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"Stuff White People Like" Gets Unfair Criticism

A few weeks ago, a friend pointed me to a blog called "Stuff White People Like." If you have a sense of humor and can understand wit and sarcasm, you'll find the site hilarious.  White people making fun of all the stupid things white people do.  Instant classic.

It's also obvious that it's just a site where a few guys like you and I started writing a few gags for friends and family, and it kind of went viral.  The site is still hosted on the Wordpress.com domain, meaning they don't even make any ad revenue on it.  It's just people writing because they like to write, like most of the other 40 million blogs out there.

Well maybe they are a victim of their own success.  Or maybe the whole race issue has really gotten out of control.  But a Houston Chronicle article says, "Race-related Blog Causes Controversy." The article gos as far as to say, "It's the latest in a string of racially charged blogs that act as a virtual shrink's sofa for those tackling the tricky topics of race and class.'

Good god.  Are you kidding me?  When did white people making fun of white people become "racially charged."  The article's author, Corilyn Shropshire, is really stretching when she makes claims that the site is anything more than what normal, well-adjusted people would find funny.

Check it out and tell me if you disagree. 

Posted on Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 11:16AM by Registered CommenterAndy Boyer in , , | CommentsPost a Comment

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