I heard about this but never checked it out. It’s the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time. 
It’s also the perfect solution for “diversity in theory only” white liberals who live nowhere near blacks, have no black friends, and want to impress their fellow white liberal friends.
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My fingers are sore from contacting friends and family about the website.
What a hoot!
La Shawn, even though you are linked on my site thru the B4B Blog Roll, I also have you linked in my side bar, “Recommended Reading” section…
You are great… I very much enjoy reading your blog…
Hmmm, I couldn’t access the site my web usage program flagged it as: denied blocked for racist/ethnic intolerance, militant/extremist
Guess it’ll have to wait till I get home.
I used to teach at a Christian school in the heart of a Dutch community. During one of our in-service sessions, the administration hired a speaker in ‘diversity sensitivity’.
My wife and I were trying to stifle our laughter when the speaker asked the gathering, ‘Now, how many of you have friends who are black?’
One of our good friends sitting next to us, who is black, caught my eye and said, ‘Don’t. You. Dare.’
I haven’t laughed that hard in a long, long time. I’ll have to pass this along to her. Thanks!
Now you’ve got me confused! If I am paying rent in order to have the use of something, to whom am I paying the rent? Presumably to the owner!
So if the Negro I am renting has an owner, then aren’t there some Constitutional issues involving the 13th Amendment? And if he/she has no owner, then whythehell am I paying rent to anyone? And if the so-called “rent” I am paying is really a salary, then don’t I have to get a social security number, check the ID for the right to legally be employed, and report it all to the IRS?
We can laugh all we want (this IS humorous, you know), but these are all valid legal issues. It is noted that during some of the litigation over the recent death of the late R&B entertainer Aaliyah Dana Haughton, Justice Carol Edmead of the New York Supreme Court, New York County actually ruled that Aaliyah was an asset of her production company [http://decisions.courts.state.ny.us/fcas/fcas_docs/2004jun/30060347520032sciv.pdf], though Judge Edmead was overruled on appeal [http://www.courts.state.ny.us/reporter/3dseries/2005/2005_00096.htm].
In all seriousness, Judge Edmead is a competent and well-respected jurist. Even the best judges are overruled on occasion. But I cannot help but wonder what kind of outcry we would have heard from the liberals if Judge Edmead were not an African-American.
LaShawn,
You might also like blackpeopleloveus-dot-com.
Mike
Found it a couple of years ago. Really funny.
- Admin
I liked the “Will you tell them I’m not racist” — only $1500 per vouch!
I like this article,as it actually defines a lot of whites not just limousine libs,and I can think of some conservatives who I find just as condescending to Black folks as they lefty counterparts.But,it was still funny nonetheless.
The difference, Lisa, is that conservatives don’t preach skin color diversity and lecture people about who they ought to “tolerate.” White liberals, especially those who live as far away from blacks as they can get, are the hypocrites, and their idea of diversity is only skin deep. Don’t miss the irony.
You’re misreprenting what that Sister is about! Her satire isn’t directed at one party or the other. Had you been paying attention, you’d have seen her on C-span at least a year ago, Representing herself!
Here we go. Another liberal black man using a feminine alias. Spineless clown. Anyway, I didn’t write or imply any such thing about the “Sister.” Come back when you grow a pair, and we’ll discuss it. - Admin
I think this is racist. What about rent a Kanaka? Surely liberals would like to rent a token super-minority? I want some of that easy money.
Okay, there’s probably no money in it, so I guess I don’t really want to volunteer for rent a Kanaka. Bummers though, since I can’t win the lottery and this would’ve been nice for extra cash.
Oh, and I do plan to buy a lottery ticket after I’ve been hit by lightning a few times since the odds would be the same.
Kalroy
That is too funny LaShawn.
This kind of reminds me of a comment once made off the cuff by a former head of the SC Democratic Party. Responding to complaints of state dems “buying the Black vote he quipped, “I don’t want to buy the Black vote; just rent it for a day”
It was funnier on the Chappelle show.
I’ve never had reason to rent a negro. Whenever I’ve felt the need to up my liberal image, I’ve always been able to borrow one.
Judging by the phony-baloney nature of Hillary’s speech yesterday, she really needs to bookmark rent-a-negro.com for future use.
Lashawn–
I have only met a few people like you in real life. Most are working and are afraid to say and talk about these issues. They have to “toe the line” and “not act ‘white’ ” in school. I taught in public school for 29 years. Most of the younger generation would love for a few ‘you know whos’ to shut up and sit down!
As a matter of historical interest, this idea was part of a Godfrey Cambridge routine in the mid 60s. Quoted here in part:
“…so I recognized a prime need to be fulfilled here and I started the ‘Cambridge Rent-a-Negro Service.’ And I found out you can’t rent ‘em too light! Client says; ‘man, you done ruined my party! This cat don’t even look colored.’ I said ‘put that fool on the phone…Baby, will you tell the man you’re colored, you’re costing me MONEY!’ He said ‘I ain’t colored! I just have more fun this way!’
So I had to go fill in for him. Had to answer all those very hip questions…’yeah, I like watermelon…Joe Louis IS a heck of a fighter…dance?….sure.’ Cat says ‘that’s not very good.’ I said ‘well I’m only part colored.’…”
Sent this link to Lib Larry over Blame Bush, thought he could use it.
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