Was just goin on a jog through the park, then happened 2 stumble upon some celebration of Michael Jackson’s life/birthday. It seems like even though Michael Jackson converted to a ‘white person’, the African American community still claim his as their own.
Feeling confused abt the racial legacy of Michael Jackson.
There were tons of ‘MJ impersonators.’ It seems hard to look like MJ at the time of his death, since he looked so scary. This bro seems like he has too many ‘black features.’
Photos by Brooklyn Vegan
Seems like this MJ impersonator was ‘not white enough.’
Seems like this MJ impersonator was ‘not white enough.’
Seems like this MJ impersonator was ‘not black enough.’
Even lil kids were dressing up like MJ.
It seems like Obama and Michael Jackson are the two most important African Americans of all time.
The community decided to send a ‘get well soon’ card to MJ’s address in hell.
Saw two of the hollow ‘talking heads’ that African Americans usually call ‘authentic.’
Seemed like a lot of people were trying to ‘exploit the MJ brand’ to make a few dollars. From what I have read, this was the business plan of Michael Jackson’s father.
Saw some ‘artist’ who decided to try to sell her MJ doodles.
Ran into my aunt. she was selling some of her ‘jewelry line.’
My uncle brought a suitcase full of magazines 2 sell.
My other aunt was selling a bunch of burned CDs of MJ’s greatest hits.
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My cousin was trying to sell printed out pictures [via inkjet printer].
Saw a security bro wearing cargo pants. Seemed functional.
I don’t think that there were enough portapotties based on the size of the crowd, but I think that is because the NYC parks and recreation dept probably ‘racially discriminated’ against this event.
Took tons of pix with my new cammy phone.
This latino man brought his picture with Michael Jackson, along with his lil bird.
Even ran into John Liu–he’s running for comptroller. Seems like a chill bro, just trying to reach out to some minority groups.
Got kinda sad when I saw this sign, and realized that not every1 ‘gets’ graphic design.
Saw a white bro.
Ran into a family who seemed unhappy, like their mom forced them to ‘like’ Michael Jackson just so she could continue reliving her youth.
‘You’ll grow into it.’ – my uncaring dad after buying u an oversized shirt because it was cheaper than kidz sizes
Lost white child
In sea of black people
based on racial stereotypes
deeply embedded in my psyche [via suburbia]
all I can think is
‘this child is in danger.’
Overall, seemed like a chill time, where u could just stand around and listen to Michael Jackson music, bond with community members, and take pictures of things that ’seemed interesting’ with ur digicammy.
Sorta seems like
Do u miss MJ, or do u feel like he ‘already did everything he was supposed to do with his life’ and now it seems chill to ‘enjoy his music even more’ now that he is dead?
Or do u wish he was still alive so that all of the tweens didn’t get this opportunity to ‘discover’ how good His music was.
Not sure why the Tin Bro was there.
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41 Comments
every1 luvs the wiz
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ohh noo second?
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blipsters of the world unite n take over
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//////////Reply by Joshbro
//////////Posted August 31st, 2009 at 9:49 pm
@le CEECEE, that’s the plan. We’ll start with a middle management positions at our local office-supply distubution companies and go from there! Best of luck, see u at the top!
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//////////Reply by xavier
//////////Posted August 31st, 2009 at 11:12 pm
@Joshbro,
nah bro you forgetting us beaners. no one ever expected Mexicans to grow exponentially, we are taking over.
30 more years till we are the majority population, kind of excited
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//////////Reply by le CEECEE
//////////Posted September 1st, 2009 at 12:11 am
@xavier, I AM FILIPINA I AM CEE CEE I AM KUTE
//////////Reply by ne pas
//////////Posted September 1st, 2009 at 7:39 am
@xavier, h8 b ing ‘caucasian’ yall. feel like i’ll never get 2 experience ‘institutionalized racism’. feel krazie sad :-(
U hate people. You prolly hate Urself 2. U prolly work out your own insecurities on the weaknesses of othrs.
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//////////Reply by ne pas
//////////Posted August 31st, 2009 at 2:55 pm
@jerk-face, OMGSTFU [via plz]
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//////////Reply by vdieselfor20
//////////Posted August 31st, 2009 at 5:54 pm
@ne pas, srsly
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//////////Reply by anony
//////////Posted September 1st, 2009 at 3:52 am
@jerk-face, word
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//////////Reply by sarahrightnow
//////////Posted September 1st, 2009 at 5:45 am
@jerk-face, i hate myself for loving you.
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<3 HRO
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That poem was amazing! thanks for the report from prospectie park…
<3 U – hope U get well MJ (feel sad bout Caulkin being buried alive )
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this post is less like really recent posts and more like somewhat recent posts, i.e. actually good not really shit
“The community decided to send a ‘get well soon’ card to MJ’s address in hell.” might just be the funniest thing ever
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//////////Reply by mr unkovich
//////////Posted September 1st, 2009 at 1:03 am
@lives.to.strangle., greed, via A.
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//////////Reply by sarahrightnow
//////////Posted September 1st, 2009 at 5:42 am
@lives.to.strangle., true dat.
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there were some legitimately good jokes in there ;)
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lawl
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bro with the bird let it go to “release the spirit of michael jackson which got caught inside it”.
seemed….meaningful.
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i never thought i would see the day where john liu was on hipster runoff.
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//////////Reply by hey anony anony
//////////Posted August 31st, 2009 at 11:05 pm
@fredMS, @fredMS, i’m waiting for the day (via pet sounds) when chuck schumer is on hipster runoff with eddie drostie
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lawl, that first bro looks like Tracy Morgan.
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//////////Reply by mr. jeffers
//////////Posted August 31st, 2009 at 4:27 pm
@noisebot, he does have tracy morgan features, Whats with his hand in that picture its like frankensteins hand
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//////////Reply by Joshbro
//////////Posted August 31st, 2009 at 9:51 pm
@noisebot, Werewolf Bar Mitzvah?
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METHADONE MOONWALK
missing jpegs of that
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funny
hey do you guys know of any cool t-shirt gimmicks?
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//////////Reply by aw, fukk
//////////Posted August 31st, 2009 at 4:44 pm
@zachary german, http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i39IdQQClHk/SPMrVLChbgI/AAAAAAAAAQw/F4V4bqcrTnI/s320/MemEconomy
also
shirt with celery on it, words ‘quit stalking me’
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why do black people idolize someone who tried to be white in all facets of life
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//////////Reply by mr. jeffers
//////////Posted August 31st, 2009 at 4:30 pm
and how sketchy is that security guard with the cargos, he looks a few years late for a rave
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//////////Reply by daffy
//////////Posted August 31st, 2009 at 6:25 pm
@mr. jeffers, oh, are all black people supposed to have ’swagger’ and live in ‘tha hood’ and conversate via ebonics?
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//////////Reply by mr. jeffers
//////////Posted August 31st, 2009 at 6:28 pm
@daffy, i have zero swagger and live in the suburbs… yo
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//////////Reply by daffy
//////////Posted August 31st, 2009 at 6:31 pm
@mr. jeffers, he wasnt tryin to be white, he was just super rich and naturally … crazy
//////////Reply by jjj
//////////Posted August 31st, 2009 at 11:01 pm
@daffy, converse
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//////////Reply by daffy
//////////Posted September 1st, 2009 at 1:43 pm
@jjj, ‘conversate’ – A word used by backwards, ignorant, illiterate inner city trash who mean to say ‘converse’ [via urban dictionary]
this was a rly profound and thought provoking entry. It was provoking me to have thoughts. This is when I realized that Michael Jackson was very important to our world and perhaps even our universe. Glad he had 1 good last bday.
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Michael Jackson is dead? WTF? When?
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what about dr. martin luther king, charles barkley and randy jackson? they’re pretty famous/importnat/authentic/culturally relevant afro-american nigz…
WHO IS THE MOST AUTHENTIC / CULTURALLY RELEVANT AFRO-AMERICAN OF TODAY?
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//////////Reply by Chris Brown
//////////Posted August 31st, 2009 at 5:46 pm
@alec, I AM.
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//////////Reply by Joshbro
//////////Posted August 31st, 2009 at 9:54 pm
@Chris Brown, via putting women “in there place” with your fists of persuasion? <3 u christopher.
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Michael Jackson… promoting white-face? Does this mean black-face is no longer offensive?
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//////////Reply by Joshbro
//////////Posted August 31st, 2009 at 9:58 pm
@jjj, I feel like Whoopie and Ted can try it again wihout worrying about “racial backlash”. Once they make it okay, Halloween will become 1000x more authenic/horrifyingly offensive.
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HIPPY BLACKIES SELLING CD’S AND JEWELERY??
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damn. looking at that artist girl’s hips and thinking of ‘cumming on that ass’
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lmao once again, great post man!!
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the king of pipi
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Michael Jackson is an asshole, all these people threw a party for him in a nice lil park and he didn’t even show up or phone it in.
h8 u MJ
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@daffy i agree
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i like watching the video when his hair catches on fire; anyone else?
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Do yall think carles is alligning his personal brand with Andy Kauffman’s by playing this huge viral joke on himself that only a handful of ppl r in on by pretending to be a bro burning his t in ‘defiance’ then making a couple posts that the angry bro [via carles] would think r rcist/heterosexist?
is ‘blogging’ not ‘enough’ for carles and now he’s finding more creative/ALT ways to have fun in the innernette?
or do yall just think the t-burning bro is legit and just rlly ‘fucking crazy’ and carles is posting these to ‘fan the flames’ [via metaphor for the dude's anger towards carles and his 'popular' 'music' blog]
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//////////Reply by floppy bubes
//////////Posted August 31st, 2009 at 8:27 pm
who?
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//////////Reply by ne pas
//////////Posted September 1st, 2009 at 8:06 am
@-_-_-_, feel like the bro ‘might be legit’ but also feel like he is the type of bro to ‘get upset about almost anything’. seems ‘inauthentic on so many levels’ that this might srsly b him ‘giving it his all’. not sure…
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I almost went to that Spike Lee thing.
Glad I didn’t.
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//////////Reply by nana
//////////Posted August 31st, 2009 at 9:17 pm
@dax jax, me too
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nice1
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B E S T P O S T E V E R
i loled lots
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“The community decided to send a ‘get well soon’ card to MJ’s address in hell.”
Made me lol on the bus, people turned around/felt threatened by me. Thanks for ruining/making my night Carles.
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Can’t wait till madonna dies, then it will be the same thing, except with gays instead of blacks.
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//////////Reply by anony
//////////Posted September 1st, 2009 at 3:57 am
@Herpesterrunnoff, insightful.
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i wish your website, crls, let us secretly vote on your jokes. that way we could give you mad chill feedback. instead of having to write…
“I don’t think that there were enough portapotties based on the size of the crowd, but I think that is because the NYC parks and recreation dept probably ‘racially discriminated’ against this event.”
made me totally laff out loud
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What the fuck is wrong with you? All of you?
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<3 Tin Bro
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//////////Reply by ne pas
//////////Posted September 1st, 2009 at 8:07 am
@Myth, second that, wuz s000 glad 2 see tin bro there
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this one is very good. well done, carles sir.
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Celebrating the bday of a ded pedo. These blacks surely didnt evolve much…
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This MJ phenomena is damn interesting.
From being a figure black folks were ashamed of, to now being morphed into a black hero & champion
Let’s all take a moment to salute the transformative power of death intersecting with celebrity.
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ahhahaha thats the hardest i’ve laughed in a while. i hope your back, carles.
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tin bro is MJ in “The Wiz” – he played the scarecrow.
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fuck you for calling Al Sharpton, and Spike Lee “talking heads”. you run a fucking blog. don’t see the god damn irony? get off your hipster thrown
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