tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post5895177766864202810..comments2024-03-28T07:58:41.643-04:00Comments on pancocojams: World of Warcraft 's Leeroy Jenkins & Black American Names & MemesAzizi Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-68607731487096892502021-12-02T07:39:21.459-05:002021-12-02T07:39:21.459-05:00Thanks, Anonymous, for your comments.
I should ha...Thanks, Anonymous, for your comments.<br /><br />I should have been clearer in this post that I definitely don't agree with or like these customs of assigning names and stereoypical behaviors to different races/ethnicities.<br /><br />I believe that for the historical and socio-cultural record it's important to document examples of customs that some people have - including considering certain names as "Black names" and using chicken (particularly "fried chicken") as a quick symbol for Black people. That doesn't mean that those names are only given to Black people or that the only people with certain last names (such as "Jenkins") are Black. That also doesn't mean that every person who eats chicken (or drinks 40s) are Black.<br /><br />Obviously, those things aren't true, as you indicate in your comments. <br /><br />I agree with you that these are examples of stereotyping. Unfortunately, a number of people in the United States and elsewhere still stereotype individuals based on erroneous assumptions. <br /><br />My position is that the World of Warcraft character "Leeroy Jenkins" is an example of this stereotyping. <br />Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-46170423590085138072021-11-30T21:41:49.238-05:002021-11-30T21:41:49.238-05:00You, gentlemen,are a bunch of closet racists. The ...You, gentlemen,are a bunch of closet racists. The name "Leeroy" isn't relegated to black individuals, it's generally a southern name. Many white and black people have the name Leroy. And the same for the name Jenkins. My entire family tree has the last name Jenkins and we are most certainly white. I have also met many other Jenkins outside of my family that are white. So your assumptions that the names "leeroy" and "jenkins" are black is just stereotyping. The same is said about chicken... the guy straight ordered chicken in the video and was late to the instructions because he was getting some. Chicken isn't a black food unless you are a stereotypical rascist. Same goes to drinking 40 ounces...Maybe check your ignorance before assuming others are rascist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-71578044431093732732015-05-12T12:58:13.334-04:002015-05-12T12:58:13.334-04:00Thanks for that comment, gendou!
Here are those h...Thanks for that comment, gendou!<br /><br />Here are those hyperlinks:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.westword.com/news/the-legend-of-leeroy-jenkins-5091880" rel="nofollow">http://www.westword.com/news/the-legend-of-leeroy-jenkins-5091880</a> <br /><br /><a href="http://i.imgur.com/bNUibvY.png" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/bNUibvY.png</a><br />Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-37144254368268650492015-05-12T10:58:18.264-04:002015-05-12T10:58:18.264-04:00You would be correct.
The name and persona were ...You would be correct. <br />The name and persona were invented by a white guy looking to amuse his white friends with ethnic stereotypes. <br /><br />http://www.westword.com/news/the-legend-of-leeroy-jenkins-5091880<br />"One forty-ounce-malt-liquor-fueled night when he was getting his electrical-engineering degree at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Ben and his friends decided to create the most culturally inappropriate character names imaginable for a bunch of white guys playing video games. Out of Ben's inebriated mouth tumbled "Leeroy Jenkins," a moniker so amusing that he decided to use it for his characters in assorted games -- and, ultimately, World of Warcraft."<br /><br />Indeed, while the character has largely been white-washed in Blizzard's official media (representing him as a gung-ho white man), the original character design shows that the player chose a dark-skinned model for Leeroy: http://i.imgur.com/bNUibvY.pngAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com