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Originally Posted by AnchorAlum
How about we drop all the hyphenated "shit" (guess that's ok since you used it) period. We are all AMERICANS.
White folks put you through shit? Really? How old are you?
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The bolded cliche' is a quick fix fantasy that has been used for generations. It is the foundation for acculturation and assimilation in the United States of America. The technicality of dropping hyphens is the same thing as "colorblindness". It boils down to a false rainbow pissing pony routine of pretending as though every citizen of the United States of America is the exact same. Then it involves shaming groups of people for identifying with their racial, ethnic, cultural, language, religious, and cultural origins that span beyond the United States of America. Humans cannot multitask and therefore everyone has to pretend to be carbon copies of whatever defines "America" for that generation.
IotaGuy's language is shortsighted and colorful (definitely no pun intended) but IotaGuy is definitely not too young to experience social inequalities rooted in race and ethnicity and the remnants of slavery, Jim Crow, and the Civil Rights Movement. If a 20-30-something year old homosexual man said that he experienced heterocentrism and oppression on the part of heterocentric individuals and institutions, he would hopefully not be told he is too young to know what is going on around him.
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Originally Posted by AnchorAlum
And furthermore, my family put no one through bullshit. My family came over here from Ireland in 1914. Nobody in my family owned anybody else. EVER.
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Well, since you took this discussion personally and falsely believe this boils down to your family and slave ownership, you should read historian Noel Ignatiev's
How the Irish Became White.
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Originally Posted by AnchorAlum
You know what's shameful? That we're sitting here arguing about that silly woman while a TRUE leader for his race, a man who fought for justice for his people is lying in a hospital in South Africa, in critical condition. Some news sources hinting that this icon is nearing the end of his days.
God Bless Nelson Mandela.
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This is a common response when discussing social inequalities. People pretend as though we cannot multitask (similar to the "we are American" thing). Certainly you do not think Greekchat should shut down all of its threads until 94 year old Nelson Mandela either recovers or is blessed to transcend into the afterlife.
By the way, do not use the phrase "leader for his race". Mandela fought for justice, is someone who I was raised to research and know a great deal about, but Mandela himself would not want his battles to be reduced to leadership for a particular race and ethnicity. Nelson Mandela is a leader in the world, period, and his impact is not relegated to the racial and ethnic category with which he proudly identifies. Just as you would not call the many white icons and leaders around the world leaders for the white race.
But thanks for reminding me of how annoyed I was with this article a few days ago:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...ep-segregatio/
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Originally Posted by maconmagnolia
reverse racism
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Dear Whites,
Please stop using this phrase. And please stop confusing discomfort with racism.
With Love and Respect,
DrPhil
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