jgoose71 0 #1 September 22, 2009 Since black people can't be racist, does this count as reverse racism? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32965416/ns/us_news-weird_news/?GT1=43001 Quote PHILADELPHIA - Police in Philadelphia say a white officer who came to work with cornrows was ordered by a black superior to get a haircut because the braids violated department standards. The Philadelphia Daily News reported Monday that Officer Thomas Strain was put on desk duty this month because of the braids, even though the paper reported dozens of black officers wear cornrows. I wonder if Obama will stick up for this guy."There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ion01 1 #2 September 22, 2009 No....you got it all wrong....the white guy is racist as evidenced by his having cornrows. He was making fun of the black people by having some himself......he was so obviously being racist! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,435 #3 September 22, 2009 How this would have played out if people just said what they were thinking - "I'm sorry, you can't do your hair like that, it looks fucking ridiculous." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skinnay 0 #4 September 22, 2009 who said black people can't be racist? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rehmwa 2 #5 September 22, 2009 QuoteHow this would have played out if people just said what they were thinking - "I'm sorry, you can't do your hair like that, it looks fucking ridiculous." well, if they said that to everybody with cornrows, and the responses (no matter what they were) were equivalent, then no problem ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rehmwa 2 #6 September 22, 2009 QuotePolice in Philadelphia say a white officer who came to work with cornrows was ordered by a black superior to get a haircut because the braids violated department standards. The Philadelphia Daily News reported Monday that Officer Thomas Strain was put on desk duty this month because of the braids, even though the paper reported dozens of black officers wear cornrows. MSNBC is clearly racist the article should have read as follows: Police in Philadelphia say an officer who came to work with cornrows was ordered by a superior to get a haircut because the braids violated department standards. The Philadelphia Daily News reported Monday that Officer Thomas Strain was put on desk duty this month because of the braids, even though the paper reported dozens of other officers wear cornrows. ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lost_n_confuzd 0 #7 September 22, 2009 Screw policy, he looks like an idiot! There are some things meant for certain people, and cornrows are one of them. White people look like complete douchebags with cornrows! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnDeere 0 #8 September 22, 2009 I just want to know were Sharpton and Jackson is! Hell yea its rascist! But to be fair since I am a equal opertunity offender. All cornrolls look dumb a fuck on all people! Nothing opens like a Deere! You ignorant fool! Checks are for workers! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucky... 0 #9 September 22, 2009 Quote Since black people can't be racist, does this count as reverse racism? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32965416/ns/us_news-weird_news/?GT1=43001 Quote PHILADELPHIA - Police in Philadelphia say a white officer who came to work with cornrows was ordered by a black superior to get a haircut because the braids violated department standards. The Philadelphia Daily News reported Monday that Officer Thomas Strain was put on desk duty this month because of the braids, even though the paper reported dozens of black officers wear cornrows. I wonder if Obama will stick up for this guy. What is your favorite brand of maccaroni and cheese? I dunno, I bet Obama likes the one whose factories hire the most black people. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 0 #10 September 22, 2009 QuoteSince black people can't be racist, does this count as reverse racism? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32965416/ns/us_news-weird_news/?GT1=43001 Quote PHILADELPHIA - Police in Philadelphia say a white officer who came to work with cornrows was ordered by a black superior to get a haircut because the braids violated department standards. The Philadelphia Daily News reported Monday that Officer Thomas Strain was put on desk duty this month because of the braids, even though the paper reported dozens of black officers wear cornrows. QuoteI wonder if Obama will stick up for this guy. Good point - this really is an Obama issue, cuz everyone knows Obama just wants to stick up for all the Negroes, especially the mulattoes. Hey, thanks for setting us straight. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites chuckakers 370 #11 September 22, 2009 This can't be for real. We're all post-racial, aren't we? Chuck Akers D-10855 Houston, TX Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Andy9o8 0 #12 September 22, 2009 For the record, yes, the supervisor was an idiot, and now he's been deservedly made to look like a fool in front of the whole country. What makes me laugh is that - just like clockwork! - stories like this make all the closet (and some not-so-closet) racists come out of the woodwork and wax all indignant. Ah, well; only 3 more months til The War On Christmas. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jgoose71 0 #13 September 23, 2009 QuoteHow this would have played out if people just said what they were thinking - "I'm sorry, you can't do your hair like that, it looks fucking ridiculous." I have to agree, he looks like a complete dipstick. But, unless he is violating some department regulation it's legal. And if they are going to hit him with the "Hat doesn't fit right" bit, they got to hit all the black police officers. Where is the ACLU? I should have turned this into a Poll- Why is no one helping this guy out? A. He looks shit-tastic. B. He's a cop. C. He's a military Veteran. D. He's white. E. All of the above."There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites masterrig 1 #14 September 23, 2009 So what? If, his hair doesn't interfere with the performance of his duties, what's the problem. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites rickjump1 0 #15 September 23, 2009 QuoteSo what? If, his hair doesn't interfere with the performance of his duties, what's the problem. Chuck They just can't stand a white boy haveing the same hairdo. After all, they invented it...Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites rickjump1 0 #16 September 23, 2009 QuoteQuoteSo what? If, his hair doesn't interfere with the performance of his duties, what's the problem. Chuck They just can't stand a white boy having the same hairdo. After all, they invented it...spellingDo your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites masterrig 1 #17 September 23, 2009 You or I or someone else might think it looks out of place on the officer but if, he's willing to take all the time to have his hair done that way... let him. I can recall a time when a police officer was reprimanded because his hair was a bit over his shirt collar. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Ron 7 #18 September 23, 2009 QuoteGood point - this really is an Obama issue, cuz everyone knows Obama just wants to stick up for all the Negroes, especially the mulattoes. Hey, thanks for setting us straight. Well the police/professor issue was not something he should have gotten into either.... But he did."No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Ron 7 #19 September 23, 2009 QuoteWhat makes me laugh is that - just like clockwork! - stories like this make all the closet (and some not-so-closet) racists come out of the woodwork and wax all indignant. Pointing out an inequality makes you a racist? I guess Rossie Parks was a racist according to you. Being allowed, or not being allowed to do/have/wear/say something based only on race *IS* racist. Pointing out when it happens is not."No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites billvon 2,435 #20 September 23, 2009 >Being allowed, or not being allowed to do/have/wear/say something >based only on race *IS* racist. Agreed. Assuming that race is the only important connection between any two people is racist as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mnealtx 0 #21 September 23, 2009 QuoteWhat makes me laugh is that - just like clockwork! - stories like this make all the closet (and some not-so-closet) racists come out of the woodwork and wax all indignant. Go get a new one, Andy...yours is way past worn out.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Andy9o8 0 #22 September 23, 2009 Eh, you might have half a point if it wasn't the same, ol' folks cryin' in their beer about "reverse discrimination" all the time. But, alas, it is... and thus I stand by my point. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Ron 7 #23 September 23, 2009 QuoteEh, you might have half a point if it wasn't the same, ol' folks cryin' in their beer about "reverse discrimination" all the time. But, alas, it is... and thus I stand by my point. So, I guess people like MLK are to be discounted as well... I mean he 'cried in his beer about discrimination' a bunch. Number of attempts to point out the problem does not make someone a racist either."No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Andy9o8 0 #24 September 23, 2009 You're still evading my point, and I still stand by it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Ron 7 #25 September 23, 2009 QuoteYou're still evading my point, and I still stand by it. No, I am pointing out how your point, and the logic you use to support it, is weak. The number of times a person stands up for what is right and truly fair does not make them a racist. Only racist actions make a person a racist... Pointing out discrimination in ALL its forms (to include reverse discrimination) is not racism. 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chuckakers 370 #11 September 22, 2009 This can't be for real. We're all post-racial, aren't we? Chuck Akers D-10855 Houston, TX Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 0 #12 September 22, 2009 For the record, yes, the supervisor was an idiot, and now he's been deservedly made to look like a fool in front of the whole country. What makes me laugh is that - just like clockwork! - stories like this make all the closet (and some not-so-closet) racists come out of the woodwork and wax all indignant. Ah, well; only 3 more months til The War On Christmas. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jgoose71 0 #13 September 23, 2009 QuoteHow this would have played out if people just said what they were thinking - "I'm sorry, you can't do your hair like that, it looks fucking ridiculous." I have to agree, he looks like a complete dipstick. But, unless he is violating some department regulation it's legal. And if they are going to hit him with the "Hat doesn't fit right" bit, they got to hit all the black police officers. Where is the ACLU? I should have turned this into a Poll- Why is no one helping this guy out? A. He looks shit-tastic. B. He's a cop. C. He's a military Veteran. D. He's white. E. All of the above."There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #14 September 23, 2009 So what? If, his hair doesn't interfere with the performance of his duties, what's the problem. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rickjump1 0 #15 September 23, 2009 QuoteSo what? If, his hair doesn't interfere with the performance of his duties, what's the problem. Chuck They just can't stand a white boy haveing the same hairdo. After all, they invented it...Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rickjump1 0 #16 September 23, 2009 QuoteQuoteSo what? If, his hair doesn't interfere with the performance of his duties, what's the problem. Chuck They just can't stand a white boy having the same hairdo. After all, they invented it...spellingDo your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #17 September 23, 2009 You or I or someone else might think it looks out of place on the officer but if, he's willing to take all the time to have his hair done that way... let him. I can recall a time when a police officer was reprimanded because his hair was a bit over his shirt collar. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 7 #18 September 23, 2009 QuoteGood point - this really is an Obama issue, cuz everyone knows Obama just wants to stick up for all the Negroes, especially the mulattoes. Hey, thanks for setting us straight. Well the police/professor issue was not something he should have gotten into either.... But he did."No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 7 #19 September 23, 2009 QuoteWhat makes me laugh is that - just like clockwork! - stories like this make all the closet (and some not-so-closet) racists come out of the woodwork and wax all indignant. Pointing out an inequality makes you a racist? I guess Rossie Parks was a racist according to you. Being allowed, or not being allowed to do/have/wear/say something based only on race *IS* racist. Pointing out when it happens is not."No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,435 #20 September 23, 2009 >Being allowed, or not being allowed to do/have/wear/say something >based only on race *IS* racist. Agreed. Assuming that race is the only important connection between any two people is racist as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #21 September 23, 2009 QuoteWhat makes me laugh is that - just like clockwork! - stories like this make all the closet (and some not-so-closet) racists come out of the woodwork and wax all indignant. Go get a new one, Andy...yours is way past worn out.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 0 #22 September 23, 2009 Eh, you might have half a point if it wasn't the same, ol' folks cryin' in their beer about "reverse discrimination" all the time. But, alas, it is... and thus I stand by my point. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 7 #23 September 23, 2009 QuoteEh, you might have half a point if it wasn't the same, ol' folks cryin' in their beer about "reverse discrimination" all the time. But, alas, it is... and thus I stand by my point. So, I guess people like MLK are to be discounted as well... I mean he 'cried in his beer about discrimination' a bunch. Number of attempts to point out the problem does not make someone a racist either."No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 0 #24 September 23, 2009 You're still evading my point, and I still stand by it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 7 #25 September 23, 2009 QuoteYou're still evading my point, and I still stand by it. No, I am pointing out how your point, and the logic you use to support it, is weak. The number of times a person stands up for what is right and truly fair does not make them a racist. Only racist actions make a person a racist... Pointing out discrimination in ALL its forms (to include reverse discrimination) is not racism. In fact not pointing out, or worse defending, reverse discrimination *IS* racism."No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
