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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:09 PM Original message |
Thank you Morgan Freeman. In this interview, you've stood up more for our race than anything else... |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. Morg is the semblance of cool. |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yeah he is, I Love the guy. n/t |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
60. And sexy.... |
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BakedAtAMileHigh (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:06 AM Response to Reply #60 |
94. tell it to his grand-daughter |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 11:06 AM Response to Reply #94 |
102. Zing.... |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 12:28 PM Response to Reply #94 |
127. Get over yourself. nt |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #127 |
142. In all fairness... |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 01:21 PM Response to Reply #142 |
146. In all fairness my eye. Why are you stalking me??? There are actual |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 02:44 PM Response to Reply #146 |
165. This is a public forum, and comments are easitly read and available |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #165 |
167. Correction! I only admonished YOU to get over yourself because.. |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 04:21 PM Response to Reply #167 |
172. I don;t think the term "outrage" means what you think it does.... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:01 PM Response to Reply #94 |
194. Wow . . . Really -- !!!! ???? What's that all about? |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 11:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
104. I adore that man |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. Amazing exchange. nt |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. It hasn't escaped me that they chose the shortest, dullest month of the year too. (nt) |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. Oh, come on. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. It gets old after the first few dozen loops.. (nt) |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 07:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
65. They? |
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Caliman73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
154. Hey, I was born in February! |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 02:10 PM Response to Reply #154 |
161. +1000 |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 02:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
160. Happy Valentine's Day to you, too. |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yeah, like we have Women's History Month |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. good for him. "black history is american history," exactly right. from the first landing. |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Amen. n/t |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. march is women's history month. I don't really mind. But I get your point and it is well taken. |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. But that's Mr. Freeman's point. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Making up for past willful ignorance of what really happened to prevent black people |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 08:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
193. Agree with our points re "propaganda of white male history" . . . |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 04:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
42. Not pointing out race at all would seem kind of silly. |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 06:06 PM Response to Reply #42 |
56. do we say that other French authors are "white, French males"? |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 10:24 AM Response to Reply #56 |
100. If I don't include that in the description, would you assume it? |
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Moonwalk (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 12:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
126. Well, to be fair, it is amazing if other races (likely white males) did everything in their power-- |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. Well OK that makes sense to me. |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. See post 8. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 04:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
43. I have felt that way for decades. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 03:56 AM Response to Reply #12 |
85. I don't think "don't point out race" is exactly it. you can't teach history without |
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janet118 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. Yeah, March is "women's history month" - insulting n/t |
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Moonwalk (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
132. I agree. I think April would be a much nicer month for Women's History. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. I think that Black History Month has taught many who wouldn't have learned otherwise, |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. But Frenchie, read the last paragraph of the OP. |
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bonnieS (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-06-10 10:09 AM Response to Reply #13 |
203. we have |
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1awake (852 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. I agree with you FrenchCat, |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 03:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
83. it wasn't the designation of a special month, it was the fact that history related to |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
15. Before they created "History" months, no one was aware of Black History or.. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Yes, and we do our children a disservice if we don't insist on the truth. |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. Electing a Black President did not end racism... |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
133. "it is White History 24/7/365" |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. But Native Americans are just as oppressed. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 05:58 PM Response to Reply #22 |
54. And it's extensively covered in text books... the wars, massacres, diseases, etc. nt |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 06:33 PM Response to Reply #54 |
62. there's more to Native American history than wars, massacres, and diseases |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
33. This is one of the earliest books that addressed black history in the mass media |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 03:50 AM Response to Reply #15 |
84. That's the point: it's not the month, it's the teaching of the history & the way it's taught. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 12:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
118. Thank you! Couldn't have said it better myself, Ozyman. n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
17. May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Do schoolchildren even know those months exist though? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. I haven't had small children in the house for about 15 years |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
19. I see his point, however, it really should be a month of AWARENESS of |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
21. Actually, all of those HAVE been relagated to a month |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. See post #23. Do schoolchildren even know those months exist? |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. They do in my school district. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 03:36 PM Response to Reply #25 |
169. some schools do it differently |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 05:19 PM Response to Reply #21 |
47. Hell, I didn't know we got a month |
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Moonwalk (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #47 |
136. I want your month. September-October is such a lovely time in the Fall.... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
24. Should we get rid of Columbus Day, too? And MLK Day? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. We need to PRESERVE Columbus Day |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. But here's the point: can you celebrate really positive things about Italians |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 04:01 AM Response to Reply #30 |
88. and maybe he wasn't even italian. "italy" as such didn't even exist, |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 08:31 AM Response to Reply #88 |
92. Yes, they did, quite true. And the money that was made thru banking in Florence was |
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Moonwalk (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
139. Can you celebrate really positive things about Italians? Hard, when most Americans-- |
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Caliman73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #139 |
159. Wow did you forget the sarcasm thing? |
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Moonwalk (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #159 |
163. Too late to edit the original, but here you go-- |
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Caliman73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 10:54 PM Response to Reply #163 |
199. Too late to edit, but I apologize and retract my previous comment. |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. This again...? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 04:01 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Oh, you bet. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #35 |
51. Absolutely |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 06:10 PM Response to Reply #51 |
58. thank you n/t |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #51 |
72. Columbus sailed under the flag of Spain. Spain and Portugal were your real enemies |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 11:16 AM Response to Reply #72 |
103. Let me guess... you are of Italian descent. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 01:53 PM Response to Reply #103 |
158. I wish I were. But I do confess that I love Italy and go there as often as possible. |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 04:12 PM Response to Reply #158 |
171. Huh? For real? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 04:45 PM Response to Reply #171 |
174. I am a WASP and I agree with everything you said. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 07:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
64. Deleted message |
anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 07:21 PM Response to Reply #27 |
67. Wut? Columbus has nothing to do with the American empire. nt |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 07:49 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. Well, he DID sail to America under the flag of Spain. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #67 |
195. Well. . . the murdering, enslaving, stealing -- genocide part . . . yeah!!! |
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Moonwalk (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
138. In Berkley, CA they don't call it Columbus Day. They call it" Indigenous People's day"-- |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #24 |
44. my 8 year old goes to a progressive school |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
32. That last paragraph does not sound like Morgan Freeman |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 03:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. The last paragraph is mine. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. You have been shown that they have. n/t |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Ok. The month exists. Why the lack of posters. calendar markers, signs, etc.. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 04:11 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Because their "months" haven't been around long enough to get the same |
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Moonwalk (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #40 |
164. Maybe because the months are confusing? I mean-- |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #164 |
170. Isn't Black History Month the groundbreaker, the oldest among these? |
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Moonwalk (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 05:34 PM Response to Reply #170 |
182. As a Californian, I have to say that I could think of nothing more bitterly hypocritical of my state |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 05:45 PM Response to Reply #182 |
184. Well, I think I understand how you feel. |
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Moonwalk (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 01:09 PM Response to Reply #32 |
141. Yes, gays do have June. Which would be a lovely month for gay history if it wasn't-- |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
37. K&R |
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FLDCVADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
45. I agree |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
46. Speaking as a Native American... |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 05:20 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Actually.... |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 05:26 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Yeah, I noted the month upthread |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 05:44 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. I'm in Florida |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 12:25 PM Response to Reply #52 |
124. In second grade, my son "drew" what president to represent |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #48 |
121. Not surprised, because of the RW rants about PC |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 10:34 PM Response to Reply #46 |
74. Thanks for making your point. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
49. I agree with Mr. Freeman but it should be noted... |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
53. He makes an interesting point, but the solution isn't ending BHM--at least not yet |
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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
55. K and R. We will never overcome racism... |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
57. "Black history is American history" |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
59. .......... |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
61. Yes, Black History is American History, but that doesn't mean that African American History Month is |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
63. Black history month relegates the black experience in the US as the other |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. Wish I could recc this. n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 01:48 PM Response to Reply #63 |
155. Human relationships are built on both the distinction of self from other |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
66. I read that in his voice. nt |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:32 AM Response to Reply #66 |
96. :) Andy Dufrain. n/t |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
69. He's right |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
70. I don't understand anything about this exchange. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 10:32 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. It's also not an either or proposition. Just because you have a birthday |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 11:09 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. Exactly. I think that this is one of the weirdest and worst threads I've seen in a while. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 11:12 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Well, maybe this is how we get to Carniegie Hall. |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 05:20 PM Response to Reply #76 |
175. E, judging by the number of recs and "right on, Morgan!" posts in this thread |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 05:29 PM Response to Reply #175 |
179. LOL |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 12:16 PM Response to Reply #75 |
120. Amen to that! n/t |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #70 |
111. He finds it condescending. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 11:58 AM Response to Reply #111 |
115. The whole exchange is embarrassing. Neither he nor Wallace |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 12:26 PM Response to Reply #115 |
125. I expected more from him. n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 12:38 PM Response to Reply #125 |
129. I don't know anything about him except that he's a great actor. n/t |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #129 |
134. I mean, as a seemingly intelligent black man of his age, |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #134 |
137. His response may have been calibrated to the situation. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #137 |
140. That makes sense. Hollywood is known for "black balling" |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #140 |
147. People get silently banned from entertainment venues for being "difficult" |
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MindandSoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
77. Morgan Freeman makes a very good point! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 12:33 AM Response to Reply #77 |
78. How is BHM stupid and counter productive? |
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MindandSoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 11:49 AM Response to Reply #78 |
112. I never thought of it that way before, but Morgan Freeman's is making a good point |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #112 |
117. What good point is he making? He's claiming BHM marginalizes |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
79. While I completely agree with Morgan Freeman -- especially about us ALL dropping |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 04:17 AM Response to Reply #79 |
90. "We need to hear more history of the world, however, without the spin -- Howard Zinn history!!" |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 05:27 PM Response to Reply #90 |
177. Actually the Native Americans STOLE this continent from us . . . !! Right? |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 06:08 PM Response to Reply #177 |
189. They didn't steal it from the European settlers. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 08:50 PM Response to Reply #189 |
192. Native Americans weren't attacked ... they could only count up to $24 and LOST the continent---!! |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 10:34 PM Response to Reply #192 |
196. Funny. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 11:07 PM Response to Reply #196 |
200. "St. Zinn" . .. ?? You could hardly be making yourself clearer . . . |
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phasma ex machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
80. Who's history? |
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jobwithout (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
81. I don't need a special month. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 03:59 AM Response to Reply #81 |
87. You may not have noticed this but there are several minority groups |
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jobwithout (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 08:22 AM Response to Reply #87 |
91. I respectfully disagree. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #91 |
109. LOL. For some reason, I had a feeling you'd do that. |
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farmout rightarm (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 12:20 PM Response to Reply #81 |
122. A most incisive post. I'm not black but I am gay (and old enough to be a grandfather) so I can |
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jobwithout (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-06-10 01:02 AM Response to Reply #122 |
201. I don't have a problem with African American |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 02:51 AM Response to Original message |
82. It was a good idea back in the day |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 03:59 AM Response to Original message |
86. Really? |
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voc (279 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 04:14 AM Response to Original message |
89. Freeman misses the point... |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:27 AM Response to Reply #89 |
95. "Negro" on the current Census... |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #95 |
156. Assimilation |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #156 |
168. This thread is interesting. It looks like a lot of people agree with Freeman |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 05:28 PM Response to Reply #168 |
178. E, you're not surprised by this, are you?? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #178 |
180. Not surprised. Americans seem to think that not talking about race |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 06:08 PM Response to Reply #168 |
190. indeed |
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phasma ex machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-06-10 01:13 AM Response to Reply #95 |
202. I pray to G-d that I never get assimilated into America, the Daughter of Babylon. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 11:53 AM Response to Reply #89 |
114. Wait -- what do you mean, every other group named has been assimilated? |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
93. .................. |
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cmf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
97. I agree to a point |
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BeliQueen (433 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
98. I agree and I disagree |
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serbbral (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
99. About Jewish Heritage Month........ |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 11:38 AM Response to Reply #99 |
105. True...unfortunately Black History Month is the only one our schools care about though. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #105 |
110. So are you a teacher or in one of those schools? |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
101. K&R |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
106. K&R. |
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Brewman_Jax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
107. Post racial? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
108. What should I think about this? |
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ChadwickHenryWard (692 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
113. It was a fine idea at first. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
116. What's worse - relegated to the shortest month of the year |
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ctaylors6 (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 12:21 PM Response to Reply #116 |
123. was originally a week, not month, chosen week of Douglass & Lincoln bdays |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
119. it was a necessary cultural step to give focus |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #119 |
135. Freeman confuses phenotype with the celebration of a culture. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
128. I don't necessarily agree with Mr. Freeman. |
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Moonwalk (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
130. Of course, if we did have a gay, Native American, Asian and Latin American History -- |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #130 |
131. This has been posted to this thread about six times. We do have those months. |
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Moonwalk (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #131 |
148. I know we have those months--I should have been more specific--having those months and actually-- |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #148 |
149. I think Rush already does that. |
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BennyD (207 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
143. I quit defining people by groups years ago. I wish our government would do the same! |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
144. Why do you refer to African Americans as a different race? |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
145. Hell, the few times anyone asks about my ethnicity, I just say "Cracker"... |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 01:28 PM Response to Reply #145 |
150. I hate all the ''nice'' names for white and prefer most of the insults |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 01:34 PM Response to Reply #150 |
153. When my Mom went to D.C. during the War, she was asked about her origins: |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 06:00 PM Response to Reply #153 |
186. ha! |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 06:01 PM Response to Reply #153 |
187. that explains Cracker Barrel |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 01:50 PM Response to Reply #145 |
157. I think January was National Pie Month. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
151. Here's an idea--how about "Honoring Our History" Month? |
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Christa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
152. K & Highly rec'd nt |
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Eric Condon (761 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
162. I think this article says it all |
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brindis_desala (866 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
166. You only feel demeaned because the whole of your history |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
173. Ok then, cancel it. Assuming of course everyone agrees. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
176. You don't understand the difference between "relegate" and "emphasize" |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 05:33 PM Response to Reply #176 |
181. "The history of African-Americans is unique in this country" |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 10:44 PM Response to Reply #181 |
197. I know, I know. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 05:58 PM Response to Reply #176 |
185. I can't believe 90 other people don't get this either. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 10:49 PM Response to Reply #185 |
198. This thread should get a DUzy |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
183. It should just be more a part of history classes. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 06:01 PM Response to Reply #183 |
188. No way. Just like women's history is buried in our schools. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 06:46 PM Response to Reply #188 |
191. Well, I don't want them to be buried. |
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