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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:15 PM Original message |
Re: Imus....Should African Americans be held to the same standard as Whites? |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. You really think Imus and Chappelle are the same? |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I'm a Stern fan, so I despise Imus anyway... |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Chappelle is the only black comedian you identify specifically |
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NormanYorkstein (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. um, all of them? Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Bernie Mac, Cedric the Entertainer.... |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. We've got an example - Don Imus insulting the Rutgers women's basketball team |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:56 PM Original message |
So you're arguing that since I can't come up with a quote... |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
45. Fine |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. What are the racist things about white people that they say? |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. I've already listed a couple examples off the top of my head... |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:59 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. In other words, you got nothin' |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:04 PM Response to Reply #38 |
52. David Chappelle thinks white people are stuck up and lame? |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:23 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. Yeah, he's sitting here right next to me. He told me so. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. I've watched the show. |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:31 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. HE PUTS ON WHITE FACE AND TALKS "WHITE." |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. How, on earth, is it racist? |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:38 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. So if I paint my face black,,, |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:45 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. Well, now black face is entirely another matter. |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:53 PM Response to Reply #76 |
81. If I pull my eyes into narrow openings... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:56 PM Response to Reply #81 |
87. Those poor, poor white people. |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:05 PM Response to Reply #87 |
131. And that's the best you can do? |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:57 PM Original message |
"MAMMY"!!!! |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
94. Catwoman, you're such a racist. |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 07:25 PM Response to Reply #94 |
124. and Hermes too!! |
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NormanYorkstein (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:58 PM Response to Reply #76 |
91. actually, Chappelle is EXACTLY like that |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 06:02 PM Response to Reply #91 |
98. Do you understand the meaning of the word "context?" |
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NormanYorkstein (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 06:04 PM Response to Reply #98 |
103. do you understand the concept of "meaning"? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 06:04 PM Response to Reply #103 |
104. Yes. |
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NormanYorkstein (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 06:11 PM Response to Reply #104 |
112. that's subjective |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #112 |
114. You want to take a poll... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:49 PM Response to Reply #29 |
79. White Men Can't Jump |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:56 PM Response to Reply #79 |
88. What about it? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:59 PM Response to Reply #88 |
93. Trying to come up with some pop-culture racist anti-white stuff. |
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NormanYorkstein (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 06:00 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. I don't know, is it? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 06:01 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. How about |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 06:03 PM Response to Reply #96 |
99. I've never seen that movie. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 06:05 PM Response to Reply #99 |
105. silly. In reply to the one I replied to. Not a movie. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 06:02 PM Response to Reply #93 |
97. White Men Can't Jump is not racist in any way. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 06:09 PM Response to Reply #97 |
108. white men can jump though. |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 07:41 PM Response to Reply #79 |
126. I'm glad you brought that up. |
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Egalitariat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
157. DL Hughly has made his living exclusively from making fun of white guys |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 10:27 PM Response to Reply #157 |
159. The rules |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 10:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
160. Okay, old info, but I bet it's still going on. |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. I never watched Dave Chappelle. |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Definitely not. It's extremely popular, especially with young white males. n/t |
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NormanYorkstein (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. he has absolutely been protested |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Wow, I had no idea. |
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NormanYorkstein (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
92. no link |
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sandrakae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. There is a double standard. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. No outrage here... |
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NormanYorkstein (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
71. What about in Quentin Tarintino in Pulp Fiction? |
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American liberal (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
135. not true. Please see my response below. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. Ehhhh, Not Sure About That One. But I Don't Think He Should Be Fired Either. |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. while I agree that in an ideal world no one would be a racist, power or not |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Yeah but Imus does comedy... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. Until we are all treating each other completely equally |
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NormanYorkstein (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. Chappelle... |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. Context is everything. Perhaps you should take some time from your busy message board day |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Context IS everything... |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. So you can say, honestly, that no member of your family ever benefitted from slavery? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
44. My family tree has been traced back to 1520 England |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
53. Are you really that offended? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Where did you see me say that? |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:31 PM Response to Reply #56 |
67. I didn't mean to accuse you of saying thing |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:40 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. I agree, to a degree |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
64. You'll need to provide a case showing black people "beat up on" other groups. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:48 PM Response to Reply #64 |
78. That is what you are suggesting! |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
70. Hilarious |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:50 PM Response to Reply #70 |
80. Bullshit |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:56 PM Response to Reply #80 |
84. What a crock.... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 06:09 PM Response to Reply #84 |
109. I just did read it |
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American liberal (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:28 PM Response to Reply #84 |
139. yes, yes, yes!!! You go, Madspirit! |
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American liberal (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:25 PM Response to Reply #70 |
138. That's EXACTLY what I'm talking about |
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American liberal (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
137. If "noone is holding them back" |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. "We're ALL to intelligent for that" |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Well said! I was insulted by that comment! |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. You really should crack a history book |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #26 |
59. Why bring history into it? |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
75. You've redeemed yourself by pointing out I typed too quickly to get both "o's" down properly. |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:14 PM Response to Reply #75 |
133. Normally I wouldn't call someone on spelling/grammar... |
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American liberal (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:39 PM Response to Reply #133 |
143. so what category do MadSpirit and I fall in, India? |
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American liberal (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
142. India, I don't think you're getting the semantics of it... |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. Maybe if we didn't enslave them for the first 100 years |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Time to move on... |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Are you white? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
54. Yes |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 06:37 PM Response to Reply #54 |
120. trying to infer--- shit--- I'm big time inferring.... |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. true, but it also happened. And actually in our very recent past |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:04 PM Response to Reply #35 |
51. You can't put the egg before the chicken in this... |
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jeffrey_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #21 |
57. tell that to kids who are still growing up in the ghetto |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:25 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. That's bullshit |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:26 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. So why are black people more likely to be in the ghetto? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:47 PM Response to Reply #63 |
77. Are they? Are there more? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:57 PM Response to Reply #77 |
89. You mean you don't know? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 06:06 PM Response to Reply #89 |
107. No, I don't know |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 06:15 PM Response to Reply #107 |
115. Black people are far more likely to be poor... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 06:24 PM Response to Reply #115 |
117. If you take a child of any color |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 06:37 PM Response to Reply #117 |
119. If you take a child of any color... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 06:45 PM Response to Reply #119 |
122. Deleted message |
HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 07:23 PM Response to Reply #122 |
123. There's a difference between having a good self esteem... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 07:42 PM Response to Reply #123 |
127. If that's your backhanded attempt to insult me |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 07:48 PM Response to Reply #127 |
128. You've done it to yourself upthread. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 07:57 PM Response to Reply #128 |
130. Apples and oranges |
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American liberal (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:00 PM Response to Reply #122 |
150. Whoa, Juniperx |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 07:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
125. acknowledging history doesn't keep us from being equal, ignoring or forgetting |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. We didn't. |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:01 PM Response to Reply #32 |
49. But we've benefitted from it |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
136. You must be pretty old, then |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. Imus is worthless, not sure how he stays on the airwaves. |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
16. Senators and candidates don't do Chappelle's show |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. LOL |
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Annces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
27. Sort of beside the point |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. hey, you're preaching to the choir... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
34. Poor oppressed whites |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:01 PM Response to Reply #34 |
48. Yeah, cause that's what I said. No I didn't. |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
36. Racism and bigotry are ugly, nasty throwbacks, no matter who |
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qanda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
37. To say that white people are unable to make fun of blacks is just not true |
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NormanYorkstein (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:55 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. I thought they were making fun of Eminem? |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Yeah, weren't they doing...whatever it was...to 'Slim Shady'?? n/t |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 11:54 PM Response to Reply #40 |
161. Unlike you, Eminem recognizes that he is practicing a black cultural form |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Eww...NO! That was not funny. That was creepy. |
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NormanYorkstein (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #41 |
58. I do - it should be equal |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:34 PM Response to Reply #58 |
69. Do you think that's probably because 'hate' isn't funny? |
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NormanYorkstein (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:56 PM Response to Reply #69 |
86. you are probably right |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:00 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. There is a difference between humor and hate |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:09 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. That's a good point. n/t |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
39. Paybacks are hell?? |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:02 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. Thank you for a straight answer. I enjoyed reading your POV. n/t |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
47. There are plenty of racists out there from all walks of life... |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
66. Racism |
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JetCityLiberal (706 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:54 PM Response to Reply #66 |
83. Outstanding Post, bookmarked |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 06:10 PM Response to Reply #83 |
111. Thanks...go check |
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NormanYorkstein (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 06:03 PM Response to Reply #66 |
102. the distinction between racism and bigotry |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 06:10 PM Response to Reply #66 |
110. I'd recommend your post if I could |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:40 PM Response to Reply #66 |
144. Sums up this thread quite nicely even. |
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American liberal (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:10 PM Response to Reply #66 |
152. Madspirit, you are my new favorite person on DU! Way to go! |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
74. BTW, does everybody see the irony of the banner above this thread? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
82. Racism is racism. Sexism is sexism. Bigotry is bigotry. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
85. When African-Americans wield equivalent power... |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 07:51 PM Response to Reply #85 |
129. I don't either.nt |
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jedr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
90. Great discussion; |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 06:03 PM Response to Reply #90 |
101. Stern is a shock jock. Imus has entered the DC press circle. |
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jedr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 06:17 PM Response to Reply #101 |
116. I didn't state that the way I wanted to; |
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American liberal (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 12:06 AM Response to Reply #90 |
164. This is anything but a discussion |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
100. May I have instances where Blacks have disparaged whites over the airwaves? |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:28 PM Response to Reply #100 |
140. VH1's "White Rapper Show" |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:49 PM Response to Reply #140 |
147. Too bad she wasn't called on it... |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:55 PM Response to Reply #140 |
148. Vanilla Ice = Jackie Robinson |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 09:31 AM Response to Reply #148 |
172. lol. I wasn't comparing the struggle... |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
106. Should white have to deal with the same hardships & general shit that blacks have to put up with? |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
113. Blacks have ALWAYS been held to a HIGHER standard than whites... |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 06:26 PM Response to Reply #113 |
118. Would a white kid who wrote on a desk |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
121. Gotta get dem darkies back under control! |
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American liberal (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
132. This is a good topic, and it seems to come up periodically on many of the boards |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:17 PM Response to Reply #132 |
134. Thanks. According to some "holier than thou" posters I'm "race baiting." |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:45 PM Response to Reply #132 |
145. I think I'm going to trip you up... |
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American liberal (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:29 PM Response to Reply #145 |
155. Nope. You haven't tripped me up one bit. |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:31 PM Response to Reply #155 |
156. What is it then? |
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American liberal (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 12:08 AM Response to Reply #156 |
165. you tell me... but it's not racism. |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 12:45 AM Response to Reply #165 |
167. Wouldn't you agree.... |
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American liberal (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 08:38 AM Response to Reply #167 |
168. no I don't agree |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 10:35 AM Response to Reply #168 |
173. Can Asian people be racist? |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
141. Comedy and power |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
146. It's really very simple. |
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Solo_in_MD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
149. Yes, but the double standard is too deeply ingrained and those who criticize it are called racists |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
151. Oh, I can't wait until we start judging people on their character. |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
153. Why do so many black people put down gays? |
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Bluzmann57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
154. Not sure if I should answer this |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
158. Oh, please |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 11:59 PM Response to Reply #158 |
163. Yay...Morgana and Molly!! |
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Truthiness Inspector (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
162. Shitty racist comments are shitty racist comments |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
166. There are several different factors to look at when discussing Imus |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
169. It's not the same. Whites have not endured oppression and slavery for 100's of years. |
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femmedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
170. It isn't a double standard because the two situations aren't the same. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
171. Mmm.... nothing like the smell of the reverse racism lie in the morning. |
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