Black People can't be racist

All I see is my son... That's the thing though, I teach my son to love no matter what or who. Exude positive energy wherever you go and it will be reciprocated.

Jaywalking gets this?

 

MarAzul will come up with an excuse as to why this wasn't racist though in 3...2...1....

 

or find some comfort in knowing the guy had poor aim

 

I was handcuffed in Beverly Hills once for jaywalking in a spot with no traffic by a bored cop. Was going for a coffee break while painting a house there. Of all the places I've lived, California by far had the most aggressive and worst cops.

 

I have a serious question for Riverman, Mags, El Presidente, and all Asians, especially Chinese. (I am not trying to make a joke here)

Is the term “Chinese Fire Drill” a racist term? Does this term offend some (or all) Chinese?

 

It's really sad but I just tried googling white cops help black youth and couldn't find one article but lots of racist incidents popped up. We need to change this in our country

 

Nah man. I don't care at all because it's funny as shit watching cars do that

 

You are 1000% accurate on events like this. If that was my son, me and a few of those cops would be dead.

 

I found Chinese laugh at the stereotypes. I've actually been in a park in Taiwan near a fire station and seen an alarm go off and the fire truck had a dead battery, the firemen were push starting it. Another time I saw a high rise building burn to the ground in Taipei because the fire trucks couldn't get through bumper to bumper traffic to put it out. There used to be a cartoon in the Taipei Times about foreigners know they've been in Taiwan too long when.....example. You see a mother with 4 kids on a scooter and you think, if she moved that basket she could get two more on there. There is racism in Chinese culture and biased towards lighter skinned asians. Mostly it's stereotypes though and they find humor in them. They generally don't deal with human problems or differences because the 3 rules of Chinese culture are family, food and money. Anything else just gets in the way of those. There is a hatred of the Japanese throughout much of asia since WWII

 

Were you hit in the face with his baton? Did 7-8 other officers slam you to the ground? Probably not...

 

What is this? I would say that if you think it could be offensive you should take it out of your vernacular.

People who complain about having to be PC (cue MarAzul) are simply people who say offensive things and have no respect for who they offend.

 

No, but that was not my point...I've not said anything about it being right or fair...I also said cops in Cali are the most aggressive I've been around dviss..I don't know why that would make my being handcuffed for jaywalking fair. I'm not black, you know this...but it does not need to be a point of contention when we swap stories here. I did have long hair and a beard though. I have seen white people hit by cops..it's not exclusive to the black community to have fucked up cops hitting people. Still it's wrong but as we do share the country..we share injustices as well. There's no doubt I have a leg up with blonde hair and blue eyes in America but dude, I'm on your side here.

 

I'm not against what you're saying at all R. I'm just saying that even though you were handcuffed (egregious and overboard) you still were treated with more respect than the child above. And by saying "it happens to white people too" ignores the problem IMO.

 

Honestly my friend, Louis CK would not take these words out of his vernacular...if said in anger or seriousness, these things are horrible. I never get a sense of anger when we discuss racism here and that's a start. Most comedians lobby for free use of language at any cost, just not out of context

 

Maybe he should. I love Louie but when the said "that Nigger made the shit out of my coffee" to me it made no sense.

 

Anybody who is harrassed by a cop has a right to vent...and be outraged..I've NEVER ignored these problems

 

OK..let's not just use Louie..let's use Richard Pryor then..they all want to poke fun at ignorance from any character they satirically spoof.

 

I never thought the term “Chinese Fire Drill” was offensive, nor was that my intention when using the term.

The reason I asked the question if "Chinese fire drill" is racist, one person was offended when I used that term.

I was helping out on a larger fishing boat. On board were two fisherman (father/son) that had never caught a Tuna. I had never met either fishermen until that day. I was trying to explain to them what it is like when a Tuna bite goes off and used the term Chinese Fire Drill.

Tuna are a schooling fish; it is not uncommon to have 4 or more Albacore hooked up at one time, swimming around the boat at up to 40 mph. After you land a Tuna in the boat, they bleed like crazy making a very big mess. An Albacore bite is non-stop chaos action and can go on for a long time; often 30 or more fish are caught on one short stop. I have seen Albacore in such a feeding frenzy, they swallow the bait before it hits the water.

Anyway, I used the term “Chinese Fire Drill” to explain what an Albacore bite looks like. The two fishermen were very friendly, until I used that term. The father instantly became distant. Then I noticed he was Asian. Until then, he was just another fisherman I was trying to teach how to catch Albacore. I tried to make it up to him, but he shut me out after that.

I have not used the term since. But I am curious if the dad was oversensitive, or, is the term offensive to many Asians?

 

But it's like you vent in defense. You weren't venting until you saw the video and somehow tried to equate your situation to the young boy's.

It's like saying All lives matter to the BLM movement. No one is crucifying Susan G Komen for breast cancer funding by saying Well what about Alzheimers? That matters too...

 

You said Chinese fire drill. While honestly not knowing what that means or where it originated, it sounds racist to me. I don't think he was being oversensitive. It may not be offensive to Mags but Mags isn't Chinese.