He knows whats up...

sushi_addict · 2012-11-09T00:30:09+00:00

He will learn to love naps in time

paradox-man · 2012-11-09T02:08:26+00:00

Then how did the first racists come to be?

larrycatz · 2012-11-09T02:05:49+00:00

From an evolutionary standpoint humans have, from birth, a natural inclination to be more altruistic towards people who look like they do (more traditionally, towards people who look like people in their tribe). I don't know if there is evidence regarding ill-will towards people who are different. Maybe someone else knows more on that side?

Gabbergeddez · 2012-11-08T23:54:49+00:00

I can't take any of denis learys' stuff with merit after he completely ripped off bill hicks.

Apostolate · 2012-11-09T00:19:27+00:00

Relevant subreddit = /r/standupshots.

nickpinkk · 2012-11-09T02:54:06+00:00

pro tip: when searching for enlightening perspectives on race or gender, pick almost any other source than Reddit.

Warlizard · 2012-11-09T00:05:51+00:00

Except it's not true. My wife and I have never said a single thing negative about ANY race and when we were interviewing nannies, my oldest son (he was 6 at the time) said, "I don't like the people with brown skin."

"Huh?", I said. "Why not?"

"I don't know. I just don't like them. I like our color skin better."

That isn't taught. That's just inside. We have to work to make sure that we overcome that instinct, the feeling that different is dangerous.

EDIT: Since people aren't reading the comments below and are pointing out that school, TV, etc., are big factors, here's the post I wrote explaining why those things weren't issues: http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/12vuhy/he_knows_whats_up/c6yktdp

b0mb · 2012-11-09T03:00:24+00:00

That's bad and everything Denis Leary has done is bad.

SaintKnowLa · 2012-11-09T02:20:49+00:00

Racism is not taught. It is learned.

seafoamstratocaster · 2012-11-09T02:22:59+00:00

Or it could just develop from interactions with certain races.

bonzo48280 · 2012-11-09T03:14:57+00:00

Bill Hicks probably told him this joke at a bar.

Kinomi · 2012-11-09T04:05:17+00:00

False. Racism is learned, I learned to be racist by the people in my area being the most stereotypical annoying N-words, it's made me racist in the sense that I assume every black person will now act like those I grew up around

ImHereToRuinReddit · 2012-11-09T02:58:48+00:00

Or because it has nothing to do with parenting instead it is the media and real life events because we live in a time where black people in cities walk around cities and play games amongst themselves were they jump and maim young defenseless white kids, there was a story on reddit posted a few days ago and i knew a kid in high school who was jumped by six black kids and is to this day still wearing braces... so maybe thats why you know? becasue they have a bunch of fuck ups... in mass number

dxrebirth · 2012-11-09T02:41:55+00:00

You spelled that wrong.

rbcrusaders · 2012-11-09T02:54:12+00:00

I never got this argument. Couldn't it sometimes be learned? It doesn't have to be taught as an ideology.

khanfusion · 2012-11-09T02:56:51+00:00

This is an all star of reposts. Plus, stolen joke.

rayAstone · 2012-11-09T03:04:53+00:00

Leary for Governor of New York

Deathalicious · 2012-11-09T03:06:27+00:00

For our kid it's baths. You'd think we were dipping him in boiling oil the way he screams.

saucemachine · 2012-11-09T03:12:56+00:00

I once held dennis leary's underwear AMA

jimcrator · 2012-11-09T03:13:40+00:00

Actually, one strong hypothesis is that xenophobia is evolutionary.

Dreamer101 · 2012-11-09T03:15:04+00:00

REPOST. I repeat, this IS a repost.

Snakeoilsage · 2012-11-09T03:16:34+00:00

Eh, it's all about tribal psychology. If a little white kid grows up feeling that a black kid is his friend, he'll be more inclined to trust other black people. Deprive him of that contact, and he won't necessarily hate them, but he'll have no reason to trust him and consider him and outsider.

But the same is true for anyone you meet, really. The skin color issue is just an obvious visual trait that our sight-based instincts focus on.

tythompson · 2012-11-09T03:19:37+00:00

Reposts know whats up

p_U_c_K · 2012-11-09T03:24:27+00:00

I would say that, though, this isn't the entire story. If you grow up in a diverse neighborhood, you can come to your own conclusions as you experience groups of people. It's not solely people in the exurban areas hating people they don't meet.

For example, I went to middle school from 2nd -8th grade in school where I was a minority (as a white kid). There were tons of other white kids who hated black kids and asian (hmong) kids. I understood why, but didn't really mind because they left me alone. They talked a lot of shit to us and bullied a lot of kids, while every one of them didn't, it created a weird us vs. them thing in 4th grade. I remember in 6th grade there was a small brave heart esque race battle in the big field behind our school, the hmong vice lords sharpened up these broom handles and ran at all the black gangster's disciples (and by that I mean, the little brothers of said gangs,f or the most part), and it was a cluster fuck, tons of cops showed up, kids got expelled, etc.

So, while I can't say I know how every parent talked to each kid, I can say my parents don't give two shits about race, never talk about it (my two best friends growing up were black and asian, respectively, my first fight ever was fighting identical twins who called my friend a nigger, it was like being in the matrix, try punching a guy to "submission" (until he says, oww stop, mom! when his mom isn't around, victory) and then getting up and seeing him ... again! "we meet again.." i said... I'm getting distracted. Point being, while it wasn't TAUGHT to me, I did experience racist thoughts, based on experience. So I would say that it is LEARNED, from experience, or from parents.

Not everything is blind hatred, is my point. While is it misguided to label an entire group based on the actions of others, as a child, you can learn it on your own based on what you encounter. But granted I came of age during a giant migration of people from Chicago to Minneapolis, and at the tail end of the crack era... So, who knows if this is the case everywhere, but I assume if I experienced this in Minneapolis a lot of people had similar experiences.

sollaaan · 2012-11-09T03:28:06+00:00

Who did he steal that line from?

feeteater2 · 2012-11-09T03:28:12+00:00

people dont hate people naturally, culture teaches them to.... and who taught culture to hate people? -just sayin

faildata · 2012-11-09T03:34:49+00:00

Is it terrible that at first I was trying to understand the joke because I took "naps" as a racist term?

TheSupremBrambleStag · 2012-11-09T03:36:03+00:00

Napist

dalittle · 2012-11-09T03:36:19+00:00

I miss afternoon naps. The only solace I take is that I will grow old and one day afternoon naps will be mine again.

ForeverTied_hubby · 2012-11-09T03:39:54+00:00

All I will ever see is Tommy Gavin

theBluemorph · 2012-11-09T03:41:50+00:00

I read the quote without really focusing on the picture and just assumed it was Hilary Clinton... did a little double take...

eazolan · 2012-11-09T03:43:52+00:00

Why did he teach his two year old to hate naps?

SnitchQuadrant · 2012-11-09T03:46:55+00:00

False.

Black babies are often despised by white babies and vice versa.

herpy_McDerpster · 2012-11-09T03:47:15+00:00

Still my favorite comedian to date.

ProfCrastinator · 2012-11-09T04:00:47+00:00

Incorrect. Racism is a natural reaction.

What about dogs who bark at black people?

CAN'T EXPLAIN THAT MOTHERFUCKER.

Nah but seriously. Racism is usually taught but can often be a natural reaction to difference.

you_sir_are_wrong · 2012-11-09T04:02:33+00:00

OP, this may be what you HOPE is true, but the science says we are likely born racist

HKBFG · 2012-11-09T04:02:34+00:00

hmm... a repost of a joke that in itself was copied from somebody else's work. meta-repost

SaebraK · 2012-11-09T04:08:42+00:00

Sorry, this statement is wrong.

Golgatem · 2012-11-09T04:14:03+00:00

I recently read NurtureShock, which is a great book on counterintuitive things that research can teach us about child development, and the chapter on racism has really stuck with me. Research shows that, left to their own devices, even VERY young children will develop a preference for their own race.

The chapter also argued convincingly that what most of white liberals like me do to try to make our kids color-blind -- throwing our kids in multicultural environments and not talking explicitly with them about race -- actually foment racist attitudes. The kids make observations like "Most of the people who get free lunches are black" and, in the absence of any context, they form naively racist views on how the world works.

If we don't want our kids to be racist, we apparently need to talk explicitly about race with them. Saying things like "Everyone's equal" or showing them TV shows with multicultural characters doesn't do squat.

Since I read that, I've started having uncomfortable-to-me conversations about race with my two-year-old -- talking as openly about racial differences as I do about sexual differences -- instead of just ignoring the fact that some of her classmates have darker skin and letting her come to her own conclusions about it.

KevinUxbridge · 2012-11-09T04:30:18+00:00

*Japs

captiva · 2012-11-09T04:40:02+00:00

A young child makes no judgements about things for which it yet has no evidence. This proves nothing.

wankmastag · 2012-11-09T04:50:06+00:00

Actually the human brain naturally defaults to a racist setting by means of stereotypes.

We naturally stereotype people based on skin color because it is easier for our brain to categorize based on expierienced information, as opposed to disregarding everything we know about races every time we see someone new.

We do this not only with people but with everything from chairs to fruit. Its simply a way to manage information.

mentions_Tom_Cruise · 2012-11-09T04:58:31+00:00

I recently moved into a new suburb and I am a nursing student of brown colour with noticeable features not of a white man. Before I moved into this house with my friend we visited the place a couple of times and noticed a, what appeared to be, a white family living beside the house we were checking out. The area seemed nice and the price was about right, so we agreed on renting it.

After moving into the new place and being all happy inside thinking that I will introduce myself to the neighbours someday and we all will have a good time ahead. But one thing poured hot water over all of my plans.

One day, coming back from school, I noticed that the neighbour had a giant flag of Australia on the front side of his house and also a mini flag on his car which was never there before when we came to see the house. Somehow, this made me feel that may be it's because of us. And after that day, it saddens me that I will never befriend the kids in that house and will always be depressed on my way home.

frolick · 2012-11-09T05:01:56+00:00

Needs more jpeg

drinkit_or_wearit · 2012-11-09T05:02:31+00:00

This is sadly true, my sorry excuse for a father taught me to be a sexist, racist, homophobic, misogynist I was nearly 15 before that delusional world finally showed a crack that I could pick at to get a glimpse of the real world. Now more than 20 years later the hardest thing I do every day is try to apply what I know to be real and true, rather than the hate and ignorance that I learned so early.

im_not_not_white · 2012-11-09T05:09:33+00:00

I worked on playgrounds in some terrible neighborhoods in Chicago, and from time to time I would be harassed by some black people who lived by the park. I would often get funny looks when people would see me.

I didn't always feel comfortable to be honest.

But every time I saw little kids, they always wanted to play and asked me to push them on the slides and whatnot. The kids were usually alone at the playgrounds, so I would talk to them and they thought I was super cool, just like any 9 year old thinks that a 19 year old is cool.

They didn't treat me like I didn't belong at all. Racial divide definitely accumulates over a lifetime.

Pelican_Poop · 2012-11-09T05:10:12+00:00

That and being a waiter makes you pretty racist.

SPChef350 · 2012-11-09T05:12:08+00:00

How is this funny?

rymoe89 · 2012-11-09T05:12:32+00:00

This is simply false. Racism is easily born, especially when based on a small sample size.

ifap2downvotes · 2012-11-09T05:16:21+00:00

I saw this on ifunny right before I fed my Dinosaur

xZel · 2012-11-09T05:19:16+00:00

Fuck Denis Leary.

SatinHandyWipe · 2012-11-09T05:19:20+00:00

Isn't denis leary supposed to be an asshole though?

NoSalt · 2012-11-09T05:19:45+00:00

Actually ... humans are designed to be prejudiced at birth. This is what has kept us safe for hundreds of thousands of years. It's hard to fight that kind of history.

Reddits_Antagonist · 2012-11-09T05:20:05+00:00

Slavery against blacks actually didn't form because of racism. It was racism that formed out of slavery.

Kinda weird wording but I hope you get the point.

mbnathan · 2012-11-09T05:22:52+00:00

I've thought sometimes that teaching about past segregation leads kids to think that there in fact is something different about everyone as to instill some sort of prejudice.

Abra-Used-Teleport · 2012-11-09T05:24:31+00:00

My niece, who was living in Ireland for the first 2 years of her life, ended up having a black pediatrician when she came back to America. She was fine up until he reached out to her, then she started screaming bloody murder and trying to hide from him.

After repeated experimentation, we found that she was terrified of dark skin.

Grayphobia · 2012-11-09T05:36:42+00:00

To be fair, racism isn't just hate. For example, that moment of hesitation around a a black/latino teen, is racism.

scottsavoy01 · 2012-11-09T05:44:39+00:00

I'm not up voting because this is probably a Bill Hicks joke..

thecrownprince · 2012-11-09T05:47:56+00:00

This guy stole jokes from Bill Hicks and Louie CK.

imustachelemeaning · 2012-11-09T05:59:19+00:00

Denis Leary raped the corpse of Bill Hicks.

Raven_Rise · 2012-11-09T06:24:29+00:00

why would anyone hate naps?

Jonette2 · 2012-11-09T06:30:01+00:00

I love the thoughts of Dennis Leary. Long before Rescue Me. He has always been great in my mind.

vugluskr · 2012-11-09T06:32:23+00:00

That's great logic.

Let's wait till he gets robbed/abused/raped and check then.

cmckzee · 2012-11-09T06:33:18+00:00

This is the second time in 3 months that I have seen this on the front page..

SeanReberry · 2012-11-09T06:58:41+00:00

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/04/racist-babies-nine-month-olds-bias-faces_n_1477937.html

spamato · 2012-11-09T07:15:31+00:00

For a second I thought nap was supposed to be a slur for Asians.

I'm a shitty guy.

Cup_BeaRuh · 2012-11-09T07:32:13+00:00

I agree

By looking through all the videos at world star hip hop i have learned that black people can be very violent. I have taught myself

aazav · 2012-11-09T07:38:43+00:00

what's*

sailingonward · 2012-11-09T08:02:31+00:00

Racism is learned through real-life experience

spage6 · 2012-11-09T08:06:18+00:00

Anyone seeking more info might also check here:

title	comnts	points	age	/r/
Denis Leary on racism	1021^coms	1669^pts	3^mos	funny
Dennis Leary on racism	2^coms	103^pts	2^mos	funny

source: karmadecay

abutteredpig · 2012-11-09T08:14:25+00:00

No he does not "know what's up".

paraphrasing his quote; "autism is just poorly behaved kids acting out." Any person with an autistic family member disagrees

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