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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: DixieBelle on March 20, 2008, 11:46:24 AM
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picked this up from drudge -
Sounds like the blog creater is trying to poke a finger in the eye of white people. ::) I find it funny and not the least bit offensive. Although it's quite wrong on a lot of counts because most of the people partaking in the "stuff" only white people supposedly like, where I live, are minorities. I tend to find these activities amongst socio-economic lines, not racial ones.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5633758.html
Asian women, fancy coffee, farmers markets, dinner parties and gay friends — these are just a sampling of life's pleasures — if you're white.
Excuse me?
That's according to Christian Landers, the (white) wit behind the Web sensation Stuff White People Like blog, an irreverent daily missive on the passions of posh urbanites of the Caucasian persuasion.
It's the latest in a string of racially charged blogs (first came theassimilatednegro.com, then angryasian.com) that act as a virtual shrink's sofa for those tackling the tricky topics of race and class.
Landers is not the only one who uses the Web site as cheap and easy therapy, though the 29-year-old admits that's exactly what it is for him.
Readers, hundreds every day, flood the site's comment section with alternating fury and delight.
To date, there have been 14 million hits, reflecting the nation's current obsession with race and gender, too. For confirmation, check out the comments and speeches by presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton just this past week.
Dean Rader, a pop culture critic who authors weeklyrader.blogspot.com, says readers flock to Stuff White People Like because it's hip and hot and the place to be seen and heard online. "It's just as much about class and coolness and yuppiness and consumption (as race)."
And yes, if the some of the posts push far beyond the boundaries of good taste, readers seem to find liberation in an environment unfettered by political correctness.
Take #11 on the list: "Asian Girls: 95% of white males have at one point in their lives experienced yellow fever. ... White men love Asian women so much that they will go to extremes such as stating that Sandra Oh is sexy, teaching English in Asia, playing in a co-ed volleyball league ... "
Ouch.
That post has received more than 1,550 responses.
Other posts — try No. 36, "Breakfast Places" and No. 63, "Expensive Sandwiches" — may seem a bit more benign, but the post and ensuing conversations carry just as much bite.
"To a white person, there is no better way to spend a Saturday morning than to get up late, around 9:30 and pile into your Audi or Volvo and drive to one of these little places and eat breakfast with friends," Landers writes. "Oftentimes these breakfasts last for an hour or more (hence the long lines and wait times). Some white people take it to the next level and bring their dogs, newspapers or even a laptop."
Landers says the blog's title has drawn more controversy than any of the posts. White people hate being lumped into a group that they don't feel a part of, he says, adding, "that's essentially the same thing that every minority has been dealing with for centuries."
The latest spinoff of Landers' blog — Stuff Asian People Like.
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How about a blog about what gay people like? Wouldn't that be funny? Oh? Why not? :whatever:
Hmmmm (in no particular order)
Lewdness in public
Gay pride parades
Threatening to move to gay-friendly countries
Cher
Judy Garland
Hating ex-gays
Hating Christians
Defining themselves and others according to sexual preference.
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How about a blog about what gay people like? Wouldn't that be funny? Oh? Why not? :whatever:
I give it 2 snaps in a circle!
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Here's "the list" of things white people like, according to the blog
#90 Dinner Parties
#89 St. Patrick’s Day
#88 Having Gay Friends
#87 Outdoor Performance Clothes
#86 Shorts
#85 The Wire
#84 T-Shirts
#83 Bad Memories of High School
#82 Hating Corporations
#81 Graduate School
#80 The Idea of Soccer
#79 Modern Furniture
#78 Multilingual Children
#77 Musical Comedy
#76 Bottles of Water
#75 Threatening to Move to Canada
#74 Oscar Parties
#73 Gentrification
#72 Study Abroad
#71 Being the only white person around
#70 Difficult Breakups
#69 Mos Def
#68 Michel Gondry
#67 Standing Still at Concerts
#66 Divorce
#65 Co-Ed Sports
#64 Recycling
#63 Expensive Sandwiches
#62 Knowing What’s Best for Poor People
#61 Bicycles
#60 Toyota Prius
#59 Natural Medicine
#58 Japan
#57 Juno
#56 Lawyers
#55 Apologies
#54 Kitchen Gadgets
#53 Dogs
#52 Sarah Silverman
#51 Living by the Water
#50 Irony
#49 Vintage
#48 Whole Foods and Grocery Co-ops
#47 Arts Degrees
#46 The Sunday New York Times
#45 Asian Fusion Food
#44 Public Radio
#43 Plays
#42 Sushi
#41 Indie Music
#40 Apple Products
#39 Netflix
#38 Arrested Development
#37 Renovations
#36 Breakfast Places
#35 The Daily Show/Colbert Report
#34 Architecture
#33 Marijuana
#32 Vegan/Vegetarianism
#31 Snowboarding
#30 Wrigley Field
#29 80s Night
#28 Not having a TV
#27 Marathons
#26 Manhattan (now Brooklyn too!)
#25 David Sedaris
#24 Wine
#23 Microbreweries
#22 Having Two Last Names
#21 Writers Workshops
#20 Being an expert on YOUR culture
#19 Traveling
#18 Awareness
#17 Hating their Parents
#16 Gifted Children
#15 Yoga
#14 Having Black Friends
#13 Tea
#12 Non-Profit Organizations
#11 Asian Girls
#10 Wes Anderson Movies
#9 Making you feel bad about not going outside
#8 Barack Obama
#7 Diversity
#6 Organic Food
#5 Farmer’s Markets
#4 Assists
#3 Film Festivals
#2 Religions their parents don’t belong to
#1 Coffee
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Thanks for posting the list! I browsed the blog but didn't see the list compiled - I didn't really pay close attention though.
I think this is supposed to be insulting to white people but I think it's hilarious and so harmless. And inaccurate given how many minorities I see daily partaking in almost every activity mentioned.
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Thanks for posting the list! I browsed the blog but didn't see the list compiled - I didn't really pay close attention though.
I think this is supposed to be insulting to white people but I think it's hilarious and so harmless. And inaccurate given how many minorities I see daily partaking in almost every activity mentioned.
Gladly! :-)
I think it's supposed to be insulting to white people as well. And my point is that I'm sure gay people partake in many of those activities as well but if someone posted a "things gay people like list" there would be massive outrage.
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Careful, you might get your eyes scratched out beeyotch. :rotf: :catfight: :2muchgay:
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Instead of white people, it looks more to me like a list of preferences for.....urban liberal "yuppie scum"......
doc
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Instead of white people, it looks more to me like a list of preferences for.....urban liberal "yuppie scum"......
doc
:rotf: Or more precisely, the ones who double park outside my favorite family cafe on Saturday mornings, hog all the booths and stay way too long. :-)
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Instead of white people, it looks more to me like a list of preferences for.....urban liberal "yuppie scum"......
doc
That is pretty much it. They should add "Birkenstocks" to the list.