Complimenting someone as "well-spoken" is apparently racist

[OldTimeAFLGuy]

8 hours ago, Bakin said:

This is the absolute stupidest news story of the week - and that’s saying a lot. 
Not sure who I hate more - Booker for calling Bloomberg’s compliment a ‘trope’ or Bloomberg for apologizing. What a *****. 

 

...Jesus we're sinking fast....SMH..........

[snafu]

9 hours ago, Bakin said:

This is the absolute stupidest news story of the week - and that’s saying a lot. 
Not sure who I hate more - Booker for calling Bloomberg’s compliment a ‘trope’ or Bloomberg for apologizing. What a *****. 

 

Bloomberg should have said “who explained to Booker what ‘trope’ means?”

 

 

[Nanker]

3 hours ago, Doc Brown said:

I'm sure you can do a google search and educate yourself.

That’s mighty white of you.

You're a credit to your race. 

[Koko78]

12 hours ago, Chef Jim said:

I’m going with Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn. 

 

Hab SoSlI’ Quch!

 

[Nanker]

Then again we used to have this little gem...

 

[3rdnlng]

4 hours ago, Giuseppe Tognarelli said:

Evidently

You write so eloquently.

[KD in CA]

Yup.  Unless of course you're Joe Biden and describe Obama as first articulate, bright, clean black person to come along.

[Doc Brown]

12 hours ago, Nanker said:

That’s mighty white of you.

You're a credit to your race. 

Wait until he hears about the n word.

[Paulus]

Why do people get uppity when I call the well spoken? 

[Koko78]

12 minutes ago, Paulus said:

Why do people get uppity when I call the well spoken? 

 

Uppity? Them boys need to be put in their place.

[Rob's House]

On 12/7/2019 at 8:56 PM, Giuseppe Tognarelli said:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/06/michael-bloomberg-cory-booker-well-spoken

 

I thought I was misreading something when I initially saw this headline. Apparently, we're not allowed to call a minority individual "well-spoken" for fear that our compliment is actually a backhanded insult. I seriously can't with this culture anymore.

 

At some point, we need to stop trying to be offended at things. And this is coming from a left-leaning independent.

 

Trying to compliment a minority? Forget it, I guess.

 

"You look nice!" Response: Are you saying that black people don't usually look nice?
"You're very well spoken." Response: What, are you saying that's unusual?
"You're really good at fixing things!" Response: What, does that surprise you?

 

?

 

One time a buddy of mine was hitting on a light skinned black girl at a bar. She said something about being black and he, visibly surprised, told her she was the best looking black girl he'd ever seen.

 

He followed that up by telling her, as though it were a great compliment, that he couldn't even tell she was black.

 

The real kicker is, it worked. 

 

True story.

[Paulus]

6 minutes ago, Koko78 said:

 

Uppity? Them boys need to be put in their place.

You mean "educated." Get with the times, racist. 

[3rdnlng]

49 minutes ago, Rob's House said:

 

One time a buddy of mine was hitting on a light skinned black girl at a bar. She said something about being black and he, visibly surprised, told her she was the best looking black girl he'd ever seen.

 

He followed that up by telling her, as though it were a great compliment, that he couldn't even tell she was black.

 

The real kicker is, it worked. 

 

True story.

What happened when he found out "she" had the same equipment as he did?

[Wacka]

Adam Carolla made a documentary on Williy T. Ribbs, the black racer. It is called "Uppity".  Ribbs originally wanted to call the doc "Uppity Ni**er", but Carolla dissuaded him.

[Rob's House]

Speaking of well-spoken black chicks who score favorably on the *****ability scale, Candace Owens discusses the possibility of the left alienating the black community with the trans movement.