37th Annual Oakland Black Cowboy Parade today (Montclair: fit in, luxury)

[Deezus]

Originally Posted by Curmudgeon

Glad you cleared that up!

By the way, having lived in Japan and just outside Washington, D.C., I love the cherry blossom festivals.

Except why do they have to have Japanese Cherry Blossom Festivals? Where are the White Cherry Blossom Festivals?

[Curmudgeon]

Originally Posted by Deezus

Except why do they have have Japanese Cherry Blossom Festivals? Where are the White Cherry Blossom Festivals?

Why not the Pink Cherry Blosson Festival.

[Deezus]

Originally Posted by Curmudgeon

I consider it racist that there can be a "black" anything, including legislative black caucuses, when anything that would dare be called "white" is immediately labeled and villified as discriminatory.

Are you only offended when something is called "black" or are you equally offended by groups like the Asian-Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus or the Italian-American Legislative Caucus or the Jewish Caucus?

[Curmudgeon]

Originally Posted by Deezus

Are you only offended when something is called "black" or are you equally offended by groups like the Asian-Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus or the Italian-American Legislative Caucus or the Jewish Caucus?

Yep! They all offend me. But as radical an idea as I know it must be, I'm very much in favor of an American Caucus - hyphenates not necessary or encouraged.

[T. Damon]

Well I'm in favor of parades, just because they have a theme doesn't make them exclusionary. Kids love the animals and the bands and might learn a thing or two by seeing someone who looks like themselves in a position they never considered before. Sounds like a great escape for a couple of hours from a sometimes drab life for many living in the city.

Heck, I'm not even 100% Irish and attend the St. Patrick's day parade with many other non Irish attending and participating and don't feel excluded at all.

[NorCal Dude]

Gotta love Crums fake outrage. I find it funny that some one his age waits until now to talk about all the inequalities in the world.

Where was he in 1963,64, and 65 when blacks, mexicans, gays, and women, struggled for basic political and civil rights?

Why he was down in so cal of course. Being a beach boy. See back then, when the world was "his" he had no worries. Now all of a sudden, the country has "issues". LoL.

What is so sad is that it is so easy to see right through this act. He does not have a problem with a St. Patricks day and he does not have a problem when his jewish people lighting up a menorah in a public square in downtown Mountain View.

Why those are nice ethnocentric activities.

But some black cowboys, well thats just gosh darn awful. Call the press!!!! Call the cops!!!!! Call Bill Orielly!!!!!!!!!!!

[green_mariner]

I have a feeling this thread is not going anywhere good.

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by Lipton Mike

The Irish have had it far harder in America than any Black person. This is a fact.

Your comparing a potted fern to the entire Amazon Rain Forest.

And THAT is a fact.

[mayorhaggar]

Ok this guy is a racist who I bet is gonna get banned soon...please don't respond anyone.

[Curmudgeon]

Originally Posted by NorCal Dude

Gotta love Crums fake outrage. I find it funny that some one his age waits until now to talk about all the inequalities in the world.

Where was he in 1963,64, and 65 when blacks, mexicans, gays, and women, struggled for basic political and civil rights?

Why he was down in so cal of course. Being a beach boy. See back then, when the world was "his" he had no worries. Now all of a sudden, the country has "issues". LoL.

What is so sad is that it is so easy to see right through this act. He does not have a problem with a St. Patricks day and he does not have a problem when his jewish people lighting up a menorah in a public square in downtown Mountain View.

Why those are nice ethnocentric activities.

But some black cowboys, well thats just gosh darn awful. Call the press!!!! Call the cops!!!!! Call Bill Orielly!!!!!!!!!!!

Call the over-reaction squad. NorCal's on overload. In '63 and '64 I was in high school in Minnesota. In '65 in college.

The country's had issues for decades that you likely slept through or weren't even around for.