Comments on: Stuff White People Like

By: Joyce

Joyce — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:36:59 +0000

It’s more what youngish, well-off American people like. And it’s funny.

And it should maybe include barackula.com and making (guilt-laced) happiness their number one goal in life. Or even just the next half hour.

I admit, I have fallen prey to that recycling experiment in #64. I have, in fact, dug other people’s soda cans out of trash cans after class and recycled them.

By: sneha

sneha — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:35:01 +0000

hugo, this is hilarious. thanks for sharing the site.

By: BassBone

BassBone — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:58:18 +0000

“So, it’s not quite the same thing, is it?”

That’s not the point. Stereotyping in any form is inappropriate, in my opinion. Saying it’s okay simply because white people are being stereotyped is rather specious reasoning, I think.

By: Richard Aubrey

Richard Aubrey — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:40:57 +0000

Actually, if this were titled, “What liberal white people like”, it would be a lot closer.

By: anne

anne — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:55:00 +0000

I really don’t think it’s all that clever, quite honestly. But then, who am I to say?

By: Hugo Schwyzer

Hugo Schwyzer — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:32:14 +0000

Yes, indeed — and let me be clear that for me “spot on” means “a really clever caricature” rather than “factually accurate.”

By: prefer not to say

prefer not to say — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:13:01 +0000

Right. That’s the point.

Stereotypes aren’t true.

By: Elaine Vigneault

Elaine Vigneault — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:59:16 +0000

I think ’stuff white people like’ is pretty funny, but it’s untrue. For example, the article on vegans I just read an article in VegNews about vegetarianism and privilege and did you know this:

6% of white Americans are vegetarian
7% of black Americans are vegetarian
8% of Hispanic Americans are vegetarian

By: prefer not to say

prefer not to say — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:47:26 +0000

Quote: “Imagine calling a blog “What Black People Like” and having an entry entitled “Rap Music” or “Watermelon.” It would be wholly unacceptable and universally condemned, and rightly so.” End quote.

Of course, the existence of this blog isn’t going to cause teachers to treat white students as if they were naturally dumber than non-white students, policeman to treat white citizens as if they were naturally more inclined to crime than non-white citizens, or television shows to start assuming that white characters can only be sidekicks or wise (m/p)aternal figures, not main characters.

Heck, it’s not even going to make my friends start thinking I like sushi.

So, it’s not quite the same thing, is it?

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:36:45 +0000

I liked the entry about rap songs. Reminds me of the face that every girl inexplicably loves the song “Gimme That Nut” by Eazy E. The first few times I heard it played at a crowded bar, I was floored at the response. I still see it happen occasionally, although I am rarely at those kinds of bars anymore.