Why isn't this considered racist?....

[Mr NJ Sports]

The other day when I went to the PHI/FLA game ,my brother gets a slice of pizza. So they give it to him on a red/white/green paper plate and on the plate is a caricature of a guy flipping pizza with his "pizza man" moustache and the word ITALIAN in big block letters under it. I mean come on. We found it funny and have it as our computer wallpaper but could you imagine if another race had plates with stereotypes under the food. Think of the possiblities.

 

[barman]

I don't think it sounds racist.

 

[lander]

It sounds more ethnic than racist.

 

[UncleMoneybags]

Didn't Fuzzy Zoeller catch some heat a while back when he quipped about Tiger Woods selecting fried chicken and collard greens as his choice for the meal at one of the majors.

 

[xpanda]

"Italian" isn't a race, it's a nationality.

 

[Mr NJ Sports]

You know what I mean though. Stereotyping, "slurry" .

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[xpanda]

I was just being a smartass, sorry.

It's the old adage that it can't be racist if you're making fun of your own race. Being that it's a pizza place, it gives the illusion that it's Italians making fun of themselves, even if they aren't actually Italian. I guess.

 

[Mr NJ Sports]

I am Italian and found it comical .
It was a pizza place but it was in the stadium though so not really just a pizza place.

 

[xpanda]

I'm Norwegian and don't find the blonde, blue-eyed, tall, big boobed stereotypes to be offensive at all. Or is that Swedish??

 

[Ticotaco]

I'm Norwegian and don't find the blonde, blue-eyed, tall, big boobed stereotypes to be offensive at all. Or is that Swedish??

Whatever happened to Xpanda?

 

[roadreeler57]

One day an Italian Man went to a restaurant in Malta and wanted two pieces of toast, and the waiter gives him one, and the Italian man says "I want two piece" The waiter said "go to the toilet" The Man says "You no understand I want two piece on my plate" then the waiter says "You better not piss on the plate you son of a bitch!" The man says "I did not even know her and she calls me a Son of a Beach?" Then he goes to a bigger restaurant and finds himself with a spoon and a knife but no fork, he says "I want a fock" the waiter says "Everybody wants to fuck" and he says "You no understand I want to fock on the table" and the waiter says "You better not fuck on the table you son of a bitch!" Then later he goes to a hotel and in bed he doesn't have a sheet "Call the manager im telle him i wanna sheet!" says the Italian man, then the other guy says "Go to the toliet" and the Italian man say "You no understand I wanna sheet in my bed!" and the other guy says you better not shit in the bed you son of a bitch!" and the Italian man goes to the check out corner and the check out says "Peace on you" and the Italian man says "PISS ON YOU TOO, YOU SON OF A BEACH! I'M GOING BACK TO ITALY!"

 

[russ1945]

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