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You're sort of proving my point.
"If you don't appreciate my humor, toughen up Snowflake"
"If I don't approve of your humor, it's because it crosses the line and you're the problem."
By the way, both quotes are made from your perspective. I'm finding that I need to explain myself more than I would have thought.
You hit on something I've thought for a long time.
When I think of someone who is a racist, I think of somebody who believes that there is an inherent characteristic, a physical quality, or something else that makes their race superior to others. For example, a belief that there is some inherent quality(ies) that makes white people superior and worth more as a human being than someone of a different race. That is how things like slavery, Jim Crow, and the Holocaust were justified - black people were three-fifths of a human being, Jews are apes/sub-human, etc. By this definition, IMO, there are very, very few outright racists in society today.
What still exists, however, is prejudice. Racist people are certainly prejudiced, but not all prejudiced people are racist.
I'm so sick of this dumb ****. What isn't racist anymore? Americans look for a reason to party, Cinco de Mayo, St Patty's Day, Mardi Gras, who cares?
Do any white folks actually wear sombreros and mustaches for Cinco de Mayo? Or is it just such a small minority of drunken idiots that it bears mentioning because of triggers?
It's kind of like saying "It's Oktoberfest white people, please don't dress up in your SS uniform and start giving a Seig Heil to the waitress."
And for that matter, Oktoberfest >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cinco de Mayo
White folks holidays rule.
I'm so sick of this dumb ****. What isn't racist anymore? Americans look for a reason to party, Cinco de Mayo, St Patty's Day, Mardi Gras, who cares?
whats funny is Cinco de Mayo isn't even a Mexican Holiday. Its something Americans mostly made up.
If anything Mexicans celebrating Cinco de Mayo are the racists here.
Apparently a fraternity at Baylor Univ. had a Mexican themed party. They dressed up as maids and construction workers. Poop hitting the fan out in Waco this week. I'll try to find the link.
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Ba...nded-over-Mexican-Themed-Party-421045163.html
I got asked to leave a Mexican themed party on an AF base about 7 or 8 years ago because as I dressed as a border patrol agent.![]()
Florida Memorial University will award a posthumous degree to Trayvon Martin, five years after the black teenager was shot dead by a neighbourhood watchman. His parents will accept a degree in aeronautical science on his behalf on 13 May.
The university said it wants to honour the 17-year-old's ambition to become a pilot before he died in 2012.
Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, the teenager's parents will accept the degree in Miami Gardens, where Ms Fulton went to school.
Roslyn Clark, the university's president, said in a Facebook post the school was honouring Mr Martin for "his long dream and the steps he took during his young life toward becoming a pilot".
Didn't think this was deserving of it's own thread. First time I've ever heard of this pilot thing.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39823245
You cannot make up the lunacy in this world today. When BBC News reads more like the Onion, we are completely and totally ****ed.