i mean, the white girl walked right past a black guy, who was doing NOTHING but minding his own business...and tells her friend that "she can't stand that n!gger" or something to that extent, i would never hit a woman...but i felt like crackin that broads head open over that...what the hell is wrong with you punk ass new yorkers?
sharemaybe CERTAIN races get CERTAIN STEREOTYPES because of saying things like "i felt like crackin that broads head open" and "punk ass". ebonics suck and theres a good reason CERTAIN races make up a good percentage of the prison population :)
maybe CERTAIN races get CERTAIN STEREOTYPES because of saying things like "i felt like crackin that broads head open" and "punk ass". ebonics suck and theres a good reason CERTAIN races make up a good percentage of the prison population :)
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good im gonna go burn a cross now.
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I think it has something to do with Dito's irony in calling his friends saints. His friends were untolerant, self centered, self righteous and foolish. Nowhere near perfect. And I don't think it's specifically New Yorkers, you'll find people like that anywhere, any race, any culture. They watch out for their own and spit on everyone else who doesn't fit into their preconceived notions. If anything, they worked as an example for Dito of what not to become and what he was trying to escape - that type of people and that way of thinking.
And as a side note, I found it's not worth arguing with the racist pigs on these boards. They don't want to be educated or have their opinion changed. Believe me, I've wasted enough breath trying.
When religion and politics ride in the same cart, the whirlwind follows. - Irulan
To 'IDONTWALKFUNNY'-what culture does 'white' america have?
And i'm from Russia before you ask.
The ignorance of racists kills me :p I wonder if they realise how stupid they sound.
I agree with you Max Dome about your opinion of the movie and thanks for not fueling the race fight. I think that just because she said that, doesn't make her an exact racist. You said she watches out for herself and at that moment he was hitting on her and her friend saying "hey, hey" and that was the most crude, rude, and disgusting thing she could say, and people like that go low blowing faster than anyone just to piss the person off and then don't care if they start a fight. They have attitudes that are like screw the world and don't care about anything. I think I'm making sense but I might be wrong, it was very wrong for her to say that, don't get me wrong, but it was like her defense mechanism, say the meanest thing you can think of for that person just to show your tough, I'm not sure if it has anything to do with malicious racism. I hope you all see my viewpoint and not think that I'm a racist, because I'm not.
shareWell, if black people don't have a culture, I guess there would be no such thing as jazz, the blues, and Elvis Pressley, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton and a bunch of other revolutionary rock artists wouldn't have had anyone to copy off of.....
"Anna Nicole Smith had 8 black pallbearers. I thought Farrakhan died!" --Chris Rock
its got nothing to do with new york. alot of people in america and well across the world dont like blacks. i personally dont have a problem with them except those who think i owe them something because im white. newflash i dont and neither does uncle sam get off ur ass get job and stop having kids you cant or just wont take care of. and dont get me wrong im cuban and i know latins do this too but damn you guys just do it way better then anyone else.
sharefirst you said you're white then you said you're Cuban. which is it?
sharei wish the honkeys and the coloreds would just get along.
shareI thought she said that because the black guy bumped into someone & kept staring at the girl. I'm not saying its justified but to say the guy was "minding his own business" is a little bit of a stretch.
that being said, the girl was a whore too so you could ask if all white people are whores as well. It is just as ridiculous.
crazymonkey04....nice name,cause thats exactly what you are a monkey,you make no sense whatsoever,first you say you have no problem with blacks then you unload a verbal missile over the things that tick you off about them,newsflash i cant figure out what you are first its white now cuban...your an idiot.not coming back to see your response because you are not worth it.
sharelets go with this being the 1980's in a economically poor area with a number of recent immigrants from different areas there was tension. You can blame the "white girl" that was portrayed or the New Yorkers, or you can realize that in an area where a lot of people are poor and new immigrants from different areas there will be tension. I'm guessing that no matter what culture was portrayed there was cultural stereotypes, and wars to prove their's was superior.
It is not a reflection of all new yorkers at the time, and certainly not a reflections of current New Yorkers.
It is not a reflection of all new yorkers at the time, and certainly not a reflections of current New Yorkers.I agree, I grew up in NYC and have now lived in LA for about 5 years and find that LA is much more segregated and openly racist than NYC. There's a lot of subtle racism in NYC and in the few remaining homogeneous ethnic neighborhoods, probably a lot of overt racism. However, as a whole each ethnic group is constantly around every other, so it's hard to be functional in NYC and racist. In the movie you'll notice that none of the characters besides Dito and Mike leave their enclave in Astoria and isolated groups of people tend to be more intolerant. Bensonhurst, Staten Island suburbs and other neighborhoods get a bad rap for racism, for precisely the same reason. share
grew up in the south bronx during the 80s. never said anything like that, never thought anything like that.
sharefirst, she did not say that, second, he was part of graffitie gang. Third, you asked a dumb question on porpose
shareyeah, no, she didnt say that. what she said to the lady was *beep* outta my way".
She said "i cant stand that *beep* to the guy that was standing on the side saying "yup. yup". Why dont u pay a little more attention.
You can probably find some kind of racism everywhere. There is racism in New York, but you won't find it in every person. There are some Italians that hate minorities, and others that are attracted to black people of the opposite sex.
New York is a mixed bag of mixed bags.
I think we all need to realize that this was a culture 20 years ago and that these boys were raised with certain views. They probably eventually grew out of their biased views, but they were raised to believe these things about other races.
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i rewound the movie at that part and i think he was making a pass at the girl. I try not to get easily offended...besides its just a movie.
shareYeah for a city that is arguably the most diverse in the world as far as ethnicity and nationality there is surprisingly a lot of prejudice. But there are prejudiced people all over the world. I don't think New Yorkers are any different, if anything, maybe a *little* more tolerant of people different than themselves.
Official or open racism, in the workplace, for instance, is NOT tolerated in New York though. It is in some other places.