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Originally posted by swissmiss04
Say it ain't so! Did he really say, verbatim, "brown people"?
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My sincere apologies, I did mis-quote. Here is what was said:
"Some of the debate really centers around the fact that people don't believe Iraq can be free; that if you're Muslim, or perhaps brown-skinned, you can't be self-governing or free. I'd strongly disagree with that."
So, brown-skinned is a
bit better than brown people but it's still completely inapropriate for a President to say.
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Originally posted by AnchorAlum
As to "brown people" I think people need to understand the context of the remark. And the President has Hispanic nieces and nephews. How many of us do?
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Well, considering the babies that will come from my womb will be 50% Hispanic, and my future husband is 100% Hispanic as is his whole family, I think I get even more "Hispanic points" than the President! Lucky me, I can go around making insensitive remarks and use my finace's family to make it ok!!!
Please, that's like saying you can use the N-word because "one of my closest friends is black!"
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