Nick Cannon under fire for "Whiteface" in new album's cover

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Disgusting. I think it would be okay if he was trying to mimic a specific white person (I also think it's "okay" for a white person to wear blackface if he's dressing up as, say, Mr. T), but trying to satirize the "quintessential white person" is just as bad as generic blackface is today.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

This is pretty funny.

I do wish that people would drop this idea that being white automatically means being privileged. It's such a white middle-class-and-upwards thing to think.

Ummm... being white automatically does mean you're privileged, all things equal and relative to non-white people. At least in the United States.

Appalachian backwoods hick Billy-Joe Johnson is more privileged than Simfan?

[HagridOfTheDeep]

I guess respect is an old-fashioned concept.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

I guess respect is an old-fashioned concept.

What is this guy doing to disrespect white people?  He's certainly stereotyping white people, but he's doing it in a fairly positive way.  Having good credit and eating locally grown vegetables isn't exactly a negative stereotype.  And, in any case, white middle class people who are being stereotyped are sort of the default of American society so they can't really be marginalized in any significant way. 

If you ask me, this should be more offensive to black people.  By defining things like shopping at a farmer's market as "white," you're reinforcing the black social norms of poor diet that mean black people have more health problems and shorter life spans than white people.  By defining "good credit" as white, you're normalizing the pattern of financial illiteracy among blacks.  And, just by focusing on racial differences in this stereotypical, stupid way, you're creating barriers that ensure black people maintain an inferior position in society.  There's also this undercurrent of masculinity/macho association with black men here that is another discussion entirely.

Sorry, I was mostly referring to HockeyDude's "definition of freedom fighting."