Yeah, you're an idiot.

Classy...and your mama wears combat boots...like I should give 2 shits about your opinion, go play.

Hm. Didn't we discuss the offense of those two words together?

You do and it is sad.

Hello, let me introduce you to madmax. He's trying to offend.

and sadder still, you love me.

that's why you talk to me.

**CLICK!**

Regardless of what Mumia or anyone else may have done, count me in as disagreeing that any police officers "deserved" to die.
So does that mean I deserve to die as well? :rolleyes:

I agree with you MysticCat!

I was going to say something, but then again...

...there you have it. :rolleyes:

And has this little bit of banter really progressed to "your mama" jokes? Srsly? Next will come, "Talk to the hand" if y'all keep it up long enough. Then we'll be forced to have a "Food to eat while watching the DS vs. DP thread" thread.

shut up

:bringing e-popcorn:

...called it. I mean since I have all the time in the world, with not working, disrespecting myself, and breaking the law.

This may just be me but I don't generally refer to someone's race when I'm talking to them. I'm pretty sure they know their race. It comes up maybe... once every 100 or so conversations.

LOL. I had that same thought.

I assume you don't like it because you're not from Africa, which makes perfect sense. But how is someone supposed to know that? Are there noticeable differences in features or skin color?

I'm not trying to stir the pot here, just honestly asking.

This makes me think of an old WWII propaganda poster I saw once, the jist of which was "how to tell a Chinese person from a Japanese person so you're not unnecessarily mean to the Chinese person since it's not them we're pissed off at."

No, there usually aren't features and skin color differences.

She and all other people of the African diaspora will just have to take it on a case-by-case basis. Being Jamaican or Brazilian, for example, are not racial designations. Black and African American are pretty standard. People can specify their cultural or ethnic designations from there. Black and African American are the least offensive and least nitpicky of the category labels, as far as I'm concerned. They originated for a reason.

I consider that different than "Black people" from all over the globe. Chinese and Japanese are not only culturally but ethnically distinct within the "Asian" racial category. I can usually tell the difference because the different Asian ethnicities tend to have different physical features.

Does anyone remember the martial arts film "Chinese vs. Japanese?" Great film. A lot of people didn't know there WAS a difference before that film was released in America.