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1. Speaking of hung black men… at Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture on 09 Nov 2006 at 12:37 pm

   […] After seeing my last post on the “I’m Hung Like a Black Man” T-shirt, HighJive from MultiCultClassics emailed me the ad below, which apparently runs extensively in hip hop and urban publications. Seems like some folks just can’t let go of “positive” stereotypes: […]

2. In case you missed it… at Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture on 10 Nov 2006 at 5:05 pm

   […] I’m hung like a black man: I don’t know what’s worse: the shirt itself or the description used to sell the shirt: “When you’re fishin’ for ho’s with a rod like this, bitches can’t help but to jump in da boat.” […]

Comments

1. Lyonside wrote:

   Woah. First gut reaction: the fro should be replaced with a hangman’s noose.

   Second gut reaction: I hope the first moron to wear this shirt gets sucker punched.

   Third gut reaction: I’m sure it’ll be a huge seller… *sigh*

   Posted 09 Nov 2006 at 11:39 am ¶

2. gatamala wrote:

   I doubt anyone is foolish enough to wear that shirt, but if so they’ll get what’s coming!

   Posted 09 Nov 2006 at 4:01 pm ¶

3. al wrote:

   ha, i don’t think this shirt is ‘questionable’. questionable implies there is some ambiguity about it’s fucked upness and this shirt is just totally fucked up without question.

   Posted 09 Nov 2006 at 10:55 pm ¶

4. tmk wrote:

   why is the face yellow….

   Posted 10 Nov 2006 at 12:28 pm ¶

5. dcase wrote:

   Black people can’t be yellow?

   Posted 10 Nov 2006 at 6:44 pm ¶

6. Y. Carrington wrote:

   Oh man…the gold tooth and the afro…piece de resistance.

   “fishin’ for ho’s with a rod like this…”
   Horseshit.

   Posted 10 Nov 2006 at 9:08 pm ¶

7. Lyonside wrote:

   I think the face is yellow because 1) it’s a brown shirt, and 2) the traditional “happy face” is yellow (think 60s hippies and Walmart).

   Posted 10 Nov 2006 at 9:32 pm ¶

8. Sabrina wrote:

   Yuck…but then all manner of stupid t-shirts seem to be all around us nowadays.

   Posted 11 Nov 2006 at 9:43 am ¶

9. FrancesM wrote:

   Can’t even wrap my head around it. So gross!

   Posted 12 Nov 2006 at 10:19 pm ¶

10. Eloise wrote:

    Bad, but not as bad as Ghettopoly.

    Posted 16 Nov 2006 at 11:33 pm ¶

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