Comments on: Oprah gets in on the race-trading game http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/02/16/oprah-gets-in-on-the-race-trading-game/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:28:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: marvin http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/02/16/oprah-gets-in-on-the-race-trading-game/#comment-7215 marvin Mon, 15 May 2006 08:11:54 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/index.php/archives/2006/02/oprah-gets-in-on-the-race-trading-game/#comment-7215 i don't know what's wrong with the machine part it just shows what you would have looked like if you were from that race, we're still human beings. i'm black and I don't feel comfortable when guys tell me that i'm not acting 'black' . I just think stereotyping people just proves that a person is ignorant and could easily turn racist because of being wronged by a member of a different race and just doesn't appreciate that everyone's unique. i don’t know what’s wrong with the machine part it just shows what you would have looked like if you were from that race, we’re still human beings. i’m black and I don’t feel comfortable when guys tell me that i’m not acting ‘black’ . I just think stereotyping people just proves that a person is ignorant and could easily turn racist because of being wronged by a member of a different race and just doesn’t appreciate that everyone’s unique.

]]> By: Always black http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/02/16/oprah-gets-in-on-the-race-trading-game/#comment-6239 Always black Fri, 14 Apr 2006 17:48:33 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/index.php/archives/2006/02/oprah-gets-in-on-the-race-trading-game/#comment-6239 what is wrong with you people espeacially Nina? what is wrong with you people espeacially Nina?

]]> By: T http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/02/16/oprah-gets-in-on-the-race-trading-game/#comment-5583 T Mon, 13 Mar 2006 16:50:51 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/index.php/archives/2006/02/oprah-gets-in-on-the-race-trading-game/#comment-5583 i saw the show on fx. there are a few moments where i think it gets genuine, like when they do the focus groups. however, the content is "good enough" at best. i'm not a fan of it. lets see here.. i myself am of mixed ancestry. i can't stand stereotypes. i don't capitalize when i type. haha, am i allowed to say the n word? i'm thinking since i'm a halfie that i can only say it 50% of the times i want to say it. by the way, i don't use the word "halfie" but i do use the n word. fequently. because people in my house keep forgetting to buy cheese and cereal when there is milk, lunchmeat, and bread present. it's the little things in life that upset me. i wish a racist white person i did not know would call me a nigger to my face. i'd probably size him up to see if i could beat him, then either fight, or run - depending on where it would happen and who else is present. hasn't happened yet, and i'm almost 23. i honestly hope that someday people can live without labels. i stopped trying to define and explain myself a long time ago. i think the concept of race should be done away with. affirmative action - end it. kkk - end it. naacp - end it. bet - end it or start a white entertainment television. racist people - end them. employers asking you to check boxes - end it. instead of race, there should be other boxes that let you choose 'happy' or 'unhappy'. racist people are always unhappy. bottom line i get more out of jerry springer than the black white special on fx. i don't watch springer. am i wrong for not wanting people to use labels like "black" and "white"? i met an asian girl two days ago. she was with caucasian friends and she joked about herself being "yellow". as long as everyone is having fun, and no one is getting hurt, i suppose it doesn't matter. i'd like to hear some feedback. i know i'm random, but i have to say that chris rock makes me laugh. late. i saw the show on fx. there are a few moments where i think it gets genuine, like when they do the focus groups. however, the content is “good enough” at best. i’m not a fan of it. lets see here.. i myself am of mixed ancestry. i can’t stand stereotypes. i don’t capitalize when i type. haha, am i allowed to say the n word? i’m thinking since i’m a halfie that i can only say it 50% of the times i want to say it. by the way, i don’t use the word “halfie” but i do use the n word. fequently. because people in my house keep forgetting to buy cheese and cereal when there is milk, lunchmeat, and bread present. it’s the little things in life that upset me. i wish a racist white person i did not know would call me a nigger to my face. i’d probably size him up to see if i could beat him, then either fight, or run - depending on where it would happen and who else is present. hasn’t happened yet, and i’m almost 23. i honestly hope that someday people can live without labels. i stopped trying to define and explain myself a long time ago. i think the concept of race should be done away with.

affirmative action - end it.
kkk - end it.
naacp - end it.
bet - end it or start a white entertainment television.
racist people - end them.
employers asking you to check boxes - end it.

instead of race, there should be other boxes that let you choose ‘happy’ or ‘unhappy’. racist people are always unhappy. bottom line i get more out of jerry springer than the black white special on fx. i don’t watch springer.

am i wrong for not wanting people to use labels like “black” and “white”?

i met an asian girl two days ago. she was with caucasian friends and she joked about herself being “yellow”. as long as everyone is having fun, and no one is getting hurt, i suppose it doesn’t matter. i’d like to hear some feedback. i know i’m random, but i have to say that chris rock makes me laugh.

late.

]]> By: Mags http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/02/16/oprah-gets-in-on-the-race-trading-game/#comment-4773 Mags Thu, 23 Feb 2006 13:39:18 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/index.php/archives/2006/02/oprah-gets-in-on-the-race-trading-game/#comment-4773 Justin, thank you you:) laughed and startled my office mates:) Justin,

thank you you:)

laughed and startled my office mates:)

]]> By: justin http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/02/16/oprah-gets-in-on-the-race-trading-game/#comment-4689 justin Sun, 19 Feb 2006 02:25:42 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/index.php/archives/2006/02/oprah-gets-in-on-the-race-trading-game/#comment-4689 has anyone else noticed that all vegans look alike? has anyone else noticed that all vegans look alike?

]]> By: saw show too!! http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/02/16/oprah-gets-in-on-the-race-trading-game/#comment-4680 saw show too!! Sat, 18 Feb 2006 17:34:35 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/index.php/archives/2006/02/oprah-gets-in-on-the-race-trading-game/#comment-4680 The race machine is a joke. Not all Asians have thin lips and narrow noses. Not all Africans have broad noses and full lips...the "East Indian" face could easily have been the face of an African-American. I think the machine is dumb and perpetuates stereotypes. The race machine is a joke. Not all Asians have thin lips and narrow noses. Not all Africans have broad noses and full lips…the “East Indian” face could easily have been the face of an African-American. I think the machine is dumb and perpetuates stereotypes.

]]> By: justin http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/02/16/oprah-gets-in-on-the-race-trading-game/#comment-4677 justin Sat, 18 Feb 2006 12:08:39 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/index.php/archives/2006/02/oprah-gets-in-on-the-race-trading-game/#comment-4677 Plenty of Asian people look more like Oprah than the computer simulation in the picture. Plenty of Asian people look more like Oprah than the computer simulation in the picture.

]]> By: Nina http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/02/16/oprah-gets-in-on-the-race-trading-game/#comment-4652 Nina Thu, 16 Feb 2006 21:16:51 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/index.php/archives/2006/02/oprah-gets-in-on-the-race-trading-game/#comment-4652 >>I love that the white husband was waiting to be called “nigger.” How clueless is he? I guess he really does see things in black-and-white, but I mean that in terms of degree. Racism has to be people calling you racial slurs. >> He seemed like he was ready to write any and everything off barring that word. He went into it determined not to find any prejudice. >>I love that the white husband was waiting to be called “nigger.” How clueless is he? I guess he really does see things in black-and-white, but I mean that in terms of degree. Racism has to be people calling you racial slurs. >>

He seemed like he was ready to write any and everything off barring that word. He went into it determined not to find any prejudice.

]]> By: Nina http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/02/16/oprah-gets-in-on-the-race-trading-game/#comment-4651 Nina Thu, 16 Feb 2006 21:15:48 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/index.php/archives/2006/02/oprah-gets-in-on-the-race-trading-game/#comment-4651 >>I saw the show and was disgusted by it. No group of people are monolithic so this whole “talking white…talking black” thing is getting really tired. >> It really is. I don't know that they really accomplished anything with this special. It sounds like the producers aren't as progressive and open-minded as they profess (one is the rapper Ice Cube) >>Also the black family did not look white after they put on the makeup. >> Exactly!!! The black mother that turned white looked like a light-skinned black woman to me! The black father looked like a light-skinned black man. Who in the world was mistaking these people for white people! The kids did look different and the white father, but essentially, I think this whole thing is bogus. >>I saw the show and was disgusted by it. No group of people are monolithic so this whole “talking white…talking black” thing is getting really tired. >>

It really is. I don’t know that they really accomplished anything with this special. It sounds like the producers aren’t as progressive and open-minded as they profess (one is the rapper Ice Cube)

>>Also the black family did not look white after they put on the makeup. >>

Exactly!!! The black mother that turned white looked like a light-skinned black woman to me! The black father looked like a light-skinned black man. Who in the world was mistaking these people for white people!

The kids did look different and the white father, but essentially, I think this whole thing is bogus.

]]> By: Nina http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/02/16/oprah-gets-in-on-the-race-trading-game/#comment-4650 Nina Thu, 16 Feb 2006 21:12:11 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/index.php/archives/2006/02/oprah-gets-in-on-the-race-trading-game/#comment-4650 >>The article is very good (and nauseating). My father has never worn Kente cloth or a dashiki in his life (that I’m aware of). Doesn’t make him less or more African-American. >> I agree. I just read the article and I think the whole Kente/dashiki thing is rather presumptuous. >>>Noone is asking these folks to get a loan or rent an apartment. I’m curious to know if either family HAS a cultural/ethnic voice affectation or uses slang attributable to each group, while in the opposite group makeup, or if they start acting/speaking like they *think* they should act/speak. >>> Exactly!! They didn't do anything significant. The white father who turned black went to buy a car I believe, but they really should have had them go for loans, try to rent apartments or even job interviews (using the same/comparable information). >>The article is very good (and nauseating). My father has never worn Kente cloth or a dashiki in his life (that I’m aware of). Doesn’t make him less or more African-American. >>

I agree. I just read the article and I think the whole Kente/dashiki thing is rather presumptuous.

>>>Noone is asking these folks to get a loan or rent an apartment. I’m curious to know if either family HAS a cultural/ethnic voice affectation or uses slang attributable to each group, while in the opposite group makeup, or if they start acting/speaking like they *think* they should act/speak. >>>

Exactly!! They didn’t do anything significant. The white father who turned black went to buy a car I believe, but they really should have had them go for loans, try to rent apartments or even job interviews (using the same/comparable information).

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