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If it is just about race and not about minorities then it should count for all descents, so no more all American girls voicing an Arabian Disney Princess (Jasmine), or no Asians for that matter, no more Americans playing people from Swedish descent in films just because they are blonde, no more American actors playing Dutch people (like in Titanic), but only hire real Dutch people, and I could go on forever.

Updated On: 1/15/13 at 05:17 PM

Dave19 just shut the hell up.

What facts? Like newintown, you pretend like you're actually saying something of substance, but you aren't.

Updated On: 1/15/13 at 05:39 PM

Speaking of Spanish, no more roles with a Spanish background for Americans. If you keep hanging onto you theory.

Quite silly, isn't it?

And for the record, I don't need Google translator, because I speak 5 languages fluently and Spanish happens to be one of them.

Updated On: 1/15/13 at 05:52 PM

I'm fluent in two languages but Spanish is not one of them. I thought that said "Shut your Matilda mouth" but it does not say that.

You're right. There are more races than African-American. And if you think I'm not aware or don't acknowledge that, then you are even more stupid than you pretend to be.

But if you have any facts pertaining to this discussion, knock yourself out. I won't hold my breath, though.

I don't. You'll need to explain how.

Then focus on the subject a bit more and try to think and you will understand.

And as I said in another post, that was an example, not to be taken too seriously. "They got mad" was the point, in case you missed it. If it was about the French I would have said baguettes and if it was about the Germans I would have said bratwursts and........you get the point.

Updated On: 1/15/13 at 06:15 PM

No you are just offended too easily and that keeps that negative judgements intact. I can use the words chicken wings, baguettes, bratwursts, tacos, or even pink nail polish if it's about gays (which I am) whenever I want. Being offended by it is a choice. Deciding to maintain the separation is a choice.
Getting over it and choosing not to care is a choice.

Think about that.

You can claim that African-American people are a sad minority till the day you die, but eventually alle the kids that have 1 white parent and 1 black parent will not be very happy with people like you. They just want to be human. And to be seen that way. Teaching them that they should feel bad about it and should have their own roles and should have their own set of rights that keeps this in tact is actually quite disturbing.

Have you heard of the word "reciprocity"? As long as the world keeps having reactions like yours and some of the posters here, african-american people will keep on having the same reactions on that and the rest of the world will keep on seeing the big separation.

Updated On: 1/15/13 at 06:31 PM

Have you heard of the word "intact"?

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"You can claim that African-American people are a sad minority till the day you die. . . Teaching them that they should feel bad about it and should have their own roles and should have their own set of rights that keeps this in tact is actually quite disturbing."

Can someone cut and paste Phyllis's statements to this effect? I can't find them.

Are you quite mad?

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No, as long as you search for racism in general comments, I think you are going the wrong way, and you're not helping anyone.

I guess what it comes down to is this:

Do you really want to make the world more colorblind? Or do you want to keep on hammering on the differences because it was so bad once?

I think people should grow into caring less about the differences and you are not helping them.

If and when I make a remark about it, like in a joke, my only goal is to remind people that they are focussing on the differences too much. A good sense of humour and a good sense of perspective can help you a lot in life.

If I hear a gay joke I can cry and scream about it and make it much more negative than the one that made the remark even intented, or I can CHOOSE to laugh about it and not care and show some character as a human being and make the person that said it realize that I am more than that.


But the last thing I would want is YOU telling the one that made the remark that he shouldn't have said it, because it's so sad for me. That makes me really question the image you have about me. Or, in this case, to stay on topic, the image you have about African-American people.

Updated On: 1/15/13 at 07:04 PM