The N-Word

[burkhartdesu]

Awareness is key.





(Despite popular opinion, I appreciate your offensive and thought provoking posts, mercedesjin)

[mercedesjin]

Originally Posted by qloreisha

But uh. Nawl. I use nigga to describe me and
my friends. And the other one is just racist.
Hey and i would now. I live in the South.

Okay, but you know where "nigga" comes from, right?

[Quailboy]

Originally Posted by alanX

Then Africans took their own people as slaves and sold them to whites.
Blacks betrayed blacks.

Whites didn't just happen to go to Africa and say "all you afrikanz are belong to us!"

Some people need to catch up on some history.

It dosen't matter
She wont listen to anything.
I say we E-bully her


HEY OP! YOU SUCK, YOU KNOW THAT?

[mercedesjin]

Originally Posted by Quailboy

mercedesjin - Think about this..whites were slaves first you know...

So true. And Italians and Irish weren't even considered white, a few decades ago. They were attacked and insulted because they were immigrants and not considered "Americans." White people have had their fair share of history too, of course. Everyone has had a history of pain and suffering.

But, it's interesting, isn't it? Italians and Irish were accepted into the "white" population so that white people could have more people on their side against people of color. Isn't that kind of funny, how one group of people can be considered another race? In Brazil, it's not as simple as "black" and "white." I wouldn't be considered the same race as my mother if we lived there, because she has a lighter shade of skin than me.

Sorry for the random trivia. I just think it's interesting.

alanX: It's true and sad. I don't know if this is really about who is to blame, though. I'm not saying that black people are to blame for suffering and pain. I'm not saying that white people are to blame for suffering and pain. All I'm saying is that it happened, and that we're still healing.

burkhartdesu: That gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling inside.

[Quailboy]

Originally Posted by mercedesjin

So true. And Italians and Irish weren't even considered white, a few decades ago. They were attacked and insulted because they were immigrants and not considered "Americans." White people have had their fair share of history too, of course. Everyone has had a history of pain and suffering.

But, it's interesting, isn't it? Italians and Irish were accepted into the "white" population so that white people could have more people on their side against people of color. Isn't that kind of funny, how one group of people can be considered another race? In Brazil, it's not as simple as "black" and "white." I wouldn't be considered the same race as my mother if we lived there, because she has a lighter shade of skin than me.

Sorry for the random trivia. I just think it's interesting.

alanX: It's true and sad. I don't know if this is really about who is to blame, though. I'm not saying that black people are to blame for suffering and pain. I'm not saying that white people are to blame for suffering and pain. All I'm saying is that it happened, and that we're still healing.

burkhartdesu: That gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling inside.

Now, you say "we're" like every single black person on the face of the planet is still butthurt about it like you are.
Not true at all. Get Over It

[Miyavifan]

Originally Posted by Quailboy

It dosen't matter
She wont listen to anything.
I say we E-bully her

ah, now, that's not a good idea.

[alanX]

Originally Posted by Miyavifan

ah, now, that's not a good idea.

Twas' a joke.

[Miyavifan]

Originally Posted by alanX

Twas' a joke.

well, I sure hope so.

but even then...

[Megabyte117]

Originally Posted by mercedesjin

Why don't you think what happened to Henry Louis Gates Jr. was racist?

Because it wasn't. The police officer who arrested Gates was reported to have taught a class on racial profiling.

The course, called "Racial Profiling," teaches about different cultures that officers could encounter in their community "and how you don't want to single people out because of their ethnic background or the culture they come from,"

All Gates had to do was show his I.D. to the cop. Fairly simple. Or he is above such actions? Being a prestigious Harvard professor and all.

However your views on this matter lead me to believe that you're content with the biased and "racist" perspective. Clearly simply another African American who was unfairly exploited. And clearly simply another corrupt police officer. There were African American officers at the scene and they agreed with Sgt. James Crowley's actions.

Why do you think Spike Lee cried wolf?

I could go on forever about this idiot, but when he criticized Clint Eastwood for "whitewashing" his movies "Letters From Iwo Jima" and "Flags of Our Fathers" that was really just sad. He obviously doesn't know his history. Or when he criticized "The Patriot" for "conveniently" avoiding the subject of slavery. Not everything has to be about racism Spike!

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