Funny The PC Rose Festival Court

[Natebishop3]

Notice anything...... funny....... about our Rose Festival Court?

n Portland — last year dubbed the "whitest city in America" by Atlantic magazine — the 2017 Rose Festival court consists almost entirely of young women of color. Five of the princesses were born outside of the country, representing Kenya, China, the Philippines and, in Amin's case, Ethiopia.

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/...e_festivals_got_a_bouq.html#incart_river_home

Maybe if we send these girls around the country, we could bamboozle some NBA free agents into thinking we're not 78% white in Portland.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

thick bootaaayyyyyyyyyy

I'm a fan.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I bet you the white girl is the only one who dates black dudes.

 

[Natebishop3]

I bet you the white girl is the only one who dates black dudes.

If the PC trend continues, she probably doesn't date dudes at all.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

If the PC trend continues, she probably doesn't date dudes at all.

I was thinking half those girls are probably into girls.

 

[THE HCP]

My sister was a RF Princess. I swear there was only one female of color that year. Good, glad to see them mix it up a bit.

 

[MarAzul]

What happened to the old process where the City High schools student body elected their representatives to be on the court?

PC Rules now can dictate outcome?

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

What happened to the old process where the City High schools student body elected their representatives to be on the court?

PC Rules now can dictate outcome?

They would only vote for the hot/popular chicks in school.

 

[ripcityboy]

My cousin was a finalist to be a Rose Festival Court princess once. Don't know much about it. Do they win a scholarship if they are chosen to be queen?

 

[BlazerWookee]

Notice anything...... funny....... about our Rose Festival Court?

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/...e_festivals_got_a_bouq.html#incart_river_home

Maybe if we send these girls around the country, we could bamboozle some NBA free agents into thinking we're not 78% white in Portland.

All filler, no killer?

 

[MARIS61]

"We are all brilliant women who just so happen to all be from many different backgrounds," wrote Wilson High School Princess Maggie Beutler, who was adopted as a baby from China. "And so while Rose Festival has chosen to honor all of us and our beautiful diversity, I know within my heart that they did not only do so because we were Asian. Because we were Black. Because we were Muslim. Because we were underdogs. Because they took pity on us. I know that we are all aspiring women, trying very hard to have a voice in our community and use it to the best of our abilities."

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

"We are all brilliant women who just so happen to all be from many different backgrounds," wrote Wilson High School Princess Maggie Beutler, who was adopted as a baby from China. "And so while Rose Festival has chosen to honor all of us and our beautiful diversity, I know within my heart that they did not only do so because we were Asian. Because we were Black. Because we were Muslim. Because we were underdogs. Because they took pity on us. I know that we are all aspiring women, trying very hard to have a voice in our community and use it to the best of our abilities."

Fake news.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I'm surprised no trans-women or self-identified females have been nominated to the court yet.

 

[MARIS61]

Time to end 100 years of sexism and bring back the Rose Festival King.

Since the beginning, royalty has been part of the pageantry of Rose Festival, but the type of monarch and the selection method have changed over the years. Carrie Lee Chamberlain, the daughter of Oregon Governor George Chamberlain, was the first Rose Festival queen in 1907. The next year, the queen was abandoned for a male monarch, Rex Oregonus. One of the kings was Portland florist Tommy Luke, who rode the entire parade route on the back of an elephant. In 1914, Rex Oregonus was retired, and a queen once again reigned over Rose Festival. Rex reappeared briefly in the 1920s to rule beside the queen.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

One of the kings was Portland florist Tommy Luke who rode the entire parade route on the back of an elephant. In 1914, Rex Oregonus was retired

what the fuck is this shit

 

[MARIS61]

what the fuck is this shit

A little history.

https://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/portland_rose_festival/#.WP_kXhI2zIU

http://www.pdxhistory.com/html/rose_festival.html

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Sorry but how is this funny? And why do you even care?

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

Sorry but how is this funny? And why do you even care?

If you don't shit all over a group of minorities, then how will we know where you stand in the culture war?

 

[Natebishop3]

If you don't shit all over a group of minorities, then how will we know where you stand in the culture war?

Well obviously this group of minorities is super representative of our city, right? We're a cultural rainbow here in diverse Portland, Oregon!!!!

 

[MarAzul]

culture war?

shit all over a group of minorities

Well, how were they chosen?

 

[rasheedfan2005]

member power rangers? Oh i member!

 

[theprunetang]

Notice anything...... funny....... about our Rose Festival Court?

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/...e_festivals_got_a_bouq.html#incart_river_home

Maybe if we send these girls around the country, we could bamboozle some NBA free agents into thinking we're not 78% white in Portland.

I know the girl on the far left actually.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I know the girl on the far left actually.

She over 18?

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

I don't give a shit about the RF court one way or the other. Being lied to in the story is another matter.

Organically my ass

A few people making up half of the vote will easily beat the other half if it is made up of thousands of kids all choosing different people.

All the girls that won had to do was get ONE vote from someone at their school. Then the other half gets together and picked who they wanted.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

They should be wearing pants suits as dresses = patriarchy

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I don't give a shit about the RF court one way or the other. Being lied to in the story is another matter.

Organically my ass

A few people making up half of the vote will easily beat the other half if it is made up of thousands of kids all choosing different people.

All the girls that won had to do was get ONE vote from someone at their school. Then the other half gets together and picked who they wanted.

This is institutionalized trolling to piss off Trump voters yo.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

This is institutionalized trolling to piss off Trump voters yo.

Doesn't bother me a bit. Just like people have lied for years that the girls were all just the smartest and hardest workers who just happened to be the hottest girls at their schools.

I knew people were full of shit then, still are.

 

[Natebishop3]

It boils down to this for me: if they were the best candidates than good on them. Awesome. I'm happy for them. But what are the statistical chances of that being true?

Why does everyone have to have a feel good story though? My wife likes to watch The Voice, and I find it funny that the premise of the show is supposed to be about people chosen entirely for their voice.... and yet every one of those fuckers has a sappy story. Their dad died. Their house burned down. They're a lesbian. They were homeless. How can the show be entirely about their voice if they're going on and on about why their life sucked so much before the show? If the winner was picked entirely for their voice, wouldn't we know nothing about them? Wouldn't we not even SEE them until a winner is picked? THAT would be a show about the purity of selecting someone entirely on their merits. THAT is a show I could get behind.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

It boils down to this for me: if they were the best candidates than good on them. Awesome. I'm happy for them. But what are the statistical chances of that being true?

If they were mostly white girls would you still be questioning the merit of them being selected? Is the fairness and accuracy of this thing I've never even heard of a hot button issue to you?

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

If they were mostly white girls would you still be questioning the merit of them being selected? Is the fairness and accuracy of this thing I've never even heard of a hot button issue to you?

Depends on the percentage of white girls in the schools I guess. It would be weird if say Jefferson elected an all white homecoming court.

Kind of like when Jesuit has a bunch of black athletes...people just assume shady shit is going down