Richardo
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Wed Aug-31-05 03:05 PM
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The racism I keep hearing in 'real life' is pissing me off no end. |
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Edited on Wed Aug-31-05 03:27 PM by Richardo
Not here, not even in FR (where it's not surprising).
I mean from people I thought I knew and liked, who keep saying coded phrases about "they/those people" messing up the Superdome and "they/those people" coming in to Houston and "they/those people" looting and on and on and on and on. :grr: :nuke:
I'm glad I have this place as a refuge from that shit.
Edit for clarity.
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Nicholas D Wolfwood
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Wed Aug-31-05 03:08 PM
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"They" is NOT always a code phrase for racism in any way. You have to judge it by the person saying it.
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Richardo
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Wed Aug-31-05 03:09 PM
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Wed Aug-31-05 03:08 PM
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I'm sheltering myself from that sort of thing by steering clear of the outside world for a while. There are some ugly Americans out there.
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Wed Aug-31-05 03:16 PM
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4. we talk aoubt THEY who are robbiing our country blind |
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THEY who start illegal wars where people are dying EVERY DAY......THEY who are trashing our economy, making windfall profits for their buddies in the oil industry; THEY who are trying to theive our Social Security and Pension plnans....I could go on and on
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Richardo
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Wed Aug-31-05 03:25 PM
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6. True. But I'm getting these signals face-to-face, on a personal level. |
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It's not really that hard to figure out by attitude, voice inflections, body language, etc.
Believe me, I'm not overly sensitive to racism. But this is, and it stinks.
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Wed Aug-31-05 03:17 PM
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5. And Bush is feeding into this racism.... |
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...by the 'coding of his actions' for his base.....by his not reacting in a swift and compassionate manner to this tragedy.
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Wed Aug-31-05 03:26 PM
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7. I believe the proper term is "you people" |
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and it's just another way those in power are trying to divide "us" from "them".
And yes, it still sucks, no matter what term you use for it.
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Wed Aug-31-05 03:44 PM
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8. meh, my mother in law uses that as a synonym for y'all |
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as in "You people set the table and I'll get the dinner out of the oven" or "So I told the neighbors, you people need to watch out, or that tree's going to fall on your power line".
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