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Old 04-16-2008, 01:07 AM
 
Location: La lune et les étoiles
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For oh so long, America has been so focused on Black people:

Black = affirmative action
Black = welfare
Black = gangs, drugs and violence
Black = teen pregnancies, unwed mothers, high birth rate
Black = inner city, urban decline, crime....

However, America is very quickly becoming "brown" and the issues that go along with the "browning" of America have just recently started to slowly drip into the consciousness of White America. And the gov't stats show that all of the issues that are listed above regarding "Blacks" are much more attributed to "Browns"....

So why is White America still focused on the Blacks and not the Browns? The Black population has never been(and will never be like the population that is to come with Hispanics) And White America is in for a big shock.
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Old 04-16-2008, 01:26 AM
 
Location: northeast US
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Black = Blues, jazz, spirituals, and the birth of rock n' roll.

Black = great writers like the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin.

Black = great American patriots like the famed Tuskegee Airmen of WWII.

Black = great athletes like Jackie Robinson and Wilt the Stilt Chamberlain.

Black = great intellectuals and orators like Frederick Douglass, WEB duBois, and Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Get your facts straight, calipoopy.
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Old 04-16-2008, 01:33 AM
 
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What's up with this "Brown" stuff? Why does it seem that people are suddenly trying to "create" a third race in this country? Also, when you use the term "brown" who are you really referring to? Black people come in every shade of "brown" and skin color. Almost all Hispanics, with the exception of darker tone Puerto Ricans have white skin and are genetically "White". This is especially true for Mexicans. I guess my point is that black people are already "brown".
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Old 04-16-2008, 02:20 AM
 
Location: California
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For oh so long, America has been so focused on Black people:

Black = affirmative action
Black = welfare
Black = gangs, drugs and violence
Black = teen pregnancies, unwed mothers, high birth rate
Black = inner city, urban decline, crime....

However, America is very quickly becoming "brown" and the issues that go along with the "browning" of America have just recently started to slowly drip into the consciousness of White America. And the gov't stats show that all of the issues that are listed above regarding "Blacks" are much more attributed to "Browns"....

So why is White America still focused on the Blacks and not the Browns? The Black population has never been(and will never be like the population that is to come with Hispanics) And White America is in for a big shock.
This sounds like something a White supremacist would say. "Hey, lets shift our focus on Hispanics now because they are the fastest growing minority in the U.S."
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Old 04-16-2008, 03:29 AM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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For oh so long, America has been so focused on Black people:

Black = affirmative action
Black = welfare
Black = gangs, drugs and violence
Black = teen pregnancies, unwed mothers, high birth rate
Black = inner city, urban decline, crime....

However, America is very quickly becoming "brown" and the issues that go along with the "browning" of America have just recently started to slowly drip into the consciousness of White America. And the gov't stats show that all of the issues that are listed above regarding "Blacks" are much more attributed to "Browns"....

So why is White America still focused on the Blacks and not the Browns? The Black population has never been(and will never be like the population that is to come with Hispanics) And White America is in for a big shock.
Get ready for a society that will benefit enormously at the passing of that collosal idiot and poster boy for the honky tonk George Dubya, and the election and emergence of a new age of enlightenment, dignity, competence, inclusion, racial tolerance, dixie condemnation, and progression that is Barack Obama.

Time to get out of the Dark Ages as characterized by your post.
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Old 04-16-2008, 06:59 AM
 
Location: Minnysoda
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Get ready for a society that will benefit enormously at the passing of that collosal idiot and poster boy for the honky tonk George Dubya, and the election and emergence of a new age of enlightenment, dignity, competence, inclusion, racial tolerance, dixie condemnation, and progression that is Barack Obama.

Time to get out of the Dark Ages as characterized by your post.
Thats what they said in South Africa when Mandella took over
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Old 04-16-2008, 07:14 AM
 
Location: One Day their Lies will Collapse
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Thats what they said in South Africa when Mandella took over
Yes, that's true. And now South Africa has basically crumbled just like every other Black-majority country in Africa.

Under apartheid crime was lower and the cities were first world and resembled those of Europe. Now?....

Hell, I can't even think of one invention from a Black-African from Africa. Not one!!! Despite the millions of inventions from Europeans...

America is going to go down the road of South Africa, Mexico, Ecuador, etc if we continue this massive policy of third world importation and no assimilation. Especially when the vast majority of these third worlders don't even have a high school education.
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Old 04-16-2008, 07:23 AM
 
Location: Mesa, Az
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Whoa Nellie!

There is NO 'brown' race--------Hispanic is a political label only. There are Neo Nazi groups in South America whose members would be legally Hispanic in the USA.

As for so-called brown people:

Arabs (Anglo White)
Sicilians (Anglo White)
Gypsies/Roma (Anglo White)
North Africans (Anglo White)

Many 'Blacks' would qualify along with many non Hispanic American Indians.

There are East Indians (Asian)
Some Thai, Cambodians, etc. (Asian)

Bottom line: putative 'brown' people can be of any race/ethnicity.
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Old 04-16-2008, 07:39 AM
 
Location: Sacramento
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Yes, that's true. And now South Africa has basically crumbled just like every other Black-majority country in Africa.

Under apartheid crime was lower and the cities were first world and resembled those of Europe. Now?....

Hell, I can't even think of one invention from a Black-African from Africa. Not one!!! Despite the millions of inventions from Europeans...

America is going to go down the road of South Africa, Mexico, Ecuador, etc if we continue this massive policy of third world importation and no assimilation. Especially when the vast majority of these third worlders don't even have a high school education.
I've read postings where you have taken a look at WW II and basically understood history from a different perspective. When I was looking over the "World" Forum I saw a posting (thread titled "How Safe is Japan", posting #10) where you mentioned that:

Japan is an example of why diversity isn't exactly great.

The Japanese value their race, culture, and homogeneous population.

And in doing so they've built a successful, first-world nation-state with a great educational and welfare system. (Socialist Scandinavia is another example similar to Japan... except that their crime rate has been rising due to the importation of a 'foreign element').

Europe, the U.S, and other countries should take a hint from Japan.



So, based upon where we are today as a nation, you specifically suggest we do what?
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Old 04-16-2008, 01:46 PM
 
Location: La lune et les étoiles
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Black = Blues, jazz, spirituals, and the birth of rock n' roll.

Black = great writers like the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin.

Black = great American patriots like the famed Tuskegee Airmen of WWII.

Black = great athletes like Jackie Robinson and Wilt the Stilt Chamberlain.

Black = great intellectuals and orators like Frederick Douglass, WEB duBois, and Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Get your facts straight, calipoopy.
"I" don't disagree with this, however when a great number of Americans think of Blacks...those wonderful things are not what come to mind.

I believe that for an extremely long time Americans have used Black Americans as a fail-safe scapegoat for all of its problems. There is a huge shift that I believe has been overlooked until the very recent past.

Why is every "race" conversation on this board about "Black" and "White"? It nigates the soon to be largest minority group in the country.
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