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Old 11-21-2009, 06:35 PM
 
Location: Houston/Heights
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I call my friends by name---and don't talk much to folks I don't know.
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Old 11-21-2009, 06:37 PM
 
Location: Florida
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Everything tastes better on a cracker
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Old 11-21-2009, 07:01 PM
 
Location: Victoria TX
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Well, I will tell you, that even my 6 and 7 year old will tell you that you must be a fool if you think they are african american. They will tell you, they have never been to Africa, and neither have their parents or grand parents. etc...
That's why I don't depend on 6 and 7 year olds for my lessons in history and ethnography.
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Old 11-21-2009, 07:04 PM
 
Location: Central, IL
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That's why I don't depend on 6 and 7 year olds for my lessons in history and ethnography.
Well, you can call blacks, African American if you want, no one can stop you. But just don't expect people to agree with you.
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Old 11-21-2009, 07:26 PM
 
Location: Victoria TX
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But just don't expect people to agree with you.
"When I find that people agree with me, I rethink my position". ---Mark Twain
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Old 11-21-2009, 07:31 PM
 
Location: Sierra Vista, AZ
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In a lot of neighborhoods calling an Italian "Guido" would get your butt kicked, but apparently not here
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Old 11-21-2009, 07:49 PM
 
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Only those who feel inferior take these things to heart IMO. Mark twian was wise man.
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Old 11-21-2009, 08:50 PM
 
Location: Houston/Heights
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"If yer skin is to thin, it don't mater what color it is". from the drunk at the end of the bar.
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Old 11-22-2009, 01:22 PM
SWV
 
Location: After College Brooklyn/Bronx/Queens NYC
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GET OVER IT, like someone said before a WHITE person probably wrote the script so take up with HIM/HER not the actor..lmao ..You guys complain a lot...
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Old 11-22-2009, 01:24 PM
 
Location: Houston/Heights
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GET OVER IT, like someone said before a WHITE person probably wrote the script so take up with HIM/HER not the actor..lmao ..You guys complain a lot...
Sorry, but what does that even mean? I may have missed something.
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