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thesquanderer

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23. Is "I loves me some" racist?

Tue Oct 23, 2012, 09:53 AM

Oct 2012

I see the phrase with some frequency here, and I know it is meant in an endearing way, but every time I see it, it rankles me a bit as racist, in a way reminiscent of seeing white folk in blackface. It seems to be making fun of stereotypical "improper" Black english, and something that seems likely to be heard said by a slave character in a period movie. I know we liberals have a reputation for sometimes going overboard in the direction of political correctness, so I don't know if I'm over-reacting. Does it bug anyone else? If you think this phrase is okay, would you say it in public, if you're white and the public area you're in includes some Black people you don't know? I would think there is a good chance they would find it offensive, and I find it surprising that it is used so freely here.

edit: Perhaps I should make this its own thread? And I certainly don't mean to be picking on the OP.

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First time that little boy has ever met an actual human being. Aldo Leopold Oct 2012 #15

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yes they do Botany Oct 2012 #20

:) Pachamama Oct 2012 #22

Me, too! What a great shot! Gidney N Cloyd Oct 2012 #55

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So cute! Chorophyll Oct 2012 #53

+1,000. freshwest Oct 2012 #64

Kids just love the President :) workinclasszero Oct 2012 #21

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FWIW The Blue Flower Oct 2012 #24

Cultures remix the English language on an ongoing basis. NYC_SKP Oct 2012 #25

Maybe its just slang. NOLALady Oct 2012 #41

Just think... LP2K12 Oct 2012 #27

Aw man, that'd be awesome redStateBlueHeart Oct 2012 #33

Democratic Congessman Romney from... absyntheminded Oct 2012 #59

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That was Ann Romney holding the older brother back Botany Oct 2012 #35

No the kid was younger and being held by Rmoney hootinholler Oct 2012 #48

I saw that! NOLALady Oct 2012 #43

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The older boy to the President's left is beaming too BuelahWitch Oct 2012 #36

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I thought that, as well. Indpndnt Oct 2012 #44

Not yet anyway. But growing up in that clan, a sense of entitlement... Harry Monroe Oct 2012 #50

And a little later PatSeg Oct 2012 #39

To be fair on that visual.... Mike Daniels Oct 2012 #40

True PatSeg Oct 2012 #46

I think the little one, Miles, was being held by his dad, Craig. Indpndnt Oct 2012 #45

Hmmm PatSeg Oct 2012 #47

My apologies. Yes, Craig did put Miles down just before Miles shook the President's hand. Indpndnt Oct 2012 #54

Good for him PatSeg Oct 2012 #56

I did a quick review of that scene with the sound off to see where Craig ended up. Indpndnt Oct 2012 #57

Okay, that's pretty much PatSeg Oct 2012 #58

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