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typical *blank* person

Caine said:
LOL!
Are you serious?

If anything the media is COMPLETELY IN LOVE with Obama.

Its Obama this
And Obama that
Did you hear OOOBAAAAAMA?
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So that's why they played the Rev. Wright clips for 72 hours straight. :doh

Get a grip Caine.
 
independent_thinker2002 said:
So that's why they played the Rev. Wright clips for 72 hours straight. :doh

Get a grip Caine.
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THAT is an example of a good business deal.

Prior to that it was all about Obama "hope" "change" "great speaker" "blah" "BLah".
 
Caine said:
THAT is an example of a good business deal.

Prior to that it was all about Obama "hope" "change" "great speaker" "blah" "BLah".
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Yeah, hope, change, and extraordinary speaking skills are the truth about him.
 
1069 said:
I don't think it's offensive to say "typical ___ person" about yourself, or your immediate family.
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That doesn't even make sense.:confused: When you say "typical" you are referring to a perceived concensus of people that are NOT you or your immediate family.
 
Felicity said:
Riiiiiight....:roll:
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yup, I'm looking at search results from lexis nexis right now. news articles, interviews, transcripts from radio and television. "typical black person." 2007,l 2006, 2005, 2004 ... I bet you're proud of yourself for speaking up about it then, eh?

example:
"Take the affirmative action initiative in California that passed last year," Cose says. "The majority of black folks supported [affirmative action]; most white folks supported the measure to get rid of it. The typical white person seemed to think . . . 'These things we're doing to get rid of it makes things worse.' The typical black person would say, 'We need these things in place because racism is still a problem.' "

source: The Washington Post, Envisioning A Colorblind Future, Donna Britt, April 04, 1997, Friday, Final Edition, METRO; Pg. C01; DONNA BRITT, 806 words
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another:
On the whole, the census finds that the average white person in big-city America lives in a neighborhood that is 83 percent white, while the typical black person in the big city lives in a neighborhood that is 54 percent black. The study on segregation of children stands in contrast to a report from the Brookings Institution that finds that racial segregation overall is slightly declining. While the report says there is, quote, "A large number of hyper-segregated metropolitan areas, there is a general trend of less neighborhood segregation. The least segregation is found in the West and, surprisingly, in the South. The Northeast and the Midwest are the most segregated."

- Juan Williams, NPR Talk of the Nation, May 10, 2001
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nobody cares or notices when there isn't a reason to. that reason of course, is the sport of bringing down the frontrunner.
 
typ·i·cal
Pronunciation: \ˈti-pi-kəl\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Late Latin typicalis, from typicus, from Greek typikos, from typos model — more at type
Date: 1609
1: constituting or having the nature of a type : symbolic
2 a: combining or exhibiting the essential characteristics of a group <typical suburban houses> b: conforming to a type <a specimen typical of the species>
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typical - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Typical isn't a derogatory term. And for you people feigning outrage over this, are you saying that you can't put adjectives in front of a race or else it's racist? That is rediculous.
 
niftydrifty said:
yup, I'm looking at search results from lexis nexis right now. news articles, interviews, transcripts from radio and television. "typical black person." 2007,l 2006, 2005, 2004 ... I bet you're proud of yourself for speaking up about it then, eh?

example:


another:


nobody cares or notices when there isn't a reason to. that reason of course, is the sport of bringing down the frontrunner.
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While there are probably many examples that one could pull up that are better.... your examples stink.

They are based upon a survey, a study, research done, etc.
Using the word typical in that situation would be equal to stating "Average" or "Mean/Median" group in their statistics gathered.

Give me a better example, im certain there are some.
 
Caine said:
While there are probably many examples that one could pull up that are better.... your examples stink.

They are based upon a survey, a study, research done, etc.
Using the word typical in that situation would be equal to stating "Average" or "Mean/Median" group in their statistics gathered.

Give me a better example, im certain there are some.
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Here's one. On the ABC radio show "Voting in America," A Caltech analyst said, "Barack Obama is not a typical black politician..."

In Conversation - 6 March 2008 - Voting in America
 
Mach said:
Yes.
Let's please analyze the Iraq war and the economy in this detail with our global spotlight.

This constant yammering by white racists about a black man's experience is nauseating.

-Mach
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Who are you calling "white racists"!?!? :roll:
 
Felicity said:
Typical? White?

How would "typical Black" be received? "Typical Chinese?" Though not a race, but rather gender, how about if he said, "typical woman?"
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The history of Black Americans in the USA vs. White Americans?

Let's review:

1. Blacks have been in the USA for about 350 years.
2. Blacks have been enslaved, in effect for all but 300 of those years.
3. Whites were the slave owners brutally mistreating Blacks for hundreds of years.
4. Blacks over the age of 65 were basically enslaved when they were young and growing up which has to carry over even today. Being segregated and abused in most aspects of society leaves scars that not even time can heal.

Ergo when a White person says "typical Black person" it has a very different historical meaning than when a Black says "typical White person."
 
26 X World Champs said:
The history of Black Americans in the USA vs. White Americans?

Let's review:

1. Blacks have been in the USA for about 350 years.
2. Blacks have been enslaved, in effect for all but 300 of those years.
3. Whites were the slave owners brutally mistreating Blacks for hundreds of years.
4. Blacks over the age of 65 were basically enslaved when they were young and growing up which has to carry over even today. Being segregated and abused in most aspects of society leaves scars that not even time can heal.

Ergo when a White person says "typical Black person" it has a very different historical meaning than when a Black says "typical White person."
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the civil war was not in 1958, and as a decendent of a Union soldier who fought to free those slaves I find your post rather lacking in knowledge at best but more likley racist in and of itself. ;) See I think that people=people and the moment youi give one set of rules to one race and one set to another you engage in racism oneself....
 
In the context in which Obama used the three words "typical White woman"--it was an indelicate reference to the supposed reaction caucasian women have to black men on the street--in other words--his grandma is like any other "typical white woman" who would judge her safety threatened by confronting a black man on the street. HUUUUUUUGGGGGGGEEEEEEE generalization (and frankly, BULLSH!T). In this regard, as a white woman, I am being labeled by the generalization that I fear for my safety when on the street with a black man simply due to the color of his skin--ergo a racist reaction. That is both WRONG and INSULTING.

Although, in my opinion, he just slipped the tongue and it was just unfortunate phrasing, those of you that adore this wallowing in white guilt for injustices of the past do NOTHING to acknowledge the advances in eliminating race as something that separates people and do NOTHING to move toward a future where race differences can be appreciated for their variety and uniqueness, but which are entirely irrelevant to how people are judged concerning their worth as human beings. You stop that sort of justice in its tracks by the "blame game" and a "victimhood mentality." GET OVER IT. I respect people enough to judge them by the content of their character--not the color of their skin or what their grandparents or great-great-grandparents did.:roll:
 
independent_thinker2002 said:
typical - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Typical isn't a derogatory term. And for you people feigning outrage over this, are you saying that you can't put adjectives in front of a race or else it's racist? That is rediculous.
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It's the pointing out race AT ALL in that particular situation that is the SEPERATION of one race from another and generalizing about one of those race's behaviors. THAT'S the problem. THAT, combined with the particularly sticky situation Obama has due to his relationship with a bigoted anti-American pastor--he needs to choose words on this issue carefully since he is under the microscope.
 
Funny how conservatives are suddenly the vanguards of political correctness. :rofl
 
Chanda said:
Funny how conservatives are suddenly the vanguards of political correctness. :rofl
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There is a difference between "political correctness" and voting for a racist because he is a dem...


Funny how liberals excuse racism for party. :roll:
 
26 X World Champs said:
1. Blacks have been in the USA for about 350 years.
2. Blacks have been enslaved, in effect for all but 300 of those years.
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Something is wrong here...you are saying Blacks were enslaved for only 50 years. "All but 300" of 350 years, is 50.:confused:


3. Whites were the slave owners brutally mistreating Blacks for hundreds of years.
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Every single white slave owner brutally mistreated Blacks? WRONG. Many slave "owners" were part of the solution to the slavery issue in America.


4. Blacks over the age of 65 were basically enslaved when they were young and growing up which has to carry over even today. Being segregated and abused in most aspects of society leaves scars that not even time can heal.
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Suffering prejudice is NOT slavery--it is an injustice, but it is NOT "basically enslaved." Furthermore--Black Americans can be proud of the conscious effort our country has repeatedly undertaken to eliminate these injustices. We freakin' broke into two parts and KILLED each other over it--it meant so much to us--many of those dead (MOST--in fact) where WHITE--fighting to end racial injustice and maintain unity.

Ergo when a White person says "typical Black person" it has a very different historical meaning than when a Black says "typical White person."
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prejudice is prejudice--no matter the skin color of the person uttering the bigoted phrase.:roll:
 
Reverend_Hellh0und said:
There is a difference between "political correctness" and voting for a racist because he is a dem...
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Who said they were the same? Who's voting for a racist because he's a dem?

Funny how liberals excuse racism for party. :roll:
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How so? You make NO sense.
 
Reverend_Hellh0und said:
a racist, obama
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I don't go there. I don't think he's racist--his pastor is, but he seems to be able to seperate "feeling" from intellectually considering what is objectively true. He is human--and we "feel" things that sometimes we know intellectually are not accurate to reality. I think he just slipped, but I don't think that intellectually he would claim racist notions are correct.
 
Chanda said:
Just amused.
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I find "liberals" to be the biggest bigots. I know you've spent time on the abortion forum. Liberals are the bigots against the unborn humans as well. Liberals are all about "labeling" and judging who's in and who's out based on any set of criteria they "feel" like imposing. It's what relative morality does to people: it skews perception and justifies whatever subjective conclusion one desires. Ultimate anarchy.
 
Felicity said:
I don't go there. I don't think he's racist--his pastor is, but he seems to be able to seperate "feeling" from intellectually considering what is objectively true. He is human--and we "feel" things that sometimes we know intellectually are not accurate to reality. I think he just slipped, but I don't think that intellectually he would claim racist notions are correct.
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I can respect that. to me though, 20 years of purposefully attending a racist church, knowing his pastor was a racist, his wifes comments, passages from his books, "white greed....." and now his "typical white woman" comment i can safely say that i believe the man to be a racist. Well maybe not the "kill whitey" type but more of an archie bunker type. Sad really cause I actually had respect for the man (not his policies) before this.
 
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