people are participating in this thread ironically. I don't believe that the 'stereotype' that white people cannot dance is really seriously subscribed to here at all. The point, I think, was to simply post gifs of people dancing in the most awkward and goofy manner, until some people decided to take it 'for serious' and make a 'racial' issue out of it.

the twist being that most of the people dancing aren't being too serious about it either...they're being goofy and having fun. and even the framed perspective underlines this, and doesn't turn it into an issue. Would it equal things out if there was a thread full of black men jumping?
 

molnizzle

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So I don't mean to be that guy, but can somebody explain to me why it's ok to racially stereotype like this, but not in other ways? Honestly it doesn't even slightly bother me I guess I'm just stirring the pot, but it really doesn't make sense to me in that regard.

You're not the only one.
 

lednerg

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So I don't mean to be that guy, but can somebody explain to me why it's ok to racially stereotype like this, but not in other ways? Honestly it doesn't even slightly bother me I guess I'm just stirring the pot, but it really doesn't make sense to me in that regard.

It's for the same reason that it doesn't even slightly bother you.

We shouldn't derail the thread with this crap.
 
So I don't mean to be that guy, but can somebody explain to me why it's ok to racially stereotype like this, but not in other ways? Honestly it doesn't even slightly bother me I guess I'm just stirring the pot, but it really doesn't make sense to me in that regard.

Only now?
When has anyone saying any of those sort of things not resulted in swift justice? I'm hard pressed to recall a thread where people have gone off the rails on issues of race and the mods haven't intervened (which is what makes GAF so great).

Is the thread racist? Not really. Is it lazy? Kinda (at least from where I'm sitting).

You're not the only one.

You may want to take a look around the middle of the last page
 
That Snoop Dogg reaction time is the most impressive thing here.

But yeah the Olympics dancing girl is cute for obvious reasons. Not only is she obviously cute for the normal reasons looks wise. It's the fact that she is doing it with headphones on wherever she wants simply not giving a fuck. That's attractive to a lot of people. She's being herself.
 
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