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    Fear Of A Blackface Planet: Cowboys Cheerleader, Meet Deron Williams

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    Image of ClintonPortishead ClintonPortishead
    11/03/09

    In reply to Fear Of A Blackface Planet: Cowboys Cheerleader, Meet Deron Williams
    Deron Williams completed the costume by having Kevin Costner bone his wife. #dallascowboyscheerleader
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    Image of Sheed's Bald Spot Sheed's Bald Spot
    11/03/09

    In reply to Fear Of A Blackface Planet: Cowboys Cheerleader, Meet Deron Williams
    The point about blackface is valid. I'm not going to get into the ins and outs of my black studies degree (who'da thunk?), but in the past few years the argument of blackface vs. black face paint has come up pretty aggressively, in large part because of ghetto parties and whatnot showing up on Facebook. Dressing up in the tradition of minstrelsy, which is purely exaggerated stereotype, is racist in it's origins and application. On the other hand, painting your ass chocolate to look like Lil' Wayne is more of a reflection of how committed you are to the party. In the case of a professional cheerleader, do you think she was trying to throw down racial political commentary or simply rage her face off?
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    ClintonPortishead promoted this comment Edited by Sheed's Bald Spot at 11/03/09 5:43 PM Sheed's Bald Spot was starred Sheed's Bald Spot was unstarred
    Image of A Duck With a Lisp A Duck With a Lisp
    11/03/09

    In reply to Fear Of A Blackface Planet: Cowboys Cheerleader, Meet Deron Williams
    Derron Williams had no idea it was Halloween. He was just trying to hail a taxi cab. #dallascowboyscheerleader
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    Phintastic promoted this comment A Duck With a Lisp was starred A Duck With a Lisp was unstarred
    Image of Phintastic Phintastic
    11/03/09

    @A Duck With a Lisp:

    + 1 #dallascowboyscheerleader
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    Image of SavetoFavorites SavetoFavorites
    11/03/09

    In reply to Fear Of A Blackface Planet: Cowboys Cheerleader, Meet Deron Williams
    "... white people dressed as black people to embellish offensive stereotypes and racial insensitivity for comedic purposes... Was she adhering to the racist undertone that "blackface" implies? I believe not..."

    So... she dressed as Lil' Wayne as a sort of tribute to the nobleness and inborn dignity of the black American male? #dallascowboyscheerleader
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    Image of Dr. Evil Genius Dr. Evil Genius
    11/03/09

    @SavetoFavorites: She thought using her vagina as reparations for slavery was enough to get away with this. #dallascowboyscheerleader
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    FlakJack promoted this comment Dr. Evil Genius was starred Dr. Evil Genius was unstarred
    Image of FlakJack FlakJack
    11/03/09

    @Dr. Evil Genius: 40 acres and a donkey punch? #dallascowboyscheerleader
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    Image of Dr. Evil Genius Dr. Evil Genius
    11/04/09


    @FlakJack: ...and some Rice Crispy Treats. #dallascowboyscheerleader
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    Image of dont-forget-where-you-came-from-cheese mac dont-forget-where-you-came-from-cheese mac
    11/03/09

    In reply to Fear Of A Blackface Planet: Cowboys Cheerleader, Meet Deron Williams
    Mark Q. Sawyer, associate professor of political science and African-American studies...

    Who's the head of that department, Slave Jim? #dallascowboyscheerleader
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    Image of FEAST FEAST
    11/03/09

    In reply to Fear Of A Blackface Planet: Cowboys Cheerleader, Meet Deron Williams
    I'm thankful she didn't go as something from a menstrual show. Because that would be fucking disgusting and offensive. #dallascowboyscheerleader
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    Image of Fogg Fogg
    11/03/09

    In reply to Fear Of A Blackface Planet: Cowboys Cheerleader, Meet Deron Williams
    Deron said he mostly enjoyed the freedom to speed, jaywalk, talk on his phone while driving, and commit other minor infractions without so much as a glance from police. #dallascowboyscheerleader
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    Image of sir_pantsalot sir_pantsalot
    11/03/09

    In reply to Fear Of A Blackface Planet: Cowboys Cheerleader, Meet Deron Williams
    It was okay to mercilessly beat down anyone dudes dressed as Twilight characters right? Didn't we all do this? #dallascowboyscheerleader
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    Image of MarkKelsosMigraine MarkKelsosMigraine
    11/03/09

    In reply to Fear Of A Blackface Planet: Cowboys Cheerleader, Meet Deron Williams
    I kinda feel Bamboozled by this story. #dallascowboyscheerleader
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    Image of AzureTexan AzureTexan
    11/03/09

    In reply to Fear Of A Blackface Planet: Cowboys Cheerleader, Meet Deron Williams
    Next year, to cover all my bases, I'm dressing up as a white Dallas Cowboys cheerleader dressed up as a black male rapper dressed up as a white baseball player who broke a hallowed record established by an Iron Horse. #dallascowboyscheerleader
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    Image of SavetoFavorites SavetoFavorites
    11/03/09

    @AzureTexan: Ah, yes-- the Racial Matryoshka. #dallascowboyscheerleader
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    AzureTexan promoted this comment SavetoFavorites was starred SavetoFavorites was unstarred
    Image of AzureTexan AzureTexan
    11/03/09

    @SavetoFavorites: Score one for obscure Russian references! #dallascowboyscheerleader
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    Image of meatbat meatbat
    11/03/09

    In reply to Fear Of A Blackface Planet: Cowboys Cheerleader, Meet Deron Williams
    Relax people; it's not like she dressed up as a homosexual. #dallascowboyscheerleader
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    Phintastic promoted this comment meatbat was starred meatbat was unstarred
    Image of Phintastic Phintastic
    11/03/09

    @meatbat:

    are you saying Lil Wayne isn't gay? Because I heard he was. #dallascowboyscheerleader
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    Image of meatbat meatbat
    11/03/09

    @Phintastic: Really? I was just taking a lame shot at the fucked up sensitivities of the politically correct. I haven't watched Entertainment Tonight in years, I have no clue who's gay or not anymore. #dallascowboyscheerleader
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    Image of Phintastic Phintastic
    11/03/09

    @meatbat:

    and I was being sarcastic. #dallascowboyscheerleader
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    11/03/09

    @Phintastic: Whoops. Fail. #dallascowboyscheerleader
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    Image of sir_pantsalot sir_pantsalot
    11/03/09

    In reply to Fear Of A Blackface Planet: Cowboys Cheerleader, Meet Deron Williams
    I am a white guy and I dressed as Bart in a KKK outfit and all night I kept asking people "hey, where the white women at?"

    Nobody talked to me all night. #dallascowboyscheerleader
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    11/03/09

    In reply to Fear Of A Blackface Planet: Cowboys Cheerleader, Meet Deron Williams
    The really ridiculous part of this is that if she wore a full body rubber costume of Mr. Lil, then it would be no big deal...but since she took the time to use some kind of makeup to do it, some people get offended. It was a stellar costume, with extra credit for effort. Get over it. #dallascowboyscheerleader
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    Image of Steve U Steve U
    11/03/09

    In reply to Fear Of A Blackface Planet: Cowboys Cheerleader, Meet Deron Williams
    Agreed. Deron's flagrant abuse of the One Ring is offensive to all the free peoples of Middle-Earth. #dallascowboyscheerleader
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    Image of Hustler of Culture Hustler of Culture
    11/03/09

    In reply to Fear Of A Blackface Planet: Cowboys Cheerleader, Meet Deron Williams
    Ummm yeah, that is an awesome picture there of Deron... #dallascowboyscheerleader
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    Image of Bobby Big Wheel Bobby Big Wheel
    11/03/09

    @Hustler of Culture: Maybe Deron actually went as the main character in a Ralph Ellison book. #dallascowboyscheerleader
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    Image of Moobs Moobs
    11/03/09

    @Hustler of Culture: He's so white I can't even see him. #dallascowboyscheerleader
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    Image of The Gizmo from Pismo The Gizmo from Pismo
    11/03/09

    @Moobs: Well, the page is white. and Deron is white. So..

    yeah, i dunno. #dallascowboyscheerleader
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