08 Feb 08
Originally posted by Dr StrangeloveActually Where I lived in Clifornia there wasnt too many black people around ... then we moved to Teaxas and they are evrywhere and we didnt know if "black" was acceptable or not. Come to find out.. its the preferred term.
Can you yanks call someone "black"?
[eg a black man]
There's no problem with that in Europe - the land of the free.
edit:this is a serious enquiry.
08 Feb 08
Originally posted by epic0002It was commonplace as an insult by racists. Of course it may still be considered acceptable if he surrounds himself with racists. But if he's old enough to join this site then he's old enough that it's not an acceptable term outside of such a group. Wanting to change things back to a dreadful time in our history isn't really a good excuse.
Or maybe he just used his freedom of speech to mention a word that was once commonplace before those people decided the word could only be used amongst themselves. Maybe the term has always been and is still acceptable in his community,around his peers, and his family. Maybe hes trying to stir things up to change things back to what it once was...after all ...[text shortened]... eople stirred things up to change it in the first place.. I dont know about the unraveled theory
08 Feb 08
Originally posted by pawnhandlerDreadful to who? Not any of my family or friends and their families...
It was commonplace as an insult by racists. Of course it may still be considered acceptable if he surrounds himself with racists. But if he's old enough to join this site then he's old enough that it's not an acceptable term outside of such a group. Wanting to change things back to a dreadful time in our history isn't really a good excuse.
08 Feb 08
Originally posted by Red Night"May have"?
He posted the same profanity in his profile and may have PMed some people with the same racial slur.
I think once he got the 32 month forum ban he decided to just go ahead and make it permanent.
Observed from a distance it would be fair to say that he just unraveled.
Observed for any distance, I'd say he merely showed his true nature. No "victim" here.
08 Feb 08
Originally posted by epic0002Your family and friends want to go back to segregated schools, water fountains, restrooms, etc.? You want to go back to a time when only white people had rights, when people called African-American men "boy" and looking at a white female was a crime if you were black? You think it was right that Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her bus seat? Etc.? That's just incredible. 😲
Dreadful to who? Not any of my family or friends and their families...
08 Feb 08
Originally posted by pawnhandlerI never said I think that... but looking back in history .. some things have always been.. and it worked.
Your family and friends want to go back to segregated schools, water fountains, restrooms, etc.? You want to go back to a time when only white people had rights, when people called African-American men "boy" and looking at a white female was a crime if you were black? You think it was right that Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her bus seat? Etc.? That's just incredible. 😲
Epic once said
"It is funny how a race cries so much about being treated different... and at the same time tries to make it a point to be obnoxiously different."
08 Feb 08
Originally posted by epic0002It "worked" if you were a white male because then you'd reap the benefits of the system. It didn't work for anyone else. Our country would be phenomenal if all races had the same rights throughout its history and the same opportunities and benefits.
I never said [b]I think that... but looking back in history .. some things have always been.. and it worked.
Epic once said
"It is funny how a race cries so much about being treated different... and at the same time tries to make it a point to be obnoxiously different."[/b]
08 Feb 08
I have found the best way to keep the water muddy is to keep splashing around in it. Its the same with the race problem. The do gooders keep the water muddy. Some of us just stand back and let the water settle and clear of its own volition. It doesn't help to keep muddying the water.
Recently I stopped at a gas station in Arkansas and made a comment about the price of gas. The black attendant said: "why don't you (white nigers) quit coming down here with your (how good it is up North) and leave us alone." The conversation went on for a while with the frequent referral to wns. Finally I left. I had thoughts of filing a complaint with someone, but eventually decided against it, thinking, aside from the ignorant attendant and me, who really gives a damn? I am not of a minority group so I would get no consideration. And then, what satisfaction is there to get? His job? Then just one more dependent for the tax payer.
Let the water clear of its own accord.
