Post by Ben on May 8, 2013 18:13:06 GMT 2
I'm sure all of you have seen the news about Amanda Berry, the kidnapped girl who was found yesterday over ten years after she disappeared along with two other women. Talk about some fucked up shit. On the off chance you live under a rock (or you, uh, live across the pond and don't watch American news), Amanda Berry is an infamous kidnapping victim who disappeared at age 16. Like a lot of kidnapped girls, they plastered her face everywhere to the point that I think most of the nation was keeping an eye out for her. She's not the star of this thread, though.
That title goes to Charles Ramsey, the funny black neighbor who heard Berry's screams on Monday and went to investigate, ultimately freeing her and the other women. In an interview, Ramsey uttered some phrases that he's now famous for across the web. Much like Sweet Brown and her "cole pop" or Antoine Dodson telling everyone to "hide yo kids, hide yo wife," Ramsey's McDonald's lunch and his "I barbecued wit this dude! and "I thought you was dead!" remarks, among others, are now an internet sensation. And if I may say so myself, the dude is hilarious.
So what's the big deal? These people are all funny as hell, right? Not according to this article:
www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/05/07/charles_ramsey_amanda_berry_rescuer_becomes_internet_meme_video.html
In case you missed any of the other viral videos I was talking about the first time around, they're all embedded in the article. The main point of the story, however, remains the intended topic of this thread: is it an accident that all these internet "heroes" are black people and, if so, is that problematic? Let's hear it.
That title goes to Charles Ramsey, the funny black neighbor who heard Berry's screams on Monday and went to investigate, ultimately freeing her and the other women. In an interview, Ramsey uttered some phrases that he's now famous for across the web. Much like Sweet Brown and her "cole pop" or Antoine Dodson telling everyone to "hide yo kids, hide yo wife," Ramsey's McDonald's lunch and his "I barbecued wit this dude! and "I thought you was dead!" remarks, among others, are now an internet sensation. And if I may say so myself, the dude is hilarious.
So what's the big deal? These people are all funny as hell, right? Not according to this article:
www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/05/07/charles_ramsey_amanda_berry_rescuer_becomes_internet_meme_video.html
In case you missed any of the other viral videos I was talking about the first time around, they're all embedded in the article. The main point of the story, however, remains the intended topic of this thread: is it an accident that all these internet "heroes" are black people and, if so, is that problematic? Let's hear it.
