Wait. Don’t freak out. I’m not racist.
Stuff White People Like is the absolutely brilliant, hilarious, and politically incorrect blog and book created by Christian Lander. The 128-item list of Stuff White People Like includes Sushi, Facebook, Political Prisoners, Whole Foods and Grocery Co-ops, Making You Feel Bad About Not Going Outside, Public Radio, and Black Music that Black People Don’t Listen To Anymore. (Of course to be more accurate, replace “white people” with “the elitist young hipster liberal upper-middle class.”) If you are a bit sensitive to this kind of thing, then skip this link and forget I even mentioned it. Of course it’s all based on stereotypes. It’s a little bit offensive. It requires an ironic eye to get through an entry without being horrified. But if you get past that, it’s possibly among the funniest things I’ve ever read.
From #127, Where the Wild Things Are: “It is a guarantee that whenever it is announced that a popular book is being turned into a movie, white people will get upset. This is partly due to their fear that something they love will be made accessible to more people and thus enjoyed by more people which immediately decreases the amount of joy a white person can feel towards the original property. Yes, it’s complicated.”
From #80, The Idea of Soccer: :Most white people choose a favorite soccer team based on either a study abroad experience or a particularly long vacation to Europe or South America. When they return, they like to tell their friends about how great “football” is and that they are committed to ‘getting more into’ now that they have returned home. Some white people take this charade so far as to actually play in adult soccer leagues or attend a local professional match.”
From #2, Religions that their parents didn’t belong to: “White people will often say they are “spiritual” but not religious. Which usually means that they will believe any religion that doesn’t involve Jesus.”
Maybe it’s just where I’m from, and the fact that I go to a somewhat pretentious liberal private school, but I couldn’t tell you how many “white people” I know (and not all of them are Caucasian). Read, and enjoy.
I loved it! I also know lots of white people, and no not all of them are Caucasian either. I laughed out load at numbers :
22–Having 2 last names
51–Living by the water
48–Whole foods and grocery stores
128-Camping
110-Frisbee sports
53–Dogs
Political correctness was, I believe, originally intended to make us more aware of others feelings. It has watered down our willingness to see the humor in ourselves and others. Some things that people do ARE funny, but we have somehow lost our ability to see the humor, but still maintain the humanity. I often lament the death of shows like The Smothers Brothers, Laugh In, All In the Family, The Jeffersons. Shows that would never be allowed in this false PC time of ours. And many of the shows that today claim to be cutting edge are just plain mean! I am looking forward to see if there will be a Black. Asian, Hispanic etc. version of this blog in the future.
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Thanks for posting this, Jane. That’s a book worth buying. So far my favourite is
#75 Threatening To Move To Canada
Runner ups
#93 Music Piracy
#76 Bottles of Water
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A similar book that moves a bit down the socio-economic scale is
I {heart} Ranch Dressing and Other Stuff Midwesterners Like by C.L. Freie–after all who is whiter than a Midwesterner?
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What’s funny is how often I go to that website and I think “hey, I do like that!” It’s like they’re psychic or something
It’s good to be able to laugh at ourselves, I think.
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I’m going to be annoying and say: Wouldn’t it be more accurate to add “American” to “the elitist young hipster liberal upper-middle class”? Cause I don’t know about you, but we Canadians are always threatening to move down south.
But in all seriousness, it sounds hilarious and is definitely applicable to people I know. Canadian, American, or otherwise.
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Definitely a hilarious blog. I especially loved #29 80s Nights as my husband and I actually met at one of those.
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Oh, that is hilarious! Some of these sound like direct quotes from people I know – especially the Hummus entry.
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oooh too funy!
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