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RummyTheDummy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 12:58 AM Original message |
So I guess black people can't swim? |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
1. Geeze, the North Miami police have been resisting this... |
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DANDI (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
2. So, the mayor is Haitian-American |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 07:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Welcome DANDI! |
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the Kelly Gang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
3. don't think they can vote either in Florida !! |
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MinnFats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 03:05 AM Response to Original message |
4. reminds me of that L.A. Dodgers exec (can't remember his name) |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 08:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
20. Al Campanis |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 06:25 AM Response to Original message |
5. I hear there's a direct correlation between access to swimming pools |
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The Zanti Regent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 07:51 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. I remember segregation too well |
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Bombtrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
6. Actually black people have a much higher percentage of not learning |
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bearfartinthewoods (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 07:58 AM Response to Reply #6 |
17. IT'S NOT THAT THEY CAN'T SWIM!!!! |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 08:04 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. All the people I know who don't swim are black, except my grandmother |
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Blasphemer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 01:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
31. It's not just an American thing... |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
7. I've never understood this phenomenon, |
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Bombtrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 06:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Read my above post |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 06:38 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I grew up in a somewhat urban area |
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Bombtrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 06:42 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Yeah, and less black kids go to camp. I only got to go to camp |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 06:56 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I think your right about affluence playing a factor |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
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bearfartinthewoods (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 08:01 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. crap...the question isn't whether they can float |
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SpaceCatMeetsMars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 08:25 AM Response to Reply #12 |
23. I was a camp counselor at an inner-city Y |
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Lady President (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 01:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Floating is different |
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qb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
13. The police chief and mayor refer to Haitian applicants who can't swim. |
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PfcHammer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
15. gawd darn. y'all don't no nuthin. it's genetical. |
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pebbles1 (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
21. Ma state troopers in the 70s |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 12:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Hi pebbles1!! |
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Samurai_Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
22. When I was on the swim team and water polo team... |
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never_get_over_it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
24. I have three bi-racial nephews |
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Stockholm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
25. This is of course a question of environment not |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
26. Unless black comedians have been lying to me . . . |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 01:09 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Like ice dance. |
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cmf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
29. Good Grief |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-04 01:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Yeah, I can swim. |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-04 01:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. But even the hair stuff isn't what it used to be |
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GiovanniC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
30. Remember That Guy From Survivor? |
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Blasphemer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-04 01:25 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Survivor... |
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TheDonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-04 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
36. many blacks cannot swim due to socioeconomic reaons, and physical reasons |
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