Openly racist remarks in pool hall

[Donny Lutz]

NPR and racism

I've gotta stick up for NPR here....as a matter of fact, painting all of NPR
with the same brush is akin to racist thinking.
Yeah, some things are said that I don't like...but at least they can be
disputed.
The racism and prejudice that can't be combated is the hidden...
...never said, only implied.

Here is a couple NPR threads, two of many, that are a delight.
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=242718
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=117279

Flo didn't paint "all of NPR with the same brush" by saying that there's a lot of hate visible in NPR posts.

A agree with Flo. A few years back I checked out NPR and even added one comment. But the racism and other negative "isms" expressed was just too blatant and threatening for me. I never go to the NPR threads any more; it's depressing enough for me just living in the South...

 

[JoeW]

I have a friend (best man at my wedding) who is about 6’3” weighs in at over 300 pounds. His sister is married to a black guy and they have a couple of kids. When someone plays the race card I ask them if they have met “Dave.” If you haven’t, you don’t want to. Ya see Dave is the definition of a tush hog and he has an agenda.

 

[mikeyfrost]

If a black person approached me and said that he/she believed that I was either intellectually or in some other way inferior because I was white, rather than be "offended" or invoke some law to have him/her thrown out the building, I would simply engage him/her in conversation and try to find out where he/she was coming from.

...And if I heard a racist remark in the shape of an insult or some kind of satire, I would either laugh if it was funny/well-delivered, or shrug and dismiss it if it was unoriginal and/or tedious.

...Just the same as if it were any other type of good or bad joke.

Any black person who plays the race card any time that physical violence is not involved is just denying him or herself the chance to better understand the person making the racist remark imo.

No offense but read your post, it's very clear where your bias is. You do realize there is more racism than black vs white or white vs black.

This thread is sure to produce some winners.

 

[capnstabn]

I have noticed that you hear more racist comments in the pool room then in other places.This is especially true with seasoned pool room gamblers.I normally would not see the humor in it but somehow it just works in the pool room.There is a certain flavor to the humor with these guys and it would not serve one well to be indignant about it.

I even get caught up in it sometimes and I do not even joke about race in any other setting.

There are other subjects that seam to come up all to frequently as well that you wouldn't expect to hear in a social or public setting.Basically its a test to see who can keep their composure the best IMO.

Yeah as long as everyone is amiable it can be funny. When I was a teenager (10-12 years ago) this was much worse. For whatever reason my fellow peckerwoods would always call me the n-word when I played safeties. Most black people I know are run out shooters so it never really made sense.

 

[CreeDo]

Exactly smooth. Something about the atmosphere allows people to make off-color (so to speak) jokes. I think the key is to remember that most of the time, it really is a joke. I haven't run into serious racism in a pool hall in recent memory. But you'll hear plenty of casual caveman humor.

I like to tell people to keep an eye on their dogs around my skinny korean buddy.