ridiculousness Category Archives
Is “Chicken Noodle Soup” really all that bad?
Published on 28 Sep 2006 at 10:57 am.
20 Comments.
Filed under ridiculousness, entertainment.
Being the lover of dance and therefore dance crazes that I am, I found it quite entertaining to learn and perfect the chicken noodle soup, the latest dance craze to hit the hiphop dance scene. The song Chicken Noodle Soup and its accompanied dance by Young B is hitting all media forms by storm including […]
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Everybody want a piece of my chicken
Published on 25 Sep 2006 at 11:00 am.
41 Comments.
Filed under racism, ridiculousness, entertainment, ignorance.
You like the wings? (yep) You like the thighs? (yep) You like the white meat? (yep) You like the legs? (yep)
This is the refrain from MMG South recording artist, Ms. Peachez’ song, Fry That Chicken-a four minute tribute to hot sauce, grease, and finga’ lick’n chicken. We have sunk to a new low. You can […]
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Subtle Signs Someone Might Be Trying to Play You
Published on 10 Sep 2006 at 10:09 pm.
3 Comments.
Filed under racism, news/politics, ridiculousness.
1. As part of his reelection campaign, the GOP junior senator from Virginia holds an “ethnic rally” designed to deflect negative publicity over recent borderline-racist comments.
2. A quick look at said senator’s own personal history reveals a troubling history of racial impropriety, including a rebel flag fetish and endorsement of the Council of Conservative Citizens, […]
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Did this white boy just say what i think he said?
Published on 6 Sep 2006 at 11:01 am.
7 Comments.
Filed under racism, ridiculousness, academia.
Today, students enjoy Frisbee, football and cricket on the Quad. Back in 1870, fun on the Quad was all about lynching people. Doesn’t get much more fun than that, folks!
This is a quote from Over the Hill a program on Syracuse University’s student run television station, HillTV. Reporter Christopher Whalen was reflecting on the differences […]
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Do You LOVE them?
Published on 17 Aug 2006 at 11:38 pm.
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Filed under ridiculousness.
After reading Deen’s blog that brought up one of the stereotypes of Black people, I thought this would be a great time to discuss a website I came across the other day: Black People Love US. This website is hopefully a joke, but it is about two white people who are
well-liked by Black people [and […]
Yes, we can so swim!
Published on 17 Aug 2006 at 6:05 pm.
11 Comments.
Filed under ridiculousness, sports.
A friend of mine drew my attention to this tidbit in our local paper . . .
Former N.C. State swimmer Cullen Jones signed a seven-year endorsement deal with Nike worth potentially more than $2 million, which would make him the highest-paid sprint freestyler in the world.
In your face, widespread but specious stereotype!
EDIT: Watch this GOP […]
Apparently the N-Word Is Family-Friendly . . . Who Knew?
Published on 16 Jul 2006 at 6:22 pm.
2 Comments.
Filed under racism, ridiculousness, mainstream culture.
Caught a disturbing tidbit this afternoon in a report from NPR’s weekly media-criticism program On the Media about Cleanflicks, a Utah company that until July 6th trafficked in sanitized versions of wide-release Hollywood films. (Listen to the entire piece here.) A little background: Cleanflicks had been re-editing such violent and profanity-laced fare as Training Day, […]
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Pause.
Published on 6 Jul 2006 at 2:45 am.
4 Comments.
Filed under ridiculousness, black culture, sexuality.
The word pause has many meanings. You could pause your dvd player, or your Xbox 360, pause your television (if you have TiVo), your iPod or any number of technological devices. But I’ve noticed recently, that “pause” has additional meaning among my boys. Let me provide a context.
Yo, I’ve been working on this website and […]
