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Originally Posted by shakran
Yes it is. How many times have you seen black people behaving well in a theater? Why didn't you mention that this time? I dunno about you but I see plenty of black people NOT being assholes.
If you choose to single black people out as being a group that behaves like assholes in the theater, then you are being racist because that's not true - SOME black people are assholes, but then so are some white people.
The theater thing is not a race issue, it's an asshole issue.
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He didn't mention any racists views. It's true. He didn't mention any of the black people behaving well because that's not the topic of discussion. The only topic is who's acting like a fucking idiot at the movie theater and who's not. When I go to the theater, if there's a member of the audience talking to the screen or yelling and screaming through the movie, it's always a black person. That's not racist, it's a clear observation. I've yet to see a white person do this. White people do other annoying things in theaters (old people talking, little kids talking) but every damned person I've seen that screams and yells at the screen is black. There's no racism in a simple observation. Racism would be saying that they're yelling at the screen BECAUSE they're black...and that's not the case.
I think it has to do with the culture they were brought up in. Many black folks grow up in environments that simply reinforce loud behavior (from what I've experienced). At my college, the only folks raising hell in the cafeterias are black people. They yell and scream CONSTANTLY and laugh hysterically loud from across the cafeteria to each other. Anyone in their path gets their eardrums imploded from the pressure...but JESUS, don't say it's the BLACKS cause then it's racist!! No, it's a simple OBSERVATATION just like before. Black people are loud as HELL in the cafeterias at my school and white people are not. Again, I believe it's simply being brought up in an environment where loud behavior is not discouraged but reinforced.
I don't understand why people can't sit on their asses during a movie and watch it. Don't use your cell phone, don't talk, don't WHISPER or throw candy. Just sit and watch the movie like you're supposed to. Cheer appropriately and applaud at the end if you want but don't disrupt others.
Go to a NASCAR race and you'll see white people acting just as stupid. This is a case of observations and trying to explain why they happen, not racism. Anyone that takes this thread into the racism category is not in touch with what racism actually is.
-Lasereth