fiannaFailMan's Journal: End racism on Slashdot

I would urge people to join me in calling for an end to openly racist comments on /. directed against developing nations, principally India, or at least for them to be modded 'Troll.'

Every time a story is posted on /. concerning a technical development in India, there are usually a small number of comments about the technical merits of the article, but a huge wave of blatent racist comments that poke fun at Indian cinema, food, the accent, and just about everything short of the colour of their skin. It's as if the concept of a non-white person achieving anything complex is a source of amusement. What alarms me even more is the fact that these comments receive 'Funny' mods and are not treated as the trolls they are.

I recently got into a flame war with one of these racists who openly justified his racism because of outsourcing. His view was that Indians deserve to be the butt of racist jokes because they are taking jobs from good white Americans. The debate about outsourcing is not one I'm going to get into here, but whether you agree or with outsourcing or not, there can be no justification for racism.

Anyone with mod points, use them wisely. Use them to fight racism, not promote it. It is totally unacceptable and we must point it out as such whenever it shows up. /.ers must be made aware of what they are doing so that they can change their behaviour.

Re:Youre one to talk, youre racist against america

[fiannaFailMan]

Away and fuck yourself you racist prick. Your anti-Indian comments and your defence of racism make you nothing but a fucking Nazi. You ought to be ashamed of yourself.

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[plasmacutter]

i made no anti-indian comments "you irrational prick", they were anti-outsourcing comments in defense of simple jokes.

your defense of corporate and international pillaging of the american middle class makes you nothing but a "fucking" exploiter. you ought to be ashamed of yourself.

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[fiannaFailMan]

For 'simple jokes' read 'racist jokes.' Racist prick.

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[plasmacutter]

well, mr PC, every joke is at the expense of someone or someone's product.

Do you pick up your torch and pitchfork and go after dave chapelle, carlos mencia, and larry the cable guy too?

it's one thing to crusade against practices with real negative reprocussions, its quite another to water down the terms "Nazi" and "Racist" by attacking common humor. I'm genetically and religiously jewish, and your petty attacks against benign joviality are the kind of wolf-crying that allows the "neocon redneck trash" you

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[fiannaFailMan]

RACIST!!

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[shashark]

It always starts with a joke. [hrc.co.nz]

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[plasmacutter]

what kind of sensitivity training bs is that..

ALL JOKES are at someone or something's expense.. and since ultimately everything in the modern world originated with somebody something's expense translates to someone's expense.

maybe we should stop telling microsoft jokes because it could hurt their bottom line.

not to sound like a troll.. but boo freaking hoo.. learn to grow some thick skin and stop taking offense from jokes.

I dont complain about jew jokes, but i sure as hell dont take actual negative racism l

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[fiannaFailMan]

RRRRRRRRRRACIST!

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[shashark]

Dear Don Imus Wannabe, ..."Learn to grow some thick skin and stop taking offense from jokes..."

It depends on which side of Race equation you stand. You sir, obviously, have no idea. It always starts with an innocious joke - but that doesn't lighten the racism in the joke itself.

Repeat after me:
Racism in Jokes = RACISM.
Racism in Jokes which are modded funny = Funny, yet RACIST. FUNNY - YES, RACIST - YES. Got my point ?

Alright, we're done here now. For more about the relationship between Racism and Jokes - go

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[plasmacutter]

oh so now i'm don imus for defeding everyday culture.

repeat after me:
spotting racism in everything = WACKO
calling someone "don imus" for telling you to shut up and let a joke slide = WACKO

are we done here now? for more information about humor, google "carlos mencia"

have a nice day.

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[fiannaFailMan]

RRRRACIST!

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[ghoul]

Did you hear the one where Hitler asks Himmler- What do you get when you take a Jew and a baking chamber ?

Hilarious isnt it?

Re:Youre one to talk, youre racist against america

[AoT]

Americans worked hard to create the economy they have, and your posts supporting the blatant robbery of americans' future through offshoring to slave-nations shows your deep rooted racism against americans.

You know who worked hard? Slaves. Slaves and people in other countries digging up their natural resources so we could build shit from them. Quit pretending like you deserve shit because someone else worked for it.

P.S. That includes other Americans.

A lot of subtle racism

[drig]

I see exactly what you're talking about a lot. A quick disclaimer: I'm a Jew, born in New York City, so you can consider me a generic white American guy.

As an engineer who's worked in Silicon Valley, I get asked the question "what is it like working with a lot of Indians?" I have come up with a dumb, quick answer. "Once you learn to understand the accent, it's a lot like working with other engineers". But, sometimes I feel strange giving such a flip answer. Indians come with their own culture and back