Teaching kids that racisim is alive and well

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And can come from any direction
http://www.wset.com/story/22091089/martinsville-quilt-causes-controversy

You are only as strong as the prey you devour

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And can come from any direction
http://www.wset.com/story/22091089/martinsville-quilt-causes-controversy

Well, she exposed herself for the racist she is. Not uncommon seeing spooks where there are none.

So, who's gonna whine about the use of the word "spooks"?
I'll say before-hand....context, my friend, context. Else YOU are who I'm talking about.

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239

[mistercwood 287]

I only ever think of MI5/6 when I hear/read "spooks". I don't think of raccoons when I hear "coon", though.

You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

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I only ever think of MI5/6 when I hear/read "spooks". I don't think of raccoons when I hear "coon", though.

Obviously of Yankee ancestry.
Context, remember?

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239

[mistercwood 287]

Yankees are from the north, right? Dad's from Boston, so yeah, that works. Also, yeah. Wasn't disagreeing.

You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

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In that context the word coon would also be appropriate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-8U1x-RGYA

[GeorgiaDon 340]

Well, some people are obviously looking for any opportunity to be offended. They seriously need a different hobby.

Don

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Tolerance is the cost we must pay for our adventure in liberty. (Dworkin, 1996)
“Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.” (Yeats)

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At that meeting, one member was offended by a student's work.

This is the problem with the information age. Chaff.

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He thinking is very niggardly.

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Here's a picture of this councilwoman

Go figure

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.martinsville-va.gov/content/Image/1/sharon_brooks_hodge_12.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.martinsville-va.gov/Sharon-Hodge.html&h=2136&w=2824&sz=3793&tbnid=hGaqwwCtqI2HhM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=119&zoom=1&usg=__xkaXwIZGl07_RpWAVK-BQJD_Jmc=&docid=aTtc8bzxIf-pxM&sa=X&ei=YDqBUee2OKbC2AWRw4CgDA&ved=0CDIQ9QEwAA&dur=1732

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Here's a picture of this councilwoman

Go figure

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.martinsville-va.gov/content/Image/1/sharon_brooks_hodge_12.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.martinsville-va.gov/Sharon-Hodge.html&h=2136&w=2824&sz=3793&tbnid=hGaqwwCtqI2HhM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=119&zoom=1&usg=__xkaXwIZGl07_RpWAVK-BQJD_Jmc=&docid=aTtc8bzxIf-pxM&sa=X&ei=YDqBUee2OKbC2AWRw4CgDA&ved=0CDIQ9QEwAA&dur=1732

Go figure what? I think we can all agree that the best strategy is to ignore people who are so into playing the victim that they twist everything they see into some kind of an affront.

That being said, exactly what am I supposed to "go figure" from a photo of the councilwoman?

Don

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Tolerance is the cost we must pay for our adventure in liberty. (Dworkin, 1996)
“Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.” (Yeats)

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He thinking is very niggardly.

Who is "he"? "Niggardly" means "very tight with money"; good synonyms would be "stingy" or "miserly". How is this story an example of being "niggardly"?

Don

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Tolerance is the cost we must pay for our adventure in liberty. (Dworkin, 1996)
“Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.” (Yeats)

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Pretty sure calling someone jewish is more towards what you said than that word. I thought he just made that up. Have you heard of niggardly before?

I live in the south and I havent

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Here's a picture of this councilwoman

Go figure

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.martinsville-va.gov/content/Image/1/sharon_brooks_hodge_12.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.martinsville-va.gov/Sharon-Hodge.html&h=2136&w=2824&sz=3793&tbnid=hGaqwwCtqI2HhM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=119&zoom=1&usg=__xkaXwIZGl07_RpWAVK-BQJD_Jmc=&docid=aTtc8bzxIf-pxM&sa=X&ei=YDqBUee2OKbC2AWRw4CgDA&ved=0CDIQ9QEwAA&dur=1732

Go figure what? I think we can all agree that the best strategy is to ignore people who are so into playing the victim that they twist everything they see into some kind of an affront.

That being said, exactly what am I supposed to "go figure" from a photo of the councilwoman?

Don

Don,

What I am saying is why is it so convenient for blacks to cry racism, but when chris rock says inflammatory things about white people its totally OK?

Its a double standard.

Thats what you go figure.

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Have you heard of niggardly before?

I live in the south and I havent

Possibly because it has an entirely different etymology to the other N word. They share no relationship whatsoever aside from an entirely coincidental phonetic similarity. I think it came to English via Norwegian IIRC... or Swedish... one or the other in any event. Certainly has nothing to do with your skin colour.

[CygnusX-1 42]

Because Chris Rock is a comedian. In your act people are given certain artistic liberties. Who knew?

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exactly what am I supposed to "go figure" from a photo of the councilwoman?

That she's a niggard.

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Oh so comedians are the only ones allowed to be racist.

[wmw999 2,160]

Oh, anyone is allowed to be a racist. And others are allowed to talk about it, and if the racist exercises power illegaly based on racism, then they're allowed to file suit.

Wait -- this is America -- they can file suit regardless .

Wendy P.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

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Pretty sure calling someone jewish is more towards what you said than that word. I thought he just made that up. Have you heard of niggardly before?

I live in the south and I havent

It has caused controversy before:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/williams/williams020499.htm

"What if there were no hypothetical questions?"

[billvon 2,446]

>Oh so comedians are the only ones allowed to be racist.

Everyone is "allowed" to be racist - as people here prove all the time.

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Oh so comedians are the only ones allowed to be racist.

And that makes you furious doesn't it?

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Pretty sure calling someone jewish is more towards what you said than that word. I thought he just made that up. Have you heard of niggardly before?

I live in the south and I havent

It's been at the center of a few smaller controversies, e.g. David Howard's.

Blues,
Dave

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(drink Mountain Dew)

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It also means ungenerous or small. I resisted the temptation to misspell it too. Thinking that would be too much of an overload.
Admittedly it does require some mental gymnastics.

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Oh so comedians are the only ones allowed to be racist.

And that makes you furious doesn't it?

Not remotely. For the first time in quite a while I'm very happy.

Does that make you furious?