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Are African-Americans a mongrel people?

Are African-Americans a mongrel people?


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Goobieman

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I heard this today and was curious as to what everyone thinks.
 
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Disambiguate what is meant by mongrel. A shallow insulting 'mongrel' or a mixed blood worthless uncultured sortof 'mongrel'. Who did you hear this from?
 
I don't know what that means.
 
I know what it means and I know it originates from the most despicable of people.
The source must be some sewer..
This "poll" is lower than the basement where it belongs.
 
Disambiguate what is meant by mongrel. A shallow insulting 'mongrel' or a mixed blood worthless uncultured sortof 'mongrel'. Who did you hear this from?
Mongrel as in mixed-breed.
Does it matter where I heard it?
 
Mongrel as in mixed-breed.
Does it matter where I heard it?

It mattered to me. Haaha!! 'Til I looked up what it meant in an online dictionary, I was going to report the thread. And then I found this:

President Obama calls African-Americans a ‘mongrel people’
By Sam Youngman - 07/29/10 11:00 AM ET

NEW YORK — President Obama waded into the national race debate in an unlikely setting and with an unusual choice of words: telling daytime talk show hosts that African-Americans are “sort of a mongrel people.”

The president appeared on ABC’s morning talk show “The View” Thursday, where he talked about the forced resignation of Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod, his experience with race and his roots.

President Obama calls African-Americans a

:rofl:rofl:rofl

What a hoot!!! Honestly, he's somethin' else.
 
I know what it means and I know it originates from the most despicable of people.
The source must be some sewer..
I cannot agree more.
 
Re: Are African-Americans a mongrel people?
Originally Posted by earthworm
I know what it means and I know it originates from the most despicable of people.
The source must be some sewer..

I cannot agree more.

:rofl:rofl:rofl

STOP IT!!!! I can't take it anymore!!!!
 
Then, Obama said about African-Americans in general, “We are sort of a mongrel people.”

“I mean we’re all kinds of mixed up,” Obama said. “That’s actually true of white people as well, but we just know more about it.”


Wow. "We just know more about it". Good Lord, the arrogance of this man!
 
I think when he said this he meant it as in a way to describe the African American culture. Mongrel as in mixed cultures then yes I would actually agree with that.
 
BCR liblady SE102

Care to explain your poll response?
 
I disagree strongly with the presidents wording. Not much more to say there. He doesn't sound like he knows what he's talking about however. He needs a dooby to clear his head.
 
Then, Obama said about African-Americans in general, “We are sort of a mongrel people.”

“I mean we’re all kinds of mixed up,” Obama said. “That’s actually true of white people as well, but we just know more about it.”


Wow. "We just know more about it". Good Lord, the arrogance of this man!

lol, I think it's safe to say black people probably do know more about it...Us whites are not the ones whose culture was forcefully mixed with another via slavery.
 
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It mattered to me. Haaha!! 'Til I looked up what it meant in an online dictionary, I was going to report the thread. And then I found this:



President Obama calls African-Americans a

:rofl:rofl:rofl

What a hoot!!! Honestly, he's somethin' else.

Oh :crazy3:, bad choice of words.
Don't think he meant it, like it's being taken though.
 
I have never heard that terminology and would be VERY insulted if I were an African American.
 
It mattered to me. Haaha!! 'Til I looked up what it meant in an online dictionary, I was going to report the thread. And then I found this:



President Obama calls African-Americans a

:rofl:rofl:rofl

What a hoot!!! Honestly, he's somethin' else.

I would have bet my last dollar that this was another Goobieman "trap" thread. I can tell them a mile away.
 
Haha i just finished reading an article about this ..shame you didnt mention that Prez. Oboma are lord and savor is the one who said it
 
I disagree strongly with the presidents wording. Not much more to say there. He doesn't sound like he knows what he's talking about however. He needs a dooby to clear his head.
African-Americans aren't a mixed-breed?
 
BCR liblady SE102

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my vote contradicts my response, I jumped the gun as soon as I heard mongrel as a way to describe blacks..but as I said previously I would agree with this when speaking of culutre.
 
Haha i just finished reading an article about this ..shame you didnt mention that Prez. Oboma are lord and savor is the one who said it
Now, what fun would that be?
 
BCR liblady SE102

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Very difficult to put in words. Yes they are mixed. No more or less mixed than alot of white people. How, though, are they responsable for their culture when it is essentially an adoption of white, american culture. Complex issue, this mongrel word, he opened up a box of confusion.
 
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