Loading ...So, I was flipping through my RSS feeds when I came across this article from the Cincinnati Beacon. For the non-clickin’ public, here’s a quick summary:
“Who Dey is racist.”
Essentially, the piece runs down a number of references showing that the Bengals and Saints “Who Dey” and “Who Dat” chants, respectively, ultimately hearken back to racisty minstrel shows and are connected in some way to this guy. This, of course, amounts to not much more than smartassed navel-gazing, and comes across as The Dean of Cincinnati being contrary for the sake of being contrary.
This seems to be the central mission of The Cincinnati Beacon, so at least it’s in keeping with how they generally approach everything.
So, let’s cede the overall conclusion of the piece: both chants hearken back to the minstrel shows it references. Two questions immediately come to mind. First, what purpose does saying this in the first place actually serve? To be sure, it’s in The Cincinnati Beacon’s best interest to “spur conversation” or whatever, but when you say something this stupid and this disconnected from everything, what kind of response can you possibly expect?
Second: doesn’t our fanhood, collectively as a city, transcend race, regardless of the words we use to show it?
I don’t need hastily-slapped-together research to come to a conclusion of my own: shut your face, Cincinnati Beacon. You’re not helping anyone.
Related posts:
The Cincinnati Beacon is living proof that the fanatical “do nothing / build nothing / oppose everything” teabagger mentality isn’t limited to the right wing. It’s no wonder that The Dean™ of Cincinnati, COAST, and the NAACP love each other so much. Birds of a feather…
The Dean and the NAACP are in love? Funny, especially how I opposed the NAACP/COAST anti-rail petitions by the time it actually mattered — even getting my position switch covered by CityBeat. Local NAACP president Christopher Smitherman removed me from his media release mailing list, and we’ve been critical of the NAACP/COAST for the past several months. So, “Living in Gin,” you have no idea what you are talking about.
As for the main article, here is the shorter form: Shut up telling me if what I do is racist! I don’t care!
Wow. You totally missed the point. I didn’t say you were racist at all. I did, however, say that the position you took on the matter served no practical purpose, which it doesn’t. Your apparent carelessness about matters of race speaks for itself.
Hugz,
The Ed
Wow. This just happened.
http://bit.ly/6gMBGF
We here at the Cincinnati Man are guilty of a “Temper Tantrum”, writes The Dean. I like to think of it more as a spell of piss and vinegar. In any case, are we going to fight in an alley or something? ‘Cuz I have a trident…
Huh. Well ain’t that somethin’. I guess we win the Internet. Whatever. Next stop: namecalling!
You’ve finally made it in the Cincinnati blogger world, The Ed. You aren’t truly a member of the community until you piss off the Dean and he writes a blog post about you. It’s something that all Cincinnati bloggers will go through at some point.
You’ve finally made it in the Cincinnati blogger world, The Ed. You aren’t truly a member of the community until you piss off the Dean and he writes a blog post about you. It’s something that all Cincinnati bloggers will go through at some point.
Dear The Ed:
Please learn to read. My earlier comment — “As for the main article, here is the shorter form: Shut up telling me if what I do is racist! I don’t care!”
In other words, the part after the colon represents the “shorter form” of the “main article.” That’s the article posted here at The Cincinnati Man.
With poor reading skills like you have exhibited, it’s no wonder your logic is wildly contorted nonsense.
SQUAWK SQUAWK SQUAWK. SQUAWK SQUAWK SQUAWK.
I just wanted to say how proud I am to be part of an establishment/group/organization/whatever that has pissed off “The Dean.” Although it’s amazingly easy to do, I’m so flattered that we managed to fly across his radar of middle-aged angst.
Here, here. This calls for a Zima.
[...] post is about the Bengals, white people talking like black people and so on. Click here to read [...]