If you have a pulse and exist in or near the liberal blogsophere, you have likely been told that the website Stuff White People Like is hilarious. I don’t share the love for the site, but it might be useful to bring it up in class in order to have a discussion about WHY people like it so much. What, exactly, is it tapping into?
The website, Black People Love Us, is, in my opinion, a smarter satire.
And my personal favorite, which I have successfully used in my Race and Ethnicity course numerous times, is Damali Ayo’s Rent-A-Negro. It packs a real punch. (Oh, and yes, people do sometimes think the site is real and fill out the order information, including their credit card numbers.)
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Jake — March 4, 2008
I do find Stuff White People Like funny (at times), but primarily because I'm surrounded by the people it talks about every day. I'm not sure I would consider it a satire like the definitely funnier Black People Love Us. It is meant to be funny, I think, but more in a funny-because-it's-true observational humor kind of way. Stereotypical? Definitely. But out here in Seattle it's pretty much dead on.
Gwen — March 4, 2008
I like Black People Love Us, but there's an element of just making fun of OTHER people when I read it. I'm an educated sociologist; I don't do any of those things. So it's easy for me to laugh.
The thing about Stuff White People Like is that some of those things are ME. Not all, but some--or they're people I like and respect and hang out with. I don't know why that makes a difference to me, but I like that SWPL makes it impossible for me to just be laughing AT people/attitudes I can totally disengage from, because I'm implicated.
grant — March 4, 2008
hey, i'm glad you’re into damali’s work! she has done a lot of different projects and you should definitely check out her website, http://damaliayo.com/ to see more of her work. videos, audio tracks, and event dates are also posted on her myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/damaliayocds
also, damali loves to visit schools and organizations; if you or someone you know might be interested in booking her for a presentation, exhibit, talk etc, just email info@damaliayo.com.
enjoy!
grant buckles,
assistant to damali ayo.
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