Sumeet's Thoughts

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• 1. Jeremy  |  March 22nd, 2006 at 9:27 pm

  Put a both like that for a white man in an NBA locker room.

• 2. Jay Smooth  |  March 22nd, 2006 at 11:19 pm

  There are lots of white guys in the NBA. They’re just all from Europe.

• 3. PO8  |  March 23rd, 2006 at 1:39 am

  “Happens to” lack black people seems unlikely, doesn’t it? Check out James Loewen’s latest book, Sundown Towns, for the whole story on why US towns like this are so often all-white or nearly so; they won’t let black people in.

  I’m afraid I didn’t find this video too amusing—it seems like it is glossing over a serious problem.

• 4. ronnie b  |  March 23rd, 2006 at 8:20 am

  VIDEO IS HILLARIOUS

• 5. Sumeet  |  March 23rd, 2006 at 8:38 am

  Thanks for the reference material, PO8. I’ll put that on my list of books to read (It just grows and grows. How to I make it smaller!?).

  Although I respect your lack of amusement at the video - since that’s entirely your choice - I’m not sure I’d agree with you that the video is glossing over a serious problem. To the contrary, I think it handles political humor in much the same way a stand-up comedian does: By pointing out the issue in a format people are repulsed by.

  Thanks, Ronnie - I agree

• 6. Bosco  |  March 23rd, 2006 at 9:47 am

  Haha, that’s awesome.
  The last part looks staged but “Mom, come here! There’s a black guy down there” is quite funny, haha.

• 7. Sumeet  |  March 23rd, 2006 at 9:53 am

  Haha, yea - that part is definitely really funny. I think it’s probably not staged but rather someone was being funny and calling attention to themselves.

• 8. artgal1990  |  March 23rd, 2006 at 12:47 pm

  Gosh–doesn’t Will Smith and family count???

• 9. Antonio  |  March 23rd, 2006 at 1:18 pm

  PO8: WAAAAAAA WAAAAAA WAAAAAAA
  I’m a minority and I found this hilarious. There is my seal of approval.

• 10. Joe Banks  |  March 23rd, 2006 at 1:22 pm

  So the 2nd post here claims they won’t “let black people in” to Aspen? Is there a sign up, saying “Go away?” Do stores there refuse to take your money? Do hotels deny your reservation? Fact it, some sports are based upon culture, and skiing isn’t big in the black culture, just as rap “music” isn’t big in the white community. Quit trying to play the race card!

• 11. Sumeet  |  March 23rd, 2006 at 3:03 pm

  Haha, Antonio, I appreciate the Seal of Approval

  Joe, I think PO8 was referencing some deeper arguments about how societies can - through their actions and attitudes - effectively shut some races, ethnicities, sexes, etc. out of their locale. But your comment made me think of how interesting it’d be to drive down the highway seeing signs like: Speed Limit: 50 MPH… and… Lane Ends. Merge Left.… and… Asian People Make U-Turn If Possible..

• 12. Jeremy  |  March 23rd, 2006 at 11:38 pm

  Yeah, there’s probably lots of black people in Aspen - Samuel L. Jackson, Will Smith, Kobe Bryant, Danny Glover, any NBA player, the majority of NFL players, Martin Lawrence, Chris Tucker, Chris Rock, ad infinitium.

  One type of people there is a lot of in Aspen is Europeans, of the trashy variety.

• 13. Tom Peters  |  March 24th, 2006 at 9:04 am

  If you like this, check out the 60 other awesome pranks done by the Improv Everywhere people: www.improveverywhere.com

• 14. Sumeet  |  March 24th, 2006 at 9:59 am

  Thanks, Tom. I’d forgotten to put that link in the post. Fixed, now.

• 15. Just Some Guy  |  March 24th, 2006 at 3:08 pm

  This video is stoopid.

• 16. John Scott  |  March 25th, 2006 at 9:30 pm

  LOL! I swear that one guy just said “I don’t mind black people”.

• 17. Rowan  |  March 26th, 2006 at 2:26 pm

  Thank you. I thought this was great, too.

• 18. Sumeet  |  March 26th, 2006 at 3:19 pm

  Haha, yea the people say some pretty strange things. I like the woman from Norway the best.

• 19. shell  |  March 27th, 2006 at 12:52 am

  “Deathrow is the label that pays me”…so it’s a given that this a a fake? And he’s pretty light skinned for a “black guy”. Pretty safe for Colorado!

• 20. Sumeet  |  March 27th, 2006 at 8:35 am

  Hi Shell,

  I don’t think this is a fake. Improv Everywhere’s missions have all been real as far as I know. I’ve had a few people tell me that he’s either “not black” or “half-white” but I can’t really tell too well. I’m not the best judge of ethnicity, so I just take the comedy for what it is and give Improv Everywhere the benefit of the doubt

• 21. Tom Peters  |  March 27th, 2006 at 11:14 am

  His name is Colton Dunn. He’s a comedian at the UCB Theatre in NY and LA, and yes, he’s black. Light-skinned, I guess, but still black.

• 22. Sumeet  |  March 27th, 2006 at 11:16 am

  There you have it.

  Thanks, Tom.

• 23. Bob W  |  March 29th, 2006 at 8:43 am

  Very thought provoking! I read yesterday that snow skiing is the most popular of sports with 50 million annual US participants. Next time let’s do a “meet a meth head” and have an emaciated white trailer trash woman with tatoos and a couple of dirty kids. I bet there are fewer of them in Aspen than black folk.

• 24. Sumeet  |  March 29th, 2006 at 8:46 am

  Hi Bob. You could be right, but that might be a little frightening to watch, right? And how would Improv Everywhere get the Meth Head to Aspen?

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