[Rhett_Butler]

Originally Posted by cmj_fla

Here is a quote from Theodore Roosevelt on his ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907.

"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."

Is this mentality still valid? Is the country so politically correct that it has lost it patriotism?

It [i]should]/i] still be valid, but it isn't.... The reasoning IMO crosses too far over into political discourse though, so I'll spare everyone the commentary

[kort677]

Originally Posted by cmj_fla

Here is a quote from Theodore Roosevelt on his ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907.

"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."

Is this mentality still valid? Is the country so politically correct that it has lost it patriotism?

awesome!
the should be spread far and wide

[RedWingsFan]

Originally Posted by cmj_fla

Here is a quote from Theodore Roosevelt on his ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907.

"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."

Is this mentality still valid? Is the country so politically correct that it has lost it patriotism?

Amen for Teddy! Two thumbs up!

[RedWingsFan]

Originally Posted by mrkool

That never-ending topic of evil old white racism.
It's real simple folks.... if minority behavior would improve (i.e. less crime, illegitimate births, trashing and graffiti-ing neighborhoods, disrespecting teachers and law enforcement, etc), then white "racism" would begin to lessen dramatically.
I haven't met a single white yet who really gives a damn about skin color alone. It is all about behavior. If minorities as a group tend to behave badly, then of course whites will form negative opinions, avoid minority neighborhoods, etc. It's called self-preservation, and minorities would do the same exact thing if whites were the troublemakers.
I can't believe that I have to explain this to some people.

You are SO correct!!! That's what I always say. It's more than skin color. People act differently. You hit the nail on the head. I totally agree.

[dreamofmonterey]

Originally Posted by James9283

Asian people have it easy, NO WAY. The most discriminated people of all time are those who are multiracial. At least people who are asian or perhaps white are even considered when filling out an application for a job! If your asian you are accepted by other asians or if you are black you are accepted by most blacks. However, if you are multiracial you are rejected by everyone. For instance, I grew-up bi-racial in the Detroit area. I was too "white" for most blacks and at the same time too "black" for most whites. I'm sorry, but it just gets a little too old when here about races fighting over who has it worse, I mean try to look a person as an individual instead of fitting into some socially contructed category in your brain! People are people not colors.

Honolulu is one of the most mixed race populations and they dont seem to have the issues that Miami has....

Just an observation.

[Magnolia Bloom]

Actually, it is a Latin soda and that is the can that they use to market it to Haitians. Here is the English version.

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w76/kshellyflorida/melon.jpg (broken link)

Originally Posted by jjnnino

A latin soda with writing in Creole ... did you mean a Haitian soda ?

Why do you assume it is Latin ?

If it does not bother the Haitians , why would you have an issue with it ?

I know you hate Miami and South Florida ... but c'mon you are going to extremes here .. you are really reachin here !!!

I will never , never understand how a person that passionately hates an area so , so much does not high tail it outta here ?

If I was stuck in my own hell , I would do the impossible to leave ... and not breaking your lease is no excuse .. what is happiness going to cost you maybe a couple of grand , heck I would not even think about paying it to save my mental health !!


Just looking out for ya ....CIXel !!

[china rose]

racisim isn't only bad in florida it is bad all over the world. and it isnt one certain race etc it isnt race at all. it is ignorance. it is mean it is of the devil to dislike anyone because of their skin color. that is no more different than eye or hair color. it is stupid and childish. people are people no matter where you come from or what color you are. there are good people and bad people and thats it. your one or the other. your not a white person or a black person etc as much as you are either a good person or a bad person. and we alllllllllll know right from wrong no matter what we have been taught. if we were taught to dislike over such stupid things we know we were taught wrong. people should be treated by the way they treat people. how boaring we would be if we were alll one color! heck i wish i could change my skin color id love to be a creamy moca!!!

[James9283]

Originally Posted by RedWingsFan

You are SO correct!!! That's what I always say. It's more than skin color. People act differently. You hit the nail on the head. I totally agree.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME!, some people really need to think before they make some of these statements. Racism comes from life experiences that are then twisted into stereotypes, predjudice, and discrimination. You cannot really think that people from different races all act the same or think the same depending on there race. There are many minorites in America that are don't act like the minorites that you have in mind and it becomes racism when you decide to have a "racial preference" to not be around them!

If I had a genie with only one wish, I would wish that human nature could learn to not try to always categorize other people, or groups of people, that are different from what they now but actually realize that we all have far more simularties than all of our differences combined. This is a dream that will probably never come true and sometimes it just becomes very depressing.

[James9283]

The difference between a city like Honolulu and most other cities like Miami and Detroit is simply segregation. Over the last sixty years or so people have practiced de facto segregation due to this so called "racial preference" they have. I have been to Honolulu and was amazed at the difference, very different from cities here. Untill people get past these things we will always have alot of racsim here.

[Ben Around]

Originally Posted by china rose

racisim isn't only bad in florida it is bad all over the world. and it isnt one certain race etc it isnt race at all. it is ignorance. it is mean it is of the devil to dislike anyone because of their skin color. that is no more different than eye or hair color. it is stupid and childish. people are people no matter where you come from or what color you are. there are good people and bad people and thats it. your one or the other. your not a white person or a black person etc as much as you are either a good person or a bad person. and we alllllllllll know right from wrong no matter what we have been taught. if we were taught to dislike over such stupid things we know we were taught wrong. people should be treated by the way they treat people. how boaring we would be if we were alll one color! heck i wish i could change my skin color id love to be a creamy moca!!!

I seem to recall part of a quote from by some religious dude who lived many decades ago, can't remember quite who said it... I just heard it again in February of this year. Something about judging people on the content of their character and not the color of their skin.... I dunno, guess it's just a quaint, old fashioned notion that's not suitable for the 21st century...