I found it funny but I would have respected it more if Black or Latina women were selling it as then it would have some cultural resonance. In a country fixated with Jessica Simpson and those awful Hilton girls I can kinda laugh at it. I did buy one though. ;) I was going to doctor mine with a textra to read 'white boys' with an asterisk saying 'some exceptions apply' but I couldn't find a texta. ;)
> the best thing I could come up with is "Im sick and tired of people wearing, > talking about, and generally paying attention to idiots with "im sick and > tired of white girls" shirts" > > I guess Im not that fun-loving, but when I see lame, I know it. > > -joe > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Kent williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "313 list" <313@hyperreal.org> > Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 12:56 PM > Subject: RE: (313) white girls > > >> That is the best part, seeing who the wearer is in my opinion. To me it > seemed most of these people just got a chuckle out of the phrase (as I did) > and were crazy enough to wear it around town. >> >> My wife is white and she had no problems with me wearing it other than > just shaking her head at me. I think it requires a distinct taste in humor > (like people who enjoy black comedy..pardon the pun) >> >> Peace, >> Alex >> >> >> > It's a meme they're trying to establish. It means whatever you want it > to >> > mean. >> > >> > I've always gotten the impression that when it came to ethnic and racial >> > differences, it's bad cricket to make fun of people of color, or 'white' >> > people who have been treated badly, like the Italians and Irish. But > affluent >> > white people from America and Europe are fair game. I'm not saying that > I >> > think anyone should be ridiculed based on a stereotype, just that making > fun >> > of the traditional oppressor groups doesn't sting as much. >> > >> > I don't think a booth at Movement selling "i'm sick and tired of black > girls" >> > would have been very well received by anyone, black or white. >> > >> > So perhaps "I'm sick and tired of white girls" is a critique on > stereotypes >> > and prejudice, presented with some humor. If a white girl wears it, is > she >> > expressing self loathing? If a black or hispanic or asian girl wears it, > is >> > it jealosy? If a black man wears it, is he saying he's down with sisters >> > exclusively? If a white man wears it does it mean he's made a sexual > fetish >> > of skin color? >> > >> > On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, Robert Taylor wrote: >> > > Anyone troubled by this? >> > > What do they mean by "sick and tired of white girls"? >> > > >> > >
