illmindofernest: PHOTO ANALYSIS: IS IT RACIST? MAYBE RACIST. ACCIDENTAL RACIST!Normally during a pho
illmindofernest: PHOTO ANALYSIS: IS IT RACIST? MAYBE RACIST. ACCIDENTAL RACIST!Normally during a photo analysis I’m tearing a new one into the readers who believe the fuckery in the photo to be righteous or the righteousness in the photo to be wrong, but on this one I am actually torn. Here you have a picture of talk show host Ellen DeGeneres riding on the back of the WORLD’S fastest man, Usain Bolt. The caption obviously reads what the caption reads. There is no need for me to say because it is right there for you all to see. At first when I spotted this photo I dismissed the notion that this “joke” is racist. Called it another reach. Although I STILL do not think Ellen was trying to be racist when she or someone affiliated with her made this pic I don’t think those who are calling this racist are totally wrong for doing so. Just look at it. What can be inferred by the picture alone is Ellen treating this black man (human being) like a horse (animal). She didn’t do herself any justice by captioning the picture the way she did, too. It can be inferred that she is using Usain Bolt as an errand boy or slave for those who just wanted me to speak their mind for them. To Ellen this is nothing but a harmless joke that went over the heads of a lot of people,and she is kind of right (key words “kind of). I’m willing to go out on a limb here and say what Ellen did wasn’t racist because I do not feel that she had any ill intent when making and posting this photo. Where she did mess up is when she or whoever she has around her came u with this joke not being mindful of the racial implications a “joke” like this has. Whether it was out of her own ignorance or lack of care Ellen should know that if she’s going to make jokes like this she WILL deal with backlash because, well once again, the racial implications something like this has. I’d expect ignorance like this from a kid. Those little shitheads don’t know any better, but not from a 58 year old woman (unless she was racist). Final Thoughts: Ellen should apologize if she hasn’t already, but at the same time explain why she didn’t find that tweet to be racist. If you’ve been reading my stuff long enough you know I’m not one to apologize for anything I do not feel that I did or said wrong. You would also know that I am not one to force an apology out of anyone and that’s how black people and anyone else who feels this is racist should operate. You shouldn’t force an apology out of her because she wouldn’t mean it, which means she didn’t learn the lesson you wanted her to learn which is jokes like this are just distasteful because of the ugly history between black and white people here in America. Not saying that every racist or “mean” joke has to be followed up with an apology, but the joke teller must know that whatever they say WILL come with some form of backlash whether they like it or not. If said person doesn’t want to deal with the backlash of their own words then those words should have never been said. Yes Ellen. That also applies to you too. -- source link