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Racist or not Racist.

Which of these pictures are Racist?

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YamiB. said:
If you think this is true you are completely moronic.
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Well, let's see...

We got a black guy as President, if the rumors about his birth in Hawaii are proven true.

We got a black guy as Attorney General.

We got a black US Supreme Court Justice.

We have black Senators.

We have black Congressmen

We have a black governor.

We've had two black Secretaries of State in a row.

One of the richest women in the world is self-made...and black.

Blacks have won Oscars, Grammies, Heiseman Trophies, and probably everything else.

Blacks have their own TV networks.

We have black corporate CEO's.

Blacks have decorated Wheaties boxes.

Black astronauts.

Black generals and black admirals, and black Tuskegee Airmen.

Black cops.

Black firemen.

Black firewomen, I suppose. Never seen one, but I bet they're out there.

Black doctors.

Really, one can't name a niche in the public fabric of America that doesn't have it's share of successful black people in it.

The only place racism is known to still exist is the NAACP, the KKK, and the Democrat party.

I'd say for all intents and purposes racism is over in America, and it's not racist for anyone to compare the lame cockamamie plans Obama is cooking up with something a chimpanzee couldn't do better by randomly pulling things out of a hat.

So no, it's not racist to make that comparison.

Just when are you people going to stop seeing race in everything you do?

When are you going to realize that a white guy with a job isn't a racist just because some black guy doesn't have that job?

And, here's the big one, when are you people going to realize that since racism is institutionalized only in the NAACP, the KKK, and the Democrat party, it's no longer the business of government to get involved?

When are you people going to realize that if Joe doesn't like someone, even if the only reason is because one of them is black and the other isn't, then Joe isn't required to associate with him if he doesn't want to? Even if that means Joe doesn't have to hire him.

The Fourteenth Amendments refuse the government the power to discriminate.

Private actions in the matter are not covered by the Constitution and thus not subject to federal law.
 
faminedynasty said:
If there was a political cartoon of a monkey hanging from a noose in front of a burning cross on the whitehouse lawn, I wouldn't be surprised to see some of you people saying that it just means that Obama is "Choking" by not paying enough respect to the Christian religion.
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No. Not racist.

PETA would be all upset at the hint that someone might harm an animal.

The tree huggers would mourn the incineration of the corpse of their dearly departed beloved tree.

The global warming freaks would be screaming about the threat the cartoon publicizes about increased CO2 levels.

The conspiracy theorist types would be talking about how the whole cartoon shows the unreliability of the Secret Service it's collusion with the Secret Masonic Cabal to get close to the White House, and thus the President, to dig a tunnel into the secret PNAC War Room and mark the path with a flaming beacon.

And the feminists would be saying that the noose is a symbol of the neckwear of the dominant oppressive male chauvinist society.
 
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Scarecrow Akhbar said:
No. Not racist.

PETA would be all upset at the hint that someone might harm an animal.

The tree huggers would mourn the incineration of the corpse of their dearly departed beloved tree.

The global warming freaks would be screaming about the threat the cartoon publicizes about increased CO2 levels.

The conspiracy theorist types would be talking about how the whole cartoon shows the unreliability of the Secret Service it's collusion with the Secret Masonic Cabal to get close to the White House, and thus the President, to dig a tunnel into the secret PNAC War Room and mark the path with a flaming beacon.

And the feminists would be saying that the noose is a symbol of the neckwear of the dominant oppressive male chauvinist society.
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i loled at this.
 
Scarecrow Akhbar said:
Well, let's see...

We got a black guy as President, if the rumors about his birth in Hawaii are proven true.

We got a black guy as Attorney General.

We got a black US Supreme Court Justice.

We have black Senators.

We have black Congressmen

We have a black governor.

We've had two black Secretaries of State in a row.

One of the richest women in the world is self-made...and black.

Blacks have won Oscars, Grammies, Heiseman Trophies, and probably everything else.

Blacks have their own TV networks.

We have black corporate CEO's.

Blacks have decorated Wheaties boxes.

Black astronauts.

Black generals and black admirals, and black Tuskegee Airmen.

Black cops.

Black firemen.

Black firewomen, I suppose. Never seen one, but I bet they're out there.

Black doctors.

Really, one can't name a niche in the public fabric of America that doesn't have it's share of successful black people in it.

The only place racism is known to still exist is the NAACP, the KKK, and the Democrat party.

I'd say for all intents and purposes racism is over in America, and it's not racist for anyone to compare the lame cockamamie plans Obama is cooking up with something a chimpanzee couldn't do better by randomly pulling things out of a hat.
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Success does not equal no racism. Just because blacks are successful does not mean that other races don't look down on them simply because of their skin color. I hear racist comments all the time in regards to every race from all races. It constantly shocks me to hear it so open and I have gone more than a couple times head to head with someone who makes such ignorant comments.

If you claim racism is over in America either you ignore it or just don't want to admit it.
 
americanwoman said:
Success does not equal no racism. Just because blacks are successful does not mean that other races don't look down on them simply because of their skin color. I hear racist comments all the time in regards to every race from all races. It constantly shocks me to hear it so open and I have gone more than a couple times head to head with someone who makes such ignorant comments.

If you claim racism is over in America either you ignore it or just don't want to admit it.
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Honest to God most of the racist comments I've heard have come from race baiters like Al Sharpton, black musicians, & black comedians. At this point I honestly think blacks are more interested in the color of their skin than anyone else.
 
talloulou said:
Honest to God most of the racist comments I've heard have come from race baiters like Al Sharpton, black musicians, & black comedians. At this point I honestly think blacks are more interested in the color of their skin than anyone else.
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Maybe if we gave them a national coming out day like the gays we would only have to hear it for that day and then go on about our normal lives for the rest of the year.

Except for the month of February which is also "theirs" for whatever reason.
 
jallman said:
Except for the month of February which is also "theirs" for whatever reason.
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You want to know why they got February?

It was the shortest month. God knows we couldn't have put up with it for an extra two or three days. ****, on leap years I get suicidal.



Edit: Please note I'm just joking. I don't need to have a racism intervention.
 
americanwoman said:
Success does not equal no racism.
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Sorry. The left defined racism as lack of success. Can't have it both ways, hon.

That some whiteys ain't gonna like some blacks, and vice versa? Too bad, that's called being human in the real world. Ain't never gonna go away.

americanwoman said:
Just because blacks are successful does not mean that other races don't look down on them simply because of their skin color.
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Who cares? It's not important. Maybe they need to grow thicker skin?

Here's something you probably don't know....it's not the government's job to make people be nice to each other. It's not the government's job to go "oooo, how awful" when people say mean things to each other. And it's not the government's job to interfere when private citizens exercise their freedom to choose who they're going to associate with or care about.

americanwoman said:
I hear racist comments all the time in regards to every race from all races. It constantly shocks me to hear it so open and I have gone more than a couple times head to head with someone who makes such ignorant comments.
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That's nice of you. My experience says that nice people that interfere like that eventually need stitches in their heads where the beer bottle was broken. But it's mighty nice of them.

Myself, I just don't hang out with people who are obviously distasteful. They're not worth the effort. But your personal heroism aside, it's still not the job of government to interfere when people say mean things to each other.

americanwoman said:
If you claim racism is over in America either you ignore it or just don't want to admit it.
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As far as it matters, it's over.

What you people want is a radical change in basic inherent human nature, and that requires that you interfere on everyone's life at the most fundamental levels, and that's plain wrong.

We're not all going to sit around the campfire singing Kumbaya. I don't know the words.
 
Scarecrow Akhbar said:
Sorry. The left defined racism as lack of success. Can't have it both ways, hon.
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:confused: Who is saying anything about the left? Racism is defined as the belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others. Sorry, hon, but many people still do believe this- therefore racism is still alive.



Here's something you probably don't know....it's not the government's job to make people be nice to each other. It's not the government's job to go "oooo, how awful" when people say mean things to each other. And it's not the government's job to interfere when private citizens exercise their freedom to choose who they're going to associate with or care about.
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WTF are you even talking about? Why are you bringing the government into this, I didn't- so this makes absolutely no sense, much like most of your post.

As far as it matters, it's over.

What you people want is a radical change in basic inherent human nature, and that requires that you interfere on everyone's life at the most fundamental levels, and that's plain wrong.
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I am not asking to change human nature at all, I am just being realistic in realizing racism is alive and well.
 
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Scarecrow Akhbar said:
Blacks have decorated Wheaties boxes.
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Equality achieved!!!! The undeniable halmark of racial justice! Shame on me for wanting black people to escpae poverty and for black families to have more than 1/8th the wealth of white families. Shame on me for not wanting black people to make up half the prison population.
when are you people going to realize...
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What do you mean YOU PEOPLE? Just kidding.
When are you people going to realize that if Joe doesn't like someone, even if the only reason is because one of them is black and the other isn't, then Joe isn't required to associate with him if he doesn't want to?
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When are you going to realize that Joe is a racist?
 
faminedynasty said:
Equality achieved!!!! The undeniable halmark of racial justice! Shame on me for wanting black people to escpae poverty and for black families to have more than 1/8th the wealth of white families. Shame on me for not wanting black people to make up half the prison population.
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You can want all those things all you want but until "blacks" want all those things too, they aren't going to have them.
 
jallman said:
Now I don't remember my infancy, but I do remember as far back as 4 and I have absolutely no recollection of anyone being a slave. I am pretty sure my friends don't have any recollection of being slaves either. Now, as I said, I can't really account for the 4 years preceding my earliest recollections but I feel safe in betting my right nut that that those 4 years were not that drastically different.
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Know anyone who lived under Jim Crow? I do. Just because Black people have technically had legal rights for 40 something years doesn't mean we have achieved substantive equality. Your sense of history is more dense than your sense of morality.
 
faminedynasty said:
Know anyone who lived under Jim Crow? I do. Just because Black people have technically had legal rights for 40 something years doesn't mean we have achieved substantive equality. Your sense of history is more dense than your sense of morality.
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Now is hurling insults part of this sense of equality you keep going on about or do you think you should be a little more equal than others? I guess a mod will decide when they come across the reported post.

Jim Crow means nothing to me as I had no part in it. Affirmative Action settled the Jim Crow score.

Blacks need to move on because the country has tired of their claims of racism and how Whitey kept them down. Grab your bootstraps, pull yourself, and give up the rap in favor of civilized artistic pursuits.

But you keep right on flailing punches in the air until you tire yourself out. It's a brand new day in America and the race baiters are the objects of ridicule now.
 
talloulou said:
Racism does still exist. But it's irrelevant and has no more kick.
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How so? Just because we have an African American President it doesn't make racism any less offensive and stupid.
 
americanwoman said:
:confused: Who is saying anything about the left? Racism is defined as the belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others. Sorry, hon, but many people still do believe this- therefore racism is still alive.
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Don't care.

Doesn't matter.

The belief that people who look different are different, and thus inferior is human nature. Ain't gonna change.

Since the only racism that still exists in government is the "reverse" racism that grants minorities special priveleges over whites, it's honest to say that "racism" is ended, as far as it matters.

All we have to do is eliminate the reverse racism.



americanwoman said:
WTF are you even talking about? Why are you bringing the government into this, I didn't- so this makes absolutely no sense, much like most of your post.
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Because the government is the team with the machine guns.

It's the only team that counts in any discussion on racism.

americanwoman said:
I am not asking to change human nature at all, I am just being realistic in realizing racism is alive and well.
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If it's not institutionalized, it doesn't matter.

This is a free country. No one has to like anyone if they don't want to. The one thing that's intolerable is the idea that the government needs to interfere in the interactions between formerly free citizens.

Do you believe the government should regulate those interactions?
 
Scarecrow Akhbar said:
Don't care.

Doesn't matter.

The belief that people who look different are different, and thus inferior is human nature. Ain't gonna change.
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So.....Difference = Inferior?

No need to bother with the rest of your post, if that's your premise.
 
Lightdemon said:
So.....Difference = Inferior?

No need to bother with the rest of your post, if that's your premise.
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Of course. Two people who are different are both inferior to each other. You are inferior to me, and I am inferior to you.
 
faminedynasty said:
When are you going to realize that Joe is a racist?
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When are you people going to grow up and realize that if Joe isn't working for the government, it's none of your business?

Racism is a religion, just like being jewish or muslim or christian. There's no rational basis, it's just what they chose to do.

And if they're not burning a cross on someone else's lawn, it's none of your business what religion they have.

You may not like their religion. Thats your choice. You can't interfere in their religion.
 
Lightdemon said:
So.....Difference = Inferior?
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HellOOOO? Read the whole post and understand all of what was said? That ever happen to you?

Doesn't have to be true, it's an emotion.

Lightdemon said:
No need to bother with the rest of your post, if that's your premise.
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Well, that's certainly one method you can use to defend yourself against understanding. Seek out the part you can understand, out of context, and imagine the rest doesn't matter.
 
Scarecrow Akhbar said:
When are you people going to grow up and realize that if Joe isn't working for the government, it's none of your business?

Racism is a religion, just like being jewish or muslim or christian. There's no rational basis, it's just what they chose to do.

And if they're not burning a cross on someone else's lawn, it's none of your business what religion they have.

You may not like their religion. Thats your choice. You can't interfere in their religion.
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If they have the right to choose what to believe, then by that same right I can criticize them for having chosen that belief.

But which one is the one who is committing a hate crime here? ;)
 
americanwoman said:
Of course not. I don't even know where you could up come up with the idea that I do believe that, based on my statements that racism is still alive today.
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The issue is the government.

The issue is the Holder proclaiming that we're a nation of cowards because we're not having the conversations he wants to hear.

For all intents and purposes, racism is no longer a matter for the Attorney General to get concerned about. It's not an institutional practice endorsed by government at any level.

And since it's a private matter, it's none of his, or your business. You don't get all bent out of shape at the thought of what a couple of guys may be doing to each other in their home, don't get bent out of shape over what's going on in the mind of your local bigot. Not your business.
 
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