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Christian Lander: More Stuff White People Like

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SWPL's Lander on the Self-Absorption of White Monoculture

02 min 39 sec

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Stuff White People Like blogger Christian Lander jokes about the faux individuality of what he calls "white monoculture."

"Until we actually start recognizing that what we're doing is self-absorption that we're pretending is altruism, I don't think we're going to have any changes," says Lander. "This list is further proof that we're not as unique as we think we are."
Stuff White People Like: Fixies, Yoga Pants and Raw Milk

02 min 31 sec

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Blogger Christian Lander jokes about even more ridiculous stuff that white people like, including fixed-gear bicycles, yoga clothes and raw milk. "White people are gathering on street corners in Brooklyn to be given raw milk from illicit milk dealers," says Lander, laughing.
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rocketdog

Posted: 03.15.11, 10:06 AM

Philalethes reminds me that sometimes White People don't like science as much as they think they do, and that there's a difference between a healthy mistrust of authority and a (quite literally) unhealthy one. 4TimesAYear reminds me that Stuff Morons Like include commenting on videos without actually watching them. Anyway, I didn't like this Lander guy until I read an interview once where he explains that the whole aim of this shtick is to specifically satirize young, white, upper-middle-class liberals, because these are exactly the kind of people who tend to consider themselves unique beyond labels of race and class. Lander's point is that they're actually a fairly homogenous group and easily stereotyped in both racial and economic terms. (He also talks about all of this at the beginning of the video.) My only criticism is that I think the "white people" thing makes for a sloppy satire as it tends to bury his message. So when some middle-aged, conservative guy living out in rural Arkansas sees a video like this and says "Hey, I'm white and I don't do any of that crap," well, yeah -- you're not the target of the satire. But you are exactly the kind of guy a young, white, upper-middle-class liberal thinks of when they think of a "white guy." Lander's commentary is to look at that person and say, "You're white, you have your own culture, and it's just as tied into race and economics as those other 'white people' you look down on." He's obviously hit some kind of nerve as I've never seen this guy show up anywhere on the internet where he wasn't provoking outraged comments. Unfortunately, a joke isn't as funny when you have to explain it. But it's still a worthwhile point to make.

4TimesAYear

Posted: 03.09.11, 11:50 AM

Don't have time to listen; going by the title - never knew "likes" and "dislikes" to be connected to the color of one's skin. Just silly.

philalethes

Posted: 03.09.11, 05:20 AM

vaccinations: vastly overpromoted and dangerous. Get educated smirk boy raw milk: real food. Have another Red Bull dweeb You comedy: pleasant, thank you.