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10-19-2008, 10:07 AM
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#41
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,220
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i think racism is very much still alive.
i think another interesting fact is - instead of a black man in the articles, what about a middle eastern man? a chinese man? i think they are far less likely to be in a position of power.
i guess, what i have a hard time with, is that you can't argue/debate with articles like that without looking racist. for example, i think mccain's background in the military makes him more fit to be president. i would feel the same way if obama had done that. that's not to say that i dont think obama worked hard or that his degrees werent impressive.
it feels like this is a strawman argument. i agree that there's still racism, but i dont agree with everything in those articles = me as a racist?
btw - venting at no one in particular 
mostly just venting
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10-19-2008, 10:27 AM
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#42
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 158
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You are so right about other races not even having the chance that black people do. I think because of the history, black people have fought hard for our freedoms but other groups who are smaller in America haven't fought those battles. (Not that they should have to.  ) I think if a Middle Eastern person ran, everyone EVERYONE would be analyzing every detail of their lives to see if they were a terrorist. If their second cousin's hairdresser's boyfriend was a terrorist, then they would be "linked to terrorism" and this would be an acceptable "story" in the press. If a Mexican-American person ran, everyone would be talking about how "those illegals are just taking over" and so on and so forth. It's really, really sad when you think about it. Everyone should have the same opportunities.
As far as what you said about racism, I think the way our society looks at racism is completely wrong. We see it as racist vs. nonracist, evil vs. good, but really, it's like this: ever since you were born you've been seeing subtle and less subtle messages that people with brown skin are bad. For example the whole paragraph above--since you've been alive there has never been a nonwhite president of the United States. We are bombarded by these messages daily, and NO ONE is going to go through life in America without some imbedded racism. That's just the way it is. People who aren't white often have self-loathing issues because of it, and people who are white are often completely unaware of just how deep it goes. It doesn't make you a bad person, it just IS.
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10-19-2008, 12:01 PM
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#43
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Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 1,199
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Just curious: When Bill Richardson, whose mother is Mexican, ran did anyone say that? I do not remember any issue was made but that is perhaps because of his last name and he did not make it far.
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10-19-2008, 12:25 PM
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#44
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 7,115
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10-19-2008, 01:44 PM
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#45
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 158
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I remember him! I actually really liked him when I saw him during a debate. My guess is that he just didn't make it far enough to get torn to shreds. Most of the really hateful stuff about Obama is just coming out recently, like in the past month or two.
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10-19-2008, 03:20 PM
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#46
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 7,115
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I really like him too. I was kinda hoping Obama would pick him for VP, but I figured he would pick an older white dude and he did.
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10-19-2008, 05:55 PM
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Join Date: May 2000
Posts: 1,007
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Some more disgusting McCain/Palin supporters (warning: strong language):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRqcfqiXCX0
In case you are wondering why it was produced by Al Jezeera, it is b/c the liberal media would never, ever touch this story.
Color of Change is circulating a petition urging McCain and Palin to denouce this type of hate speech:
http://colorofchange.org/united/deba...id=2314-220216
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10-19-2008, 06:19 PM
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#48
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 1,803
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Last edited by CurlyGina2; 10-19-2008 at 06:20 PM.
Reason: duplicate post
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10-19-2008, 06:20 PM
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#49
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Join Date: Nov 2002
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10-19-2008, 06:55 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 2,997
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Oh my God. I felt like crying watching that, I really shouldn't have clicked it. I knew conceptually that people that warped existed, but actually seeing them talk was horrifying. These people really scare me.
And thanks for the OP, that was kind of an "oh, now I see" moment for me, because I've been doing one of these  about how nobody's even reported, at the very least, McCain's less-than-confidence-boosting class rank, when somehow the opposite in Obama was being called elitist or something. As aware as I like to be and as silly as it sounds, I thought that these particular discrepancies had only to do with party lines and buying out the media. Now that I see the second layer of bias, I'm even more .
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10-19-2008, 07:16 PM
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#51
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Posts: 13,665
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That video was so disturbing.
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10-19-2008, 08:14 PM
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#52
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 2,587
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People like those in that video scare me! We are all humans, have they forgotten that? Or do they simply choose to ignore it? I cannot fathom as to why people STILL look down upon not only African Americans but "minorities" as whole. They make me feel as if we are plagued with some incurable disease. If Obama does win I seriously hope nothing happens to him because I'm sure people like the ones in the vid. wouldn't hesitate for one second to harm him. Why are they stuck in the slavery mentality? Why can't they move on? We desperately need to break the chains of mental slavery.
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10-19-2008, 08:31 PM
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#53
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 2,570
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sad people in a sad video. makes me sad. 
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10-20-2008, 10:37 AM
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#54
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 2,401
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I have no words...
My daughter is bi-racial (black and white) and I often stress over how I am going to explain this kind of stuff to her. I don't know how I am going to be able to say to my little girl that people actually hate my husband because of his skin color.
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10-20-2008, 10:54 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 2,570
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and her too (Barack is bi-racial like your daughter)...
Just teach her to love herself and her history. I try to do this with my girls. My 3-year daughter thinks everyone is a "shade of brown". She's light brown, her sister is dark brown, her friend is "pink" brown, her grandma is "yellow" brown... I love the simplicity of it all.
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10-20-2008, 10:59 AM
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#56
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 2,401
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I didn't include her in that because she actually looks white right now. We have had so many people make comments to my husband that she can't possibly be his, because she's too light.
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10-20-2008, 11:08 AM
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#57
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 2,570
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oy-- people are so ignorant.
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10-20-2008, 11:10 AM
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#58
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 2,401
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I know. It hurts both of us and we have actually distantanced ourselves from some "friends" because of their comments.
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10-20-2008, 12:46 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Posts: 16,025
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LOL, so you think discrimination doesn't exist? Wow.
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10-20-2008, 01:30 PM
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#60
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 5,468
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I was thinking about this subject this past weekend. Where do you ladies think racism comes from? I honestly think it's fear, I'm not trying to justify it AT ALL by saying that, but I think the root cause of racism is fear. I think that's why certain races decided they were better than others because they feared them.
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