tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post3020239457996544936..comments2023-10-26T02:13:03.378-07:00Comments on Acting White Acting Black: Acting White: Stereotypes and LatenessJames C. Collierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06268279457459050826noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-25577141540305840032008-07-06T16:20:00.000-07:002008-07-06T16:20:00.000-07:00Many cultures in this world are late arrivers. I...Many cultures in this world are late arrivers. I am amazed at the narrowness and the provincialism of many Blacks in believing that they are the only late arrivers.<BR/><BR/> In Latin America(where arriving late is a national past time ), there are a few famous jokes:<BR/><BR/> Whenever there is a function, folks are told to follow "American or English time".<BR/><BR/>Proud late arrivers usually respond by saying that they are "not English,or Swedes". <BR/>I don't know, but it appears that arriving on time is an Anglo Saxon,or Nordic thing.<BR/><BR/> Most folks are late arrivers and couldn't care less what anyone thinks.<BR/><BR/>Saludos,<BR/>AnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-74565492962900177592008-06-01T16:51:00.000-07:002008-06-01T16:51:00.000-07:00Macon:Your site is a full course meal for white li...Macon:<BR/><BR/>Your site is a full course meal for white liberals with a heavy-duty case of the guilts. I don't deny you. You speak to a segment that has had a tremendous positive and inadvertent negative impact on the country.<BR/><BR/>But just as blacks need to toss off the bad, while holding on to the good, so do whites. But first you must be able to see it. And if spoon feeding gets the job done, then put the hammer down and pass out them spoons, baby.<BR/><BR/>SWPL has its place, as do you. What we need is good discourse all around.<BR/><BR/>/JCJames C. Collierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06268279457459050826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-38132105793940560972008-06-01T13:35:00.000-07:002008-06-01T13:35:00.000-07:00One of the hosts asked me about a popular blog sit...<I>One of the hosts asked me about a popular blog site, www.stuffwhitepeoplelike.com. I like the site because the blogger talks about white stereotypes with dead-on accuracy, and humor.</I><BR/><BR/>Really? Are they white stereotypes, or stereotypes about a certain kind of whites? I think the "white person" that site about is actually a liberal, relatively monied, relatively young sort of white person. Many other white people are not covered at all by that site.<BR/><BR/>I don't like that site, and I dislike it so much that a couple of months ago, I started my own blog in response, <A HREF="http://stuffwhitepeopledo.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Stuff White People Do.</A> I address what I see as common (and often pernicious) white tendencies. Humor is great, but I don't like how white folks need to be spoon-fed any serious commentary about their own racial status, in the guise of humor, usually. "Whiteness" is for most white people (but not for most black people) an invisible system of white skin-favortism. The site you're talking about is extremely popular precisely because it does little to really challenge or even point out or acknowledge that system.macon dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05265182025648127257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-2540554818031234802008-05-31T16:43:00.000-07:002008-05-31T16:43:00.000-07:00DJBA: The beauty of true stereotypes is their emp...DJBA: The beauty of true stereotypes is their empirical backing. Have you not heard or experienced CPT? - which is just the US version of timliness accross Africa. CPT passes the true stereotype test in that outgroup and ingroup observations agree. Years ago, I did research a good book on the subject entitled, "The Geography of Time", by Robert Levine (1997), a professor in psychology at Cal State. He has some interesting comparisons between countries, and also between states (US).James C. Collierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06268279457459050826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-23115830948059765702008-05-31T14:08:00.000-07:002008-05-31T14:08:00.000-07:00I live in Portugal, and Portuguese people do see t...I live in Portugal, and Portuguese people do see themselves as such - late arrivers.<BR/><BR/><BR/>We are individuals after all, BUT cowardice makes US generalice allot to cover some roughness.Deocliciano Okssipin Vieira, aka Ochyminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05445826442297755219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-84709964059368946012008-05-31T08:39:00.000-07:002008-05-31T08:39:00.000-07:00"Let’s consider lateness. On the show, I made a po..."Let’s consider lateness. On the show, I made a point that black people are accurately stereotyped as late arrivers."<BR/><BR/>Oy Veh...I am assuming that you are joking, but in the possibility that you may not be, I have to ask...What research do you predicate your assertion with?DJ Black Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15258897246879725176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-37020572204957059942008-05-30T03:42:00.000-07:002008-05-30T03:42:00.000-07:00I agree Stuff black people hate is way better than...I agree Stuff black people hate is way better than SWPLAQUILOGYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12270403824546081092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-53516595350743572082008-05-29T19:06:00.000-07:002008-05-29T19:06:00.000-07:00http://damnnearwhite.com/ Documentary about, well ...http://damnnearwhite.com/ <BR/><BR/>Documentary about, well please go ...<BR/>youTUBE link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAwajzSvIoI&eurl=http://classic.spymac.com/blogs/blog.php<BR/><BR/><BR/>via --- http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/Deocliciano Okssipin Vieira, aka Ochyminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05445826442297755219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-7119810572919919492008-05-29T18:49:00.000-07:002008-05-29T18:49:00.000-07:00The best site I've seen thus far that is similar t...The best site I've seen thus far that is similar to SWPL is "Stuff Black People Hate." I don't know anything about the guy that runs the site, but his posts are hilarious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-5890390190220838372008-05-27T12:54:00.000-07:002008-05-27T12:54:00.000-07:00As a white person, I enjoy the swpl blog. Not ju...As a white person, I enjoy the swpl blog. Not just because I'm allowed to laugh at white people, or that it is exceptionally well written, it's because I really, really enjoy the comments. <BR/><BR/>Man, some people just DON'T get it! That makes me laugh.<BR/><BR/>I also believe that not taking our selves so damn seriously and laughing at our faults is definitely a step in the right direction.ted laduehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10373043154309970998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-76968607664169470242008-05-25T17:11:00.000-07:002008-05-25T17:11:00.000-07:00I didn't read the entire swpl blog. I stopped when...I didn't read the entire swpl blog. I stopped when it dawned on me that I'm "white." <BR/><BR/>Now I understand why people appear surprised when I show up on time or early. <BR/><BR/>Ah stereotypes, can't live with (or without) them, and recall any of them.GoldenAhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15928138252968831618noreply@blogger.com