yeah how come you can have a blacks only one, and that's not racist,
but if you had a whites only one, that's racist.
I think that's well racist, that is.

I do get his point, to be honest, but being an arse about it probably won't be productive.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 10:58, archived)

And what's the deal with aeroplane food?

( Bats, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:00, archived)

that was exactly what I thought

(Salvadore Peagrove needs your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:02, archived)

Because white people have been treading all over black people for centuries and that's not right but it still happens

( Donkey Gums @mattcomedy, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:02, archived)

( Mykeyboy A massive, salty filing cabinet, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:04, archived)

Well if they don't like it they should just go home to the Bahamas
That's where black people are from, right?
( Theoban What of it, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:04, archived)

YEAH!

( Donkey Gums @mattcomedy, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:05, archived)

true enough
after all it's only recently that black people were allowed to enter the mainstream website awards
(Salvadore Peagrove needs your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:04, archived)

I think if they want to promote interesting weblog about African American culture and hold an awards then why can't they?
It never said a white person can't enter of write a weblog about it.
( Donkey Gums @mattcomedy, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:06, archived)

Do you really care?
Do you have a very good website that would otherwise cater to black interests but curse the fact that your Caucasian descent makes you ineligible for a black website award?
( ArthurTheRat, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:07, archived)

"black interests"
see, here's another one. Why should black people necessarily be interested in a different set of things from white people?
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:13, archived)

Becuase they are due to difference in cultures
So you're saying they should sit around and do what white people want to do? People are different, it doesn't make you racist.
( Donkey Gums @mattcomedy, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:18, archived)

no of course not,
they should do what they want, not just "black things".
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:27, archived)

It's because whitey ain't got no culture to celebrate,
souless mutha fuckas.
( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:17, archived)

Yeah I know that,
but if black people now all come together and segregate themselves and cultivate an identity based around the fact that people who have very dark skin constitute a completely separate "sort of person", that this isn't really helping because that's precisely what white people did to them and what caused all the trouble in the first place.

I don't know what the solution is, to be honest, but I have a bad feeling about this particular approach.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:06, archived)

You've missed the point
It doesn't say anywhere that only black people can enter.
( Donkey Gums @mattcomedy, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:07, archived)

see the rules page
"The Black Weblog Awards are for weblogs by Black people."
(Salvadore Peagrove needs your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:08, archived)

Ah, furry muff.
Even still, if they want to hold an awards to promote black culture I still don't understand what the problem is.

White culture hardly needs promotion. That's the aim of the Black Web Awards and I think it's a great idea.
( Donkey Gums @mattcomedy, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:14, archived)

I agree
I have no problem with an awards to promote black culture, just the fact that non-blacks are excluded
(Salvadore Peagrove needs your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:26, archived)

It is called the "Black Weblog Awards",
and it's "fueled by Blackweb 2.0".
It makes me a tad uneasy.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:09, archived)

That's because you hate blacks innit.

( Donkey Gums @mattcomedy, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:10, archived)

no I'd feel equally uneasy
about a website fuelled by "whiteweb 2.0"
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:11, archived)

I met someone who lived in Edinburgh who was really racist once
I take this to mean that everyone in Edinburgh is incredibly racist
( Theoban What of it, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:11, archived)

nobody complained
when Amy Winehouse or Tim Westwood won MOBO awards
(Salvadore Peagrove needs your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:07, archived)

Except you, in impotent keyboard-mashing fury.

( ArthurTheRat, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:09, archived)