Is he not racist because he's friendly and fucks the in home Black care-giver?

*chuckle*

"Some of my best friends are Black."
"Some of my best servants are Black."

Given his prostate issues, I *seriously* doubt it. And the relationship did not really start until his wife died. My neighbor broke it off because he didn't want to be a burden to her as he got older. (He figures his next wife is going to bury *him*).

Also, He was a mechanic during his career and considers the person who first taught him in that field (who he talks about fondly) was a Colored man who rented from them.

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I tried these at the very beginning of my "womanhood" and they were a total pain in the ass.

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hijack-
I don't think these would work very well with low-rise jeans!

So?

What does any of this have to do with whether or not he's a "racist?"

You should've just said he's a product of his environment and avoided the racist/racism issue.

"That isn't my thong, it's my pad belt!! Sexy! Argh!"

The first part of this sentence seems to me to come dangerously close to the argument that it is OK for black people to say nigger, but not for white people to do so.


Seriously. Unfortunately, IMO, the term "European-American" has more or less been hijacked by groups that are either Neo-nazi (or close). My kids have ancestry from at least 7 different European Nations with no single nation representing more than a quarter. (Led to some fun issues with the elementary school when they wanted something all the kids to bring something in from the family culture).


Do you disagree with putting race on Birth Certificates then?

Until you can show that in the year 2010 that either a majority of this country or the Policies of the federal government align with those of the KKK, I would appreciate that the term "AmeriKKKa" no longer be used.

Until you can show that in the year 2010 that either a majority of this country or the Policies of the federal government align against those of the Negro designation, I would appreciate that the term "Negro" no longer be used.



....just saying.

I am always surprised to hear of places where race IS in the birth certificates. In Indiana, I know they haven't been on birth certficates from the 1970s onward (I'm not sure of before that, since I haven't seen a certificate from prior to 1971).

Then again, Indiana also did away with the "mother's maiden name" part sometime between 1973 and 2002- now it just reads father's full name, mother's full name.

Hey, I can appreciate that, but I think I'd rather go with "the Glenn Beck" designation.

I had to come in on this thread as well. Last I checked my race wasn't on my birth certificate either. Maybe I need to check it again.

Edit. Maybe because I have the short form. Never had a need to find the long form...if any.

That is exactly what I'm saying.

And white people can say "honky" (since we're typing stuff out, apparently) or any other derivative all they want to without any confusion or protest on my part.

That's what ethnic and cultural identities are about. Whiteness as a racial identity essentially became all-inclusive generations ago.

As always, I refer you to Ignatiev's "How the Irish Became White" if you want to understand why and how.

Having race on a birth certificate does not mean you are born a particular race. It means that society has assigned a race.

AmeriKKKa. You can type "nigger" and act confused over "negro" but I can't type "AmeriKKKa?" That's humorous.

I don't think you got where I was going....

Dr. Phil actually said it better.

Sigh, dating an african american who helped him through the death of his wife apparently makes him someone who screws the help. Talking fondly of the african american who started him on his career doesn't count one iota toward him not being racist.

If that's your world, I'm just glad I'm not living in it. :(

The racist structure includes our language
 

You are living in it.

You could've easily made this woman's racial designation a last consideration. Instead, you volunteered his romp with her as support for why he's not racist and how she loves it when he talks dirty to her "colored negro ass." (:) I kid, I kid.)

She's relegated to "an African American who...." and "the African American who...." You did that. He probably did, as well, since an elderly white man dating the help is always an ice breaker. However, I did not do that.

Yup. I learned that from the whole "Birther" wierdness. The short form of the Birth Certificate is what the Obama campaign put up on the website. The long form of the Birth Certificate is what the State of Hawaii considers to be private and inappropriate to release.

Note, when the Birthers got to the point where they were accusing the Republican Governor of Hawaii as being part of the Conspiracy, I started offering them tin-foil hats.