Uncle Tom and Little Eva

Not a single stereotype about African-Americans left unexplored!

Posted By: Paul - Sun May 11, 2014 - Comments (2)
Category: Ethnic Groupings, Racism, Regionalism, Stereotypes and Cliches, Cartoons, 1930s

THE HOUSE I LIVE IN

Ol' Blue Eyes fights prejudice with a smile and a song. Where's Frankie and his good-natured common sense when we need him today?

Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 27, 2014 - Comments (3)
Category: Ethnic Groupings, Music, PSA’s, Racism, 1940s

Crazy Pygmy—Hilarious Dancing

What day is not brightened by the inexplicable and thoughtlessly ridiculed antics of a small person?

Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 01, 2013 - Comments (2)
Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Ethnic Groupings, Human Marvels, 1930s, Dance

Strawberry-Flavored Salted Plums, with Honey and Chiles

Who wants to try these Mexican goodies and tell me how they taste?

Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 08, 2013 - Comments (9)
Category: Ethnic Groupings, Food, North America

THE GOLDBERGS

Once upon a time, sheer Jewishness was exotic enough to supply material for sitcoms and product spokesmanship.

THE GOLDBERGS.

Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 05, 2013 - Comments (5)
Category: Ethnic Groupings, Family, Stereotypes and Cliches, Television, 1940s, 1950s

Germans Agog At Negro GIs

Descriptions of white explorers meeting dark-skinned tribes who have never seen a white person before are pretty common in travel/exploration literature. So common they're almost a cliche. Leave it to the Germans to switch things around a bit: Teutonic tribespeople bewildered by the sight of dark-skinned travelers from across the ocean. From the Chicago Tribune, Apr 14, 1947:

Posted By: Alex - Wed Mar 21, 2012 - Comments (12)
Category: Ethnic Groupings, Racism, 1940s, Europe

Sexy Russian Popstars

More info here.

Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 10, 2012 - Comments (5)
Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Elderly and Seniors, Ethnic Groupings, Europe, Russia

Incredible New Jersey

Posted By: Paul - Mon May 17, 2010 - Comments (8)
Category: Ethnic Groupings, Freaks, Oddities, Quirks of Nature, Regionalism, North America

Weird Shorts - Boys and Girls

It’s an old excuse, whenever a man is caught eyeing-up another woman by his partner we’ll often claim that it’s not our fault, it’s just the way we’re wired. Well not according to neuroscientists at Gwinnett College in Georgia. Researchers there monitored the brain activity of 14 men while showing them pictures of women’s behinds taken before and after surgery designed to give them Beyonce like curves. The scans showed ‘reward areas’ of the men’s brains more commonly associated with drugs or alcohol lit up more in response to the redesigned rumps. In other words, we do it because we like it (Orange).

But if what most attracts men is a great set of lady bumps, what would top women’s list of desirable traits in their perfect man? That’s what online matchmakers UKDating wanted to know, so they analysed the responses of 83,000 lovelorn women to find the top ten most wanted male characteristics. And number one was… a salary over £50k ($75k). Bizarrely, being good looking came in at number 9, just above being 5’11” tall and five places below owning an Audi TT. But do girls really only like cars and money, or does this finding perhaps explain why these particular girls had to resort to a dating service in the first place (News://Lite)?

The economics of relationships also features in the new book from Karyn Langhorne Folan. In Don’t Bring Home A White Boy, Folan describes today’s black women as being stuck in “market failure”, with college educated black women outnumbering their male counterparts by 3 to 1. This severely restricts the women’s options unless they look outside their own race. “In this case, we are the commodity and the new market is men of other races,” states Foley, who is herself a Harvard-educated lawyer, “it’s Econ 101 for the single, educated black woman” (STL Today).

Mind you, women aren’t always a commodity, sometimes they’re the consumer. At least that’s what Cuban cigar maker Habanos is hoping. In an effort to boost sales in a market hit hard by anti-smoking legislation the world-over, Habanos have produced what they’re billing as the first Cuban cigar specifically for female smokers. Their new Julieta brand is smaller and milder in hopes of being more appealing to women, but still manages to keep that phallic edge to its image (Sky News).



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Posted By: Dumbfounded - Mon Mar 01, 2010 - Comments (5)
Category: Business, Education, Ethnic Groupings, Inebriation and Intoxicants, Sexuality, Stupid Criminals, Goofs and Screw-ups

Tica Ti Tica Ta

The ballad of the "two gay senores."

Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 07, 2010 - Comments (3)
Category: Ethnic Groupings, Music, 1940s