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Old 04-16-2011, 05:30 AM
 
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Can you name a few inventions from Black Africans from Africa? You know things like aspirin, the transistor, television, etc.
How about bipedalism?
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Old 04-16-2011, 05:59 AM
 
Location: San Diego, CA
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Why is it 'racist' to want to preserve your heritage and ethnic make-up?

Why should voluntarily becoming a minority in your homeland be something to strive for? Common sense would dictate it's idiotic.

If I wanted the U.S to resemble Africa or South America, I would move to those places. Quite frankly, I think there is nothing to gain from importing a predominately backwards third world people.

If you compare the number of scientific breakthroughs and inventions in this world, where have they came from - Europe or Africa or South America?
I bet if we looked we'd find some of my British ancestors likely said the same thing about one or more of your ancestors. "Why let in dirt poor & backwards people from..."
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Old 04-17-2011, 11:53 PM
 
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Can you answer the question - Some inventions from Black Africans from Africa? I mean, you literally have millions from White people just about everything around you, shouldn't be too hard to name a few from Black Africans, no?


Why did you 'desert' Detroit, desertdetroiter?
Why don't you ask an African from Africa? I'm sure he/she will be able to name something. What i can answer is the question that i posed to you: what did you invent?

Answer: not a damn thing. What's your excuse? Seeing as how you're from the race of inventors...right?

And i didn't "desert" anywhere. Hell, i don't even know what you're talking about.
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Old 04-18-2011, 12:15 AM
 
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Why?

Why are you so worried about the race of legal immigrants?

If it isn't racism, please do enlighten us on just what the big deal is, that you have to post multiple threads per day on this topic.

Obsessed?

He said nationality NOT RACE many countries have all races of people and mixes esp in latin america
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Old 04-18-2011, 04:57 AM
 
Location: New Hampshire
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We are importing ignorance and poverty and calling it "diversity".
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Old 04-18-2011, 05:01 AM
 
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Why?

Why are you so worried about the race of legal immigrants?

If it isn't racism, please do enlighten us on just what the big deal is, that you have to post multiple threads per day on this topic.

Obsessed?
Legal entry vs. illegal entry.

It just so happens that Mexico is on our border.
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Old 04-18-2011, 07:03 AM
 
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And just what are your standards for that? Who gets to decide what the threshold is to be "assimilated."



I like Teddy too, but a constitutional scholar he was not.

America is the marketplace of ideas. Why do you want to regulate that marketplace by labeling some ideas as American and some as not?
If you don't like American symbolism why are you here?
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Old 04-18-2011, 07:04 AM
 
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Why? It would be better to make these decisions based on how the potential immigrant would help our economy instead of using race as a factor.
Why can't Americans here help our economy?
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Old 04-18-2011, 07:04 AM
 
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Why is it 'racist' to want to preserve your heritage and ethnic make-up?

Why should voluntarily becoming a minority in your homeland be something to strive for? Common sense would dictate it's idiotic.

If I wanted the U.S to resemble Africa or South America, I would move to those places. Quite frankly, I think there is nothing to gain from importing a predominately backwards third world people.

If you compare the number of scientific breakthroughs and inventions in this world, where have they came from - Europe or Africa or South America?
Technically it is racist to want to "preserve" your ethnic make-up. That's right up with the philosophy of the KKK and Storm Front.
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Old 04-18-2011, 09:29 AM
 
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We are importing ignorance and poverty and calling it "diversity".
Really? Examples please.
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