Debatable Humor

by Sam on March 27, 2007

Debatable Humor

I rarely write about images, but when I came across this today I had to post it.

Here are my questions:

  1. Do you find this image funny?
  2. Is this image racist?
  3. Would this image be less racist and/or more humerous if a white person such as Eminem or Vanilla Ice was clearly pictured?

Comments encouraged’

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  • Alex

    1. I don’t find this image real funny. I mean, I smiled but didn’t laugh.

    2. In my opinion, this image is not racist. Where some guy may see black people, I see rap artist in the first place. The punchline (write letterz n shit, yo) is clearly a reference to rap lines. One may argue that there are only black people on the picture… So what? 99% of famous rap artist are black… Big deal.

    The funny thing is that this picture may have been made by a black guy. So I am just asking to the people who think this picture is racist: if the author of this picture is black, is this image still racist?

  • Rick

    1. Kinda funny, the juxtaposition of the picture and the product name. The tag line is a throw away humor-wise but fits the culture.

    2. Do I think the image creator is racist? Probably not, probably digs hip-hop. Is the image racist? No. Could a racist enjoy it as racism? Yes, but f*’em.

    3. An added white person would be a token and destroy the humor.

    [FWIW I'm an older white guy who grew up in a racist culture.]

  • Rick

    Maybe it’s not clear to all…

    “Word” in the vernacular is kind of a solemn affirmation.

    or consulting a hip-hop dictionary
    http://www.anthonyvitti.com/hiphopdictionaryw.html

    word
    1) (n) Biblical (John1:1). “logos”: truth.
    2) (interj) Exclamation or term of endearment.

  • http://www.leveragingideas.com Sam

    Thanks for the comments guys…personally I found it humorous as well but when you think about the social context you start to ask questions…

    I think what I really like is the juxtaposition of the rappers and Microsoft…can you imagine 50 Cent sitting down to his Mac book to type an essay?

  • johnfromtattooremoval

    I think this is hysterical!! Word! I love how the word letterz is even misspelled. Lets just go ahead and make our community a tad bit dumber!

  • johnfromtattooremoval

    I think this is hysterical!! Word! I love how the word letterz is even misspelled. Lets just go ahead and make our community a tad bit dumber!

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