Billy Goats Gruff

Saturday, February 23, 2008

White Stereotypes

Check out "stuff white people like" here. It's pretty amusing. I agree wholeheartedly with a few of the comments on the site that the thing should be called "stuff white liberals like" or "stuff yuppies like" or even "stuff rich people like." Nevertheless....pretty good.

Thanks to my friend Katie, who is engaged in vigorous and high-tech world-saving at a major international institution, for this and and the previous science fair link.

As a side note, isn't it interesting that, in black comedy, stereotypes of white people are usually drawn from the affluent (and often liberal) segment of the population? I'm guessing it's cause black people in general live in the city, and which is where rich white people live. And stereotypes of black people are drawn from their working class, and even more commonly, from their criminal underclass.

Any expert sociologists out there want to tackle this one?

10 Comments:

At 7:10 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

wow . . . that is one of the funniest blogs I've ever read. They better watch out though; soon they're going to be forced to add their own blog to the list.

 
At 7:55 AM, Blogger Vijai said...

wow...it good thing I not be like any stereotype!

 
At 12:19 PM, Blogger Joe said...

No, Vijai, you're just you, and that's why we love you. When are you coming to America?

 
At 6:05 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

FYI, it looks like this blogger is a white person and not a black comedian.

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-rodriguez25feb25,0,1952462.column

 
At 6:22 PM, Blogger Vijai said...

Joe I not understanding your problems with maidens or otherwise. Most of all PHD stuffs.

I have phd in communications, telephony, computer engineering, personal human communications, windows xp and basic workplace sanitation. All these in just 6 month from University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering for Rs 72000. This Duke sounds like poor value! You need to come here for school. I know you want ford fusion 1.4 TDI white and shiny as penguin belly and only work 4th shift once in a month and no longer picking cotton in dreadfully hot confederate new mexico sun!

 
At 10:30 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Vigay, it seems that you have an intimate knowledge of the American civil war. Is this something you learned in one of your many degree programs? Perhaps the Windows XP training?

 
At 5:20 PM, Blogger Vijai said...

I know many things because of my spectacular educations at UVCE. I sure that if I tried to push my brain datas into your tiny woman head like JOHNNY MNEMONIC it would explode like melon filled with hand grenade.

 
At 5:56 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Was one of your courses entitled "Acronyms 101"?

 
At 7:36 AM, Blogger Vijai said...

I taking English classes and learning how get cool west coast accent.

 
At 2:56 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Vigay, I am now leaving the last comment. So there!

 

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