 How big of an issue is race these days? |
| How big of an issue is race these days? |
 Jun 10 2008, 09:38 AM
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 New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15  |
I just don't see a lot of racial tension like I keep hearing about. I guess it's the area of the country we live in? I mean, other than large populations of Hispanics in Texas, we don't have a lot of racial diversity in my opinion. Yeah, I mean, there are cases of Mexicans not like whites and vice versa, but it just seems that race is still a huge issue in the eyes of the media. Do you think it's more nonsense spewing by the media or that there is some merit to these subtle claims that race is still a gigantic issue in America.
Example: The Obama black/biracial controversy and here is something else I find ridiculous http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2...ee.eastwood.cnn |
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Jun 10 2008, 09:40 AM
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 DEATH TO ....something? Group: Members Posts: 5,618 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Parker, CO Member No.: 55 |
the media blows it way out of proportion.
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Jun 10 2008, 09:55 AM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
QUOTE (Dogmeat @ Jun 10 2008, 10:40 AM)  the media blows it way out of proportion. Yep. -------------------- |
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Jun 10 2008, 09:57 AM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 2,499 Joined: 23-February 06 From: El Paso Texas Member No.: 32 |
QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Jun 10 2008, 09:55 AM) Yep. word -------------------- |
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Jun 10 2008, 10:14 AM
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 Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
still a huge issue. and will be IMHO until stuff like NAACP and affirmative action are abolished.
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Jun 10 2008, 10:17 AM
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Fool Group: Members Posts: 2,127 Joined: 23-February 06 From: LBB Member No.: 56 |
Only an issue if you make it an issue.
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Jun 10 2008, 10:24 AM
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Group: Moderators Posts: 2,499 Joined: 23-February 06 From: El Paso Texas Member No.: 32 |
people like sharpton makes it an issue most of the time. the media puts 'em on the air to say it cause if they don't he'll say the white man is trying to keep him down.
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Jun 10 2008, 11:59 AM
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How big of an issue is sexism these days?
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Jun 10 2008, 12:02 PM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
QUOTE (Inferia @ Jun 10 2008, 12:59 PM) How big of an issue is sexism these days? different thread, different topic.
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Jun 11 2008, 09:37 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 531 Joined: 26-June 06 From: San Marcos and San Antonio Member No.: 221 |
I dunno. It really does depend on where you're at. I some times get it. Even here in San Antonio. To some of my friends I'm not "in touch" with my Hispanic Culture. To my friends on the North Side, I'm too beaner for some of them. Its just different situations bring it out more so than others.
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Jun 11 2008, 09:50 AM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
I feel no sympathy for Mexicans in border cities (or predominately Hispanic areas for that matter) when it comes to the issue of race. In El Paso, I had people scoff at me all the time, even when just walking through the mall. I don't give a shit though. It doesn't bother me, but I just don't feel bad for them at all. My best friend in high school told me that at first she wanted nothing to do with me because I was white, and she grew up in a household that hated white people.
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Jun 11 2008, 10:19 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 531 Joined: 26-June 06 From: San Marcos and San Antonio Member No.: 221 |
Yeah, it all really is about where you live. Border towns are pretty racist.
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Jun 11 2008, 10:21 AM
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MEXICANS AREN'T A RACE OF PEOPLE, GODDAMMIT
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Jun 11 2008, 10:21 AM
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i hate white people
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Jun 11 2008, 10:22 AM
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QUOTE (THECHICKEN @ Jun 11 2008, 11:21 AM) i hate white people I'm not saying white people don't suck I'm just saying mexicans do -------------------- |
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Jun 11 2008, 10:24 AM
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QUOTE (Oasis @ Jun 11 2008, 11:22 AM) I'm not saying white people don't suck I'm just saying mexicans do they smell funny too -------------------- |
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Jun 11 2008, 10:26 AM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
QUOTE (Melanie @ Jun 11 2008, 11:19 AM) Yeah, it all really is about where you live. Border towns are pretty racist. hell yeah they are, but for some reason it never really bothered me. I even lost a really cool job because they felt uncomfortable working around me. It was a volunteer job, and I was only 14 at the time so I didn't care too much. At that time, I went to a predominately white and black school so I hadn't been exposed to much racism yet. I switched schools a year later to a predominately Hispanic school that had a lot of kids attending there who lived in Juarez (private school). I learned that if you are really accepting of their culture and try to speak their language and stuff, they don't hate you as much. I pretty much only spoke Spanish at lunch time because all my friends were Mexican and spoke Spanish to each other. The people that REALLY got made fun of were the Mexicans that didn't speak Spanish. The girls from Juarez would talk so much shit about them in Spanish and right in front of them because they knew the person couldn't understand them.
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Jun 11 2008, 10:28 AM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
QUOTE (Oasis @ Jun 11 2008, 11:21 AM) MEXICANS AREN'T A RACE OF PEOPLE, GODDAMMIT don't be ignorant. What the hell else do you call it when you discriminate against someone for not speaking your language or having the same color of skin as you? Yeah, Mexicans are considered Caucasion, but there isn't a single word to use for discriminating against an ethnicity.
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Jun 11 2008, 10:45 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
uh... hispanic?
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Jun 11 2008, 10:48 AM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Jun 11 2008, 11:45 AM) uh... hispanic? yeah, but what do you say if a Hispanic person discriminates against a white person? or vice versa? It's easier to say they are "racist" than "discriminatory against an ethnicity."
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Jun 11 2008, 10:48 AM
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Group: Moderators Posts: 2,499 Joined: 23-February 06 From: El Paso Texas Member No.: 32 |
pochos are what juarez beaners hate
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Jun 11 2008, 10:52 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE (Jessica @ Jun 11 2008, 11:48 AM) yeah, but what do you say if a Hispanic person discriminates against a white person? or vice versa? It's easier to say they are "racist" than "discriminatory against an ethnicity." oh nevermind, i see what yall were arguing about. |
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Jun 11 2008, 10:59 AM
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QUOTE (Jessica @ Jun 11 2008, 11:26 AM) hell yeah they are, but for some reason it never really bothered me. I even lost a really cool job because they felt uncomfortable working around me. It was a volunteer job, and I was only 14 at the time so I didn't care too much. At that time, I went to a predominately white and black school so I hadn't been exposed to much racism yet. I switched schools a year later to a predominately Hispanic school that had a lot of kids attending there who lived in Juarez (private school). I learned that if you are really accepting of their culture and try to speak their language and stuff, they don't hate you as much. I pretty much only spoke Spanish at lunch time because all my friends were Mexican and spoke Spanish to each other. The people that REALLY got made fun of were the Mexicans that didn't speak Spanish. The girls from Juarez would talk so much shit about them in Spanish and right in front of them because they knew the person couldn't understand them. I hated this one cunt who thought she could talk shit in spanish about people and not think they could understand. Mind you she was over 24 and still did this crap so i hated her even more. -------------------- |
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Jun 11 2008, 11:00 AM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
QUOTE (THECHICKEN @ Jun 11 2008, 11:59 AM) I hated this one cunt who thought she could talk shit in spanish about people and not think they could understand. Mind you she was over 24 and still did this crap so i hated her even more. oh god, I know... it's so annoying. I pretended at different summer jobs in El Paso that I didn't speak or understand Spanish just so I could listen in on them talking shit about me. It happened a lot.
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Jun 11 2008, 11:21 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 531 Joined: 26-June 06 From: San Marcos and San Antonio Member No.: 221 |
I just hate everyone equally. It makes it so much easier.
Correction, I hate ignorant people equally. |
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Jun 11 2008, 11:55 AM
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QUOTE (Melanie @ Jun 11 2008, 11:21 AM) Correction, I hate ignorant people equally. I think we're all ignorant... -------------------- I go to the maize and blue
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Jun 11 2008, 12:05 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
exactly... i think a lot of people are ignorant of the word ignorant's definition
the sentence: "I think Joe Bob is ignorant." makes zero sense. |
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Jun 11 2008, 12:06 PM
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QUOTE (impala454 @ Jun 11 2008, 12:05 PM) exactly... i think a lot of people are ignorant of the word ignorant's definition the sentence: "I think Joe Bob is ignorant." makes zero sense. I don't mean "a lot of people", I mean everyone. I don't believe there exist a person who knows everything about every subject matter. That's just an incomplete sentence. -------------------- I go to the maize and blue
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Jun 11 2008, 12:12 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE (Inferia @ Jun 11 2008, 01:06 PM) I don't mean "a lot of people", I mean everyone. I don't believe there exist a person who knows everything about every subject matter. That's just an incomplete sentence. I know what you meant. I was agreeing with you and expanding on what you said 
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Jun 11 2008, 04:20 PM
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QUOTE (Jessica @ Jun 11 2008, 11:28 AM) don't be ignorant. What the hell else do you call it when you discriminate against someone for not speaking your language or having the same color of skin as you? Yeah, Mexicans are considered Caucasion, but there isn't a single word to use for discriminating against an ethnicity. When the hell did I ever say I disliked mexicans because of their skin color? I don't care if they're brown. If I did I'd dislike Cubans and Brazilians, which I don't. I don't like them because most are degenerate snooty disrespectful assholes who refuse to speak our language and expect us to bend over backwards and adapt to their culture, even though they're in our country. QUOTE yeah, but what do you say if a Hispanic person discriminates against a white person? or vice versa? It's easier to say they are "racist" than "discriminatory against an ethnicity." I've never once said anything about mexicans being racist towards whites. They're being discriminatory against Americans, which is a country....just like mexico It isn't racist. Call it something else but "racist" is an incorrect term unless you discriminate based on the color of their skin, which I don't -------------------- |
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Jun 11 2008, 06:05 PM
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QUOTE (Inferia @ Jun 11 2008, 01:06 PM) I don't mean "a lot of people", I mean everyone. I don't believe there exist a person who knows everything about every subject matter. That's just an incomplete sentence. Go join the peaceful non-denominational secular church of tolerance, understanding and indecisiveness. -------------------- Southern Rock, beer and bears!
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