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not a lot of people don't care if you're orange

Mitch Hedberg had a good routine about this

...and it sure ain't easy being green.

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racists.

why not care about orange ppl?

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tbh, I probably would discriminate against someone with green skin. But that's just the generation I was brought up in.

"I don't care if you're black, white, purple or green!" I'm sure everyone has heard this in some shape or form in their lives (or SLives) -- but how true is it?

IRL you can't be purple or green, but in SL you can ... but so few are. As a colored avatar with a taste for wacky fashion - I've found that racism in SL is very cut and dry. I won't even bring a RL spin on it because that's a whole post in itself (ie the lack of realistic black skins beyond just being what I would consider a dark 'California' tan) and instead I'll only address what I'm familiar with.

So many folks have said that they dress their avatars in ways they wouldn't dress themselves IRL. I totally understand. Lots of folks say they choose not to be their 'RL' self because that would be boring to them, and I can kinda see that too. But seriously, does dressing your avatar like Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast At Tiffany's really give you that aire of individuality and excitement you're seeking? Is that really how you wish you could look?

I understand that if you run a business there are certain social stigmas (for lack of a better word) that go along with that responsibility. Somehow it isn't viewed as 'acceptable' to dress yourself as a seven foot tall Moogle who farts colorful stars (if someone makes that av I gotta have one!) if you plan to have any respect when it comes to customer interaction. The fact of the matter is: in SL you are judged on how you look - down to what color your skin is.

People say "I love my friends for who they are!" but nine times out of ten their friends just look like clones of the person who said that. Its completely understandable that you get in where you fit in (haha!) and people will choose who they want to talk to based up on appearance because hey - if they look like you they probably like the same stuff you do, right?

When will things move beyond appearances? When will it not matter if you have the hottest new skin/hair and matter more on the content of potential conversation? In a social MMO platform such as Second Life - I would think that people would be more socially minded and not so .. well .. small minded.

My avatar is purple. Purple hair, dorky t shirts, knee high socks, tennis shoes, and purple skin. I like how she looks. She's interesting, and in my opinion engaging. But there's a problem: no one else does. Okay so it isn't really a problem because I'm really not into the social scene much these days - but I was once upon a time! Even now I find myself roaming about just to see if there's any good conversation to be had. There really is more to SL than shopping and looped dances.

Over the past year I've done a bit of what I'd call an experiment. I found a couple 'normal' skins that I like to accompany the purple skins that I feel are really 'me'. When I wanted to make a 'quick' friend, I'd wear a normal skin and try to make my outfit match before I visited somewhere. People came up to me to talk, even though the conversation was 'petty'. You know "Wow I love your shoes where'd you get em?" or "Oooh that's a really cool shirt, who made it?" That kind of thing. But I always get the opposite reaction when I'm purple.

I can visit the same sim in 'my' kind of dress and not a soul will talk to me. When this happens I take innitiative. I start out with a simple 'Hi' usually ... which generates little to no response. Oooh back away I'm purple! It might be *gulp* contagious!

As I said earlier, I understand the 'business' end of having to look 'normal'. I've been operating a video business in SL for almost three years now (with the help of my husband Keith/Bebop Vox) and though its always seemed to be okay for HIM to look like a cyborg - I get shoddy treatment from clients when I'm in my purple skin. But once I slap on a CS or ND skin - all is right as rain! Its funny, but at the same time very very sad.

Why is it funny? Its funny to me because I know that the individuals who judge in such a way are in no position to do so. Even if you're a multi millionaire - you have no right to judge another person. Another thing that makes it funny is that big DUH factor of it just being an avatar. But it makes me wonder .. if these people have such a small tolerance for a deviation from the 'norm' here in SL .. what are they like IRL? And suddenly that's when it isn't funny anymore. They really are just being racist because I'm not whatever color they are (which ranges from redhead pale to Tom Jones Tan).

Many people have said "Oh don't be silly! There's no racism in SL!" Then I ask "Why are there so few skin makers that cater to anyone of color (ANY COLOR besides white, tan, and Christmas Turkey Skin). Why am I treated differently when I wear a skin made by Starley or Ambyance than when I wear my beloved Wysteria skin by Munchflower if there is no racism? Since there is no racism then every skin maker should have a rainbow of skin colors - or even have an actual black skin.

I've just come to the conclusion that content creation isn't about creativity at all - its about money. Content creators don't make things that make them happy .. they make things that the droning masses will buy. Sally Skinmaker doesn't care what color you WANT to be, she cares about what color you'll buy when you have a limited choice.

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I don't care if you're black, white, red or purple, PLEASE speak of substance not empty, meaningless ramblings of hope and change.

I pretty much like everybody. I don't care if you're black, white, Canadian (lol), gay, rich, poor, homeless, drug addict or Republican as long as you're a good person! Child abusers, animal abusers, and wife beaters can go to hell in a handbasket, however.

I don't care if you're black, white, purple,green,or yellow, ALL professional athletes are way over paid and over rated.

tbh, I probably would discriminate against someone with green skin. But that's just the generation I was brought up in.

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I don't care if you're black, white, purple, green or polka-dotted, I love a good BLT.

I don't care if you're black, white, purple, christian, hindu, pokodot, male, female, shemale.

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What the fuck? There are thousands upon thousands of people pouring into a town in Louisiana to "protest" (read: play the race card) the punishment for what these 6 kids have done. They (collectively) beat the shit out of a kid at school and even when he was on the deck kept kicking and stomping him almost killing the kid. Now, just hearing this without race being involved, I would say that the 6 kids need to be brought up on serious charges, and as adults since they are 16 and by then you definitely know right from wrong when it comes to kicking someone's ass. Now, I find out that because these 6 kids were black and the kid they almost killed was white, thousands upon thousands of people are pouring into this little town saying that the punishment is excessive. BULLSHIT. Where's Penn and Teller when I need them? I don't care if you're black, white, purple, or green you should be tried as an adult when you do something fucking stupid like that. And GOD FORBID it would've been 6 white kids kicking the shit out of a black kid because you know that that kid would've been tried as an adult and likely sentenced to execution just to show that we're a "fair" court system.

Listen, I'm not racist, nor do I in any way advocate racism, but COME ON PEOPLE. If 6 kids get together and collectively almost murder someone, they should be tried as adults, regardless of race. They should be brought up on felony charges. They said that this stems back to 3 months ago when 3 white students hung nooses in a tree and were only expelled. Let's see... hanging nooses in a tree (which don't get me wrong, is HORRIBLE) vs. stomping a mudhole in some kid's ass (not one of the noose kids, otherwise I might understand)... these are two completely different crimes. They're saying that those 3 kids should've been charged with a hate crime instead of just being expelled from school. While I might agree with you, I HAVE to say that you can't use that flub in the system to justify letting the so-called "Jena 6" get away with attempted murder. It's not a system where you can say, "Well, those 3 white kids just got expelled for hanging nooses in a tree, so our 6 kids now get a pass to kick the shit out of someone, they should just be expelled." It doesn't work like that.

I usually try to steer clear of political issues ESPECIALLY racial political issues, because 90% of the time racial issues are because us white people like to be completely fucking ignorant all over the country. But this time, it's a country full of our African-American friends that are being ignorant. Please people... please.

If you're offended by this blog, I'm not sorry in any way shape or form. If you'd like to argue with me, or debate my points, feel free to message me. If you want to remove me from your friends list or something, go for it. This is how I feel. I have nothing against black people, in fact I hate white people a lot most of the time, and I have a right to say what I think. If you don't like it... eat a dick.

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Why does this always have to turn into a racial thing?!? It's terrible that that man was killed and I agree that there should definately be an investigation. But seriously...for a race that fought for so long to get equality, you guys sure like to make race an issue. If you didn't know equality means that everybody is equal and applies to both white people AND BLACK PEOPLE! I'm not a racist person at all, I don't care if you're black, white, purple or any other color...but this crap makes me want to start.

ethan, you are like a moth to the flame of moronic racial remarks ...

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you are like a moth to a flame of riding my nutsack

er, ethan, that wasn't a criticism -- it's a fact that you like to go searching for racist and/or generally politically dubious comments.

i see that your temper hasn't abated in a few years, though.

and i should add that what you find is pretty funny a lot of the time. what keeps you doing it?

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In a perfect world, race would not be an issue. If a white cop was involved in an incident with a person of color, whatever that color might be, the facts of the matter would be based on details, color not being one of the factors. But this isn't a perfect world. We all hold some prejudicial elements in our thought process, when skin tone is a factor. I don't care who you are, or how open minded you claim to be. >>I don't care if you are black, white, brown or mauve,<< somewhere in your psyche, perhaps right at the surface or buried deep, we all make judgements at times that are racially biased. The person of color who automatically feels they are being targeted based on race has a long historical reference to bolster their feeling. Likewise the average suburban white person who has been inundated with news of black on white crime, or reports of gang violence , will invariably recoil if approached by anyone remotely fitting that description.

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I have put a lot of thought into this and done a bit of research. He claims to be Church of Christ... CLAIMS... we don't really know for sure. I don't think people are stopping to think about his roots. But either way, he is half black and to a lot of people, especially around here, that's still black. I'm not a racist, but i do tend to over think things I guess. There are groups of people who gather and talk that are racist (ie KKK). Do you honestly think that if he was elected to be the next president that there would be no assasination attempts? Kennedy was assassinated and he had A LOT to do with the civil rights. Lincoln was assasinated and he helped free the slaves. Is our country really ready for a black president? I mean Lincoln was a long time ago, but Kennedy was less than 50 years ago. My mom still remembers the day he was shot. I have a friend who is black and fully supports O'Bama. His reasoning: He's black. He has no idea what the man stands for and what he wants to accomplish in office... just that he's black... I myself would have to meet a genuine person to even vote for a democrat...

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how many of those do you think are "meta" vs. authentic?

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lolz "I'm not a racist, but I do tend to over think things I guess"

damn xposts

most of the first few pages are about the phenomenon of "i'm not a racist but"

haha i just did that search

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When he did it, it was kind of street theater. I mean, he could bring people together. He was black, needless to say, but he was colorblind as an artist. In other words, his theory of art, of American art-making, was: you steal from everybody. I don’t care if you’re white, black, purple, or blue, if you make a sound that I like, I’m going to steal it, and then I’m going to acknowledge where I got it from. But I’m going to do everything I can to steal, borrow, it doesn’t really matter what word he used, I’m going to listen hard, take what I need from the various places in the culture that it happens to dwell.

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How would one write a letter to the editor over anti illegal Immigration without sounding like a racist?
If you were to write a 250 word letter to your paper over anti(It would a letter to the editor against the illegals and all of their freebies, states that have taken law and made it tougher for illegals there) illegal Immigration , how could you do it and not sound like a racist, yet get people's attention to this growing problem? Any ideas? The letter would have to apply to all sorts of communities and cities.

"i don't care that you're bow-legged and i don't care that you're bilingual..."

presenting woody allen's new book, "i don't care if you're sephardic"

"It was about rebellion," says Rapp. "I don't care if you're black, white, green or yellow with orange polka dots, if you ain't got no money you're gonna click with people who ain't got no money -- you stick together and that's the way it is."

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There was a man in line ahead of me at the store one time who was being kind of a pain to the cashier. The store was busy and she was getting a bit exasperated. Suddenly the guy says, "She don't like Mexicans! That girl don't like Mexicans!" Um, no. Your being Mexican hasn't a thing to do with it. She's annoyed because you're being a pain in the ass! I knew a woman who was like that, too. One time when we were having lunch together she confronted another woman who was there whom I didn't get along with and caused a big scene. Afterwards, when I asked her why she did that she immediately said, "it's because I'm black, isn't it? You're mad because I'm black!" I told her, "I don't care if you're black, white or purple with green spots, I'm upset because that was an uncomfortable and embarrassing public situation back there--OK? If I was the kind of person that wouldn't like you just because you're black, would I even be here with you?" She was sort of taken aback but then understood where I was coming from. Being of a minority race doesn't mean you have free license to screw up and/or act like a jerk and not get called on it, by anybody whether of your race or not.

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My mom streamlines the phrase to an exasperated 'I do not care if you are PURPLE.' This is deployed at Racial Tension Moments in her store when a customer accuses her of prejudice because she declines their phoney rubber check. In all fairness to the woman, race is not the deciding factor on her side of the counter on such occasions.

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apparently no one is racist!

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Lil Tay (permalink). Apr 24th, 6:58am. I live in the ghetto,but im not a poor as bitch.

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I, as a Black woman, agree with your comments. Black people are just as guilty as the 'so called' Racist White persons for not creating a better atmosphere for race relations. Blacks are so quick to point fingers at others, but refuse to address the atrocities that go on in their communities every single day. I don't live in the Ghetto, but I still live in the same Black neighborhood I've lived in for the last 36 years and the Ghetto is closing in on us fast, so I see it go on everyday. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton will forever keep Black people in the Ghettos because, if for some grace of God that the majority of Black people make it out.... Those SOB's will no longer have a reason to blame 'Whitety' our all of our problems. And just for the record... I am a light complexioned Black woman who was called everything from a 'Honkey Ho' to a 'White Bitch' during most of my Junior High School days. Who should I blame for my pain during those sad and troubled times. Guess what... it ain't the 'White Man'.

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Give me a break. I could write a story about it, I lived it. My relatives lived by Tiger Stadium during that time. The only white family on the block. Cadillacs lined the block but the houses were in disrepair and the children were in rags but they had their Caddies. They went nuts I am NOT a prejudice person at all but the blacks did it to themselves. I saw many houses with bullit holes in them for what, entertainment? Burned stores etc. Why? Why bring it up.

nothing like getting your house shot up for entertainment

i am not a predjudice person

i don't care if you're black, white, predjudice

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"x is not really black" is the one of these i've encountered most in life.

and a result about obama on the first page! xp

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The news reporter is either thinking:

A) "Holy shit, I'm busted!"

B) "Oh shit, close enough!" Since there is a running truth/joke about black guys getting unfairly arrested/harrassed by police all the time just because they kind of look like another black guy who did something a few blocks away.

C) The absurdity of a news reporter reporting a crime he himself committed, completely regardless of any race issues whatsoever. It's practically a comedy sketch-- imagine Chevy Chase on SNL doing the news and a sketch that looks something like him popping up behind him while he looks slightly startled.

Multiple layers of humor that completely escape morons.

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I guess people will always be racists (All it takes is one rotten potato (not a great comparison but... I think Canada is less racist than a lot of places. We are the melting pot of the world and I'm happy to say, for one I'm NOT a racist. If I don't get along with someone, it isn't because of Race Religion or Color of their skin. It's because of personality clashes. I would like nothing better on earth than having all people treated like human beings and all abuse in every shape and form STOPPED in it's tracks. Wars should stop worldwide and everyone just get along together. We are going to need each other to accomplish this. Gale

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lol yeah i was just thinking one of those is me ><
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sign their posts like a friggin email

ilxor not too embarrassing re: "i'm not a racist," "i'm not racist"

"x is not really black" is the one of these i've encountered most in life.

-- horseshoe, Friday, June 6, 2008 12:23 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

yeah this is way common + very weird

I don't hate all women but I can understand how some men can get that way. Secondly if 99.9% of people came on here and praised women, it would be the 0.1% that would be exposed. That's femnazi propaganda for you.

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I love hitting it right back by saying 'wait, you're not really white either.'

So what would you say to all that person who is like "I'm not racist, but..."

Obviously that person isn't full of hatred for the people in the other race. Say they have friends or co-workers or whatever who they get along real well with. Someone who they can love and identify with and would even defend against racist attacks.

Yet there's something in a certain cultural demographic or stereotype that they repeatedly witness and it sets them off and they come out haranguing all [insert race here], despite their professed admiration to the actual real [insert race here] who they know.

What do you say to that person?

I mean, they're racist, but you'd think they could be made to see the light more easily than a total master-race person who buys into the philosophy and whatnot.

"Hi, Mom."

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I was wanting to kill some time and went to play Party Poker for free. Just logged in and picked a table. I didn't even glance at the names of anyone else seated there. Played the first hand and won. Then I happened to look at the scrolling messages and see... shoat leave this table right now. I'm thinking WTF? I then see that everyone else at this table has a Hispanic name. The asshole in me kicks in and I ask it what the problem is. He says didn't want any gringo players on this board. I'm already laughing so hard I can hardly type. I asked him if this was prejudice or what? He just said they don't want any cracker gringo on there with them. So I asked him did he want me gone just because I was a gringo. All I got was a fuck you. After much more baiting him with no response I finally just left after telling him I was leaving only because of the awful smell on that particular board.

Funny thing is I never thought of how politically incorrect our exchange was. To me it was just an asshole talking back to another asshole.

Of course the PC thing to say would've been... "Excuse me for accidently stumbling upon your board. Forgive me for anything bad that any of my kind has ever done to your kind. Please, just let me know if there's any way I can possibly make up for this terrible intrusion." I feel so guilty for being a white male US citizen.

Anyway, that's why I play at Full Tilt.

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Yet there's something in a certain cultural demographic or stereotype that they repeatedly witness and it sets them off and they come out haranguing all [insert race here], despite their professed admiration to the actual real [insert race here] who they know.

What do you say to that person?

There's some major unpacking needed of the difference between "race" and "culture" before I can really answer that question, because the two most certainly are not the same thing.

If they're someone I consider a friend, rather than bristle and call them a racist (which is usually totally destructive IMHO), I just talk with them about what they've experienced, and try to subtly suggest other reasons for it, or provide evidence that counters their point. But it totally depends on what they're pissed off about.

I was wanting to kill some time and went to play Party Poker for free. Just logged in and picked a table. I didn't even glance at the names of anyone else seated there. Played the first hand and won. Then I happened to look at the scrolling messages and see... shoat leave this table right now. I'm thinking WTF? I then see that everyone else at this table has a Hispanic name. The asshole in me kicks in and I ask it what the problem is. He says didn't want any gringo players on this board. I'm already laughing so hard I can hardly type. I asked him if this was prejudice or what? He just said they don't want any cracker gringo on there with them. So I asked him did he want me gone just because I was a gringo. All I got was a fuck you. After much more baiting him with no response I finally just left after telling him I was leaving only because of the awful smell on that particular board.

Funny thing is I never thought of how politically incorrect our exchange was. To me it was just an asshole talking back to another asshole.

Of course the PC thing to say would've been... "Excuse me for accidently stumbling upon your board. Forgive me for anything bad that any of my kind has ever done to your kind. Please, just let me know if there's any way I can possibly make up for this terrible intrusion." I feel so guilty for being a white male US citizen.

-- Pleasant Plains, Friday, June 6, 2008 12:54 PM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

Anyway, that's why I play at Full Tilt.

-- Pleasant Plains, Friday, June 6, 2008 12:55 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

I saw that commercial on World Poker Tour the other night!

Loved on Boondocks the other night on the second Gangstalicious ep when Granddad whipped out, "I'm not homophobic, buy..."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akinwale_Arobieke

The legend of Purple Aki

Stories about a man named 'Purple Aki', partially based upon Arobieke[4][5] (though wildly exaggerated), were common amongst children in Merseyside and the surrounding areas throughout the 1980s and 1990s.[11][12] 'Purple Aki' was said to have earned his name because he was "so black he was purple"[13], or more fancifully because he had purple hair[14]. As with most urban legends the details varied considerably, but stories usually involved 'Purple Aki' pursuing or capturing school children and then mutilating, raping or murdering them. He was also said to carve the initials 'P.A.' into the buttocks of his victims.

"Philadelphia?"

production assistant

I am so sick of hearing racism whenever anyone argues an issue with the Obama crowd. I’m from TN and have seen racism all my life and it has hurt me. Don’t call me a racist just because I’m from the south; I recently voted for Ford, Jr. in his bid for the governorship so I have no problem supporting a black.

Prejudices are a part of our American life. Just look at the Oscars. We have had a lot of stunning performances by black men and women in films thru the years yet only recently have Halley and Denzel been awarded Oscars. It was always going to be hard for a black to get the nomination. Many are not ready for that.

My problem is that the MSM, progressive bloggers and others have been so unfair and biased with their ridicule and insults towards Hillary, her husband and even poor Chelsea while Obama remains totally unvetted. Many Americans will not stand for these groups trying to cram someone down our throats. The close election reflects this. Obama will not be elected. I will never support him and am one of those Hillary girls who will go to McCain rather that allow groups to manipulate my views and this election.

The GOP has been studying how Obama’s group has repelled negative issues by raising the racism claim and they are getting prepared for this in the fall. Additionally, I don’t think they really care about being called “racist”.

Just a thought: Obama must be trying to buffer against this latest negative Michelle tape that the GOP have where she rails against “whitey”. Now Obama wants spouses “off limits” but they didn’t have a hands off policy with Bill during the primary!

I’m convinced that Obama is unelectable! I’ll never vote for him and many like me will not either. Funny thing; we don’t care if you call us a racist or not. We know that’s just an excuse for Obama whenever he doesn’t have an answer.

Don’t call me a racist just because I’m from the south; I recently voted for Ford, Jr. in his bid for the governorship so I have no problem supporting a black.

A.) My racist grandfather voted for Ford (as I mentioned on a previous thread.)
B.) Ford ran for the Senate.

lol then i dont think we should be too worried when dude votes mccain for secetary of the navy

Im forwarding this on to some people... along with a "fist bump" of terrorism!

"I am not racist, I don't associate myself with racists. In fact their are some African American's, who if they ran I would be more than happy to vote for. Victor David Hanson, Thomas Sowell, and even Condi Rice and shes a woman to boot! In hindsight, I can see your point on the racist thing, their is that little part about his church which preaches black advancement... blah blah blah, their is some truth to that part, but that wasn't what I was trying to shed light on.

the main points I was trying to point out are his refusal to say the pledge of elegance. I, not being a religious person can understand not wanting to say the "one nation under god" part, how ever I understand what that actually means: "we are one unified nation under a banner of common beliefs and principals". In my opinion if the president of the united states is not willing to "pledge" his "allegiance" to all of our common principals and beliefs, then he has absolutely no right to lead us.

He flies the America flag equal to the flag of Che Guevara. First off you show respect for your country by flying your flag the highest, above, greater then, etc, to all other flags. But thats not even the worst part. He flies it equal to a flag of Che. That red star on his bouree that most of the time looks like an x, is the Red Communist Star. He was a socialist gurella who deprived countless people of their freedom by forcing them into the bondage of communism. Communism is actually the exact opposite of Freedom. There, government is your god. You are nothing but a small, insignificant robot, you are told where and when to work, at your job that is assigned by your government. Tell me if these ideals should be close to the ours? I don't understand how Che, with all he stands for, can be idolized by todays young and left. The whole mantra of the young hippie movement who put him atop this pedestal was in stark opposition to the real man. Che to them was a rebel, who fought against the the social norm that our last few generations have taken all too for granted. But at the end of the day weren't the hippies all about peace and love an d freedom? I would love to see a bunch of Hippies be confronted by their masonic leader Che, he would probably have killed them just the same."

Victor David Hanson

Michael Eric Dyson?

Miles Bennett Dyson?

lol democrat = clumsy mutherfucker

“White people are weary of the kinds of black people who are dedicated to indicting whites as racists. So, to be ‘too black’ is to carry an air about you that whites have something to answer for.”

"Our data suggest that such resistance is not because white Americans are mean and uncaring, morally bankrupt or ethically flawed," adds Dr. Mahzarin R. Banaji, a professor of social ethics at Harvard University. "White Americans suffer from a glaring ignorance about what it means to live as a black American."

challops truth bomb overlap

let's write the pledge of elegance

"Our data suggest that such resistance is not because white Americans are mean and uncaring, morally bankrupt or ethically flawed," adds Dr. Mahzarin R. Banaji, a professor of social ethics at Harvard University. "White Americans suffer from a glaring ignorance about what it means to live as a black American."

That experiment -- in which whites had to say how much money they'd want in exchange for being black for the rest of their lives -- strikes me as totally bonkers. The subjects gave low numbers, so the experimenters say they're underestimating black hardship. But I'd think there'd be a strong bias against giving a high number since that so easily sounds racist, i.e. "You'd have to give me a million dollars, buddy!"

challops truth bomb overlap

-- deej, Tuesday, June 10, 2008 2:49 AM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

challops truth bomb cocktail?

challuthito

challotov cocktail

I am the Wonder Mike
and I'd like to say hello
to the black to the white
the red and the brown
the purple and yellow

To whom it may concern,
There has been alot of canceling god going around lately. Why? Because some people are offened or get
offened when the name of god is spoken. Well I have to say that I get offended when, after all of my life,
of praying and talking to my god , who I might add has answered alot of prayer's for me, that someone
can all of a sudden think that it's o.k. for them to, just because they don't have the same beleif's as I do

that my children can't say the pledge of elegance in class ,the way I did and many of generations

before us did. And I should'nt say merry christmas any more because it's not exceptible any more,

now I hear that they want to take televised church off of television, along with all christmas programs
.
Well I'd like to know how long it's going to be before we are told we have to close our churches or our

children are not aloud to attend sunday school.

She should pray for a dictionary

Isn't that kind of the point though, Charlie? As part of the study white participants were asked to put a dollar value on living as a minority member of a fictional society and the necessary pay-off was much higher than what was deemed the trade-off to live as a black American. Whether or not people underestimated the cost of living as black person due to social pressure or because they legitimately felt that the cost of doing so was trivial it's still fucked up, no?

Sorry, seriously, I'm posting through a haze of alcohol and jet lag but the last paragraph I posted seemed to me be pretty apt.

Right, but I'm saying my intuition is that many (most?) study participants would feel as much pressure to give a low number as a high one, because of the way the question was put to them. People tend to try to give the "right" answer, à la the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_effect";>Bradley/Wilder effect</a>, and enough people are going to be motivated by that to render the results moot: a high number feels like a racist answer, so they give a low one. If you ask someone a question with a potential "gotcha" waiting in the wings, they're likely to triangulate based on what they think they're supposed to say -- and questions about race are the ultimate "gotcha", at least in the present era. So comparisons to a hypothetical become kind of bogus, because people aren't really giving authentic answers in the first place -- whereas of course the numbers go up when they give them a list of costs associated with being black, because then the prompt is clearly towards a high number.

Basically, I just think it's a poorly-conceived study, though its heart is in the right place.

Aww, crap.

I pledge elegance
to the fags
and the united reprobates of America
reading Plato's Republic
this bitch demands
Zombie Nation
not invisible
to morans and bitters at all

Results 1 - 10 of about 11,000 for "are the real racists". (0.21 seconds)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI9OYMRwN1Q

this thread's about eggplants, right?

Results 1 - 1 of 1 for "I am greatly concerned about having a convict in the office. And I do not care if that convict is white, black, Asian, German, or some kind of halfsy."

Results 1 - 3 of 3 for "everybody loves racists". (0.40 seconds)

Results 1 - 2 of about 1 for "everybody hates racists". (0.32 seconds)

Wait...Results 1-2 OF ABOUT 1????????????? WTF?

Results 1 - 10 of about 108 for "i'm not trying to be racial".

Results 1 - 5 of 5 for "i'm not trying to be racial but".

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071214030432AAODV1j

I'm not trying to be racial but have you ever seen?
A white person so stoned he or she looked Asian? I have a friend that smokes weed so much he doesn't look like a white guy, he drives like this and I worry. How do I handle this? I'm not picking on Asian people it's just something I noticed.

Results 1 - 10 of about 21,000 for "asians can't drive"

http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~hhsu/2004/02/ah-chingy.html

Results 1 - 1 of about 0 for "a white guy, he drives like this". (0.31 seconds)

Did you ever think that you would be the nigga on the block
Didn't have to break a steerin column, didn't have to cook a rock
A damn goodie two-shoes, that what they call ya
Never judge a person or a book by it's covers
Just because my tone is darker than yours, a little tanner
You never took the time out, examine yourself boi
.. are you black, white, asian?
Indonesian, or Borean - that's black and Korean
We on the same team if we breathin

hey ethan you're a smart dude but i really think it's a character flaw that when someone calls you out, or at least makes it clear you misinterpreted somebody, you NEVER seem to apologize. you might sort of back off which is closet we're going to get. but it'd be nice if once and a while you wrote something akin to, "sorry dude. no offense."

obv i'm only talking about your "online persona' or whatever.

"I don't see color....BUT IT'S WITH AN ATTITUDE!"

lol great thread title imo

amt u got some nuts to try and call anyone out on their 'character flaws' u neurotic fuck

oooh, this should start getting good real soon

I say, if you play good paintball, who the **** cares if you're straight, gay, bi or alien. Being a team is being a team.

-- cutty, Monday, August 11, 2008 6:39 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

i think cutty was quoting one of the "gay+paintball" google search results 'and what'-style, w/ no italics or quotes.

i know

i thought that would be obvious

It was.

Good work.

How do I handle this?

Swiftly.

i don't care if you're a gay, black, paintballer, pizza is delicious

I don't care if you're black, white, purple. There, I said it.

There are two faults with this argument. First of all, when it came to musicians, Motown had no racial or gender bias. They were all faceless cogs to them. Regardless of whether they were black, white, female, male, or Martian, they weren't going to get any recognition-period! It was a star driven phenomena and the company never gave the slightest thought to publicizing background figures. In addition, the Motown studio band (which was called the Funk Brothers) was not exclusively black. Guitarists Joe Messina and Dennis Coffey, percussionist Jack Brokensha, arranger Dave Van dePitte, and bassist Bob Babbit, who also played quite a few important Motown dates, were all white.

Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell says a drowning man doesn't care what color the person is who throws him a life preserver.

"This election is going to be decided when a husband and wife sit at a kitchen table, or a single parent sits at the kitchen table, looks at their bills and figures out who is most likely to help them with their financial condition," Rendell said. "If the answer's Barack Obama, nobody's going to care whether he's black, green, orange, purple, fuchsia or whatever."

fuchsia or whatever
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haha

Yeah I saw that quote, too, PP. I think it's hilarious the way this election is about to be decided by racist, uneducated, homophobic, pro-life, pro-gun nitwits who suddenly and miraculously decide that when their own WALLETS are at stake, a black Democrat for president starts seeming like the best choice.

Much like the hardline economist neo-cons who have insisted at every turn that in order for the economy (and everything else) to function well, government has to stay out of things and who are now (surprise!) turning to the government to bail out a problem created by the unbridled free-market capitalism they praise so highly and so often. I've got half a mind to look up my Republifascist economics professor from the early 00's and ask him how he feels about government intervention NOW. Then kick him to the curb.

that's an awful reason to date someone, you cruel heartbreaker

Now, as to Tommy Dell'ar, if he'd of been white, purple, green, chartreuse, he would have been a knothead.

JP: Dizzee Rascal, Mr Rascal, do you feel yourself to be British?

DR: Of course I'm British, man! You know me! ... what's good. I think it don't matter what colour you are, it matters what colour your heart is and your intentions. I think a black man, purple man, Martian man can run the country ... as long as he does right by the people.

This is one of my favorite threads.

This is v v true a brilliant thread yes.

Spitzer’s Father Denies Bias Against Employees

“I did not see a white doorman or a black doorman,” Mr. Spitzer said.

Mr. Ofodile immediately challenged that assertion, and Mr. Spitzer quickly elaborated.

“I don’t see the blackness or whiteness or pinkness or yellowness of a doorman,” he said. “I have a mind that focuses on the fact that he is a doorman and functions as a doorman.”

i don't really worry about what race this already clearly beneath me person is, i mean what a waste of time that'd be.

hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

That is some hard-earned truth right there!

“I don’t see the blackness or whiteness or pinkness or yellowness of Seinfeld,” he said. “I have a mind that focuses on the fact that he is jewish.”

who decided that "doorman" equaled "beneath" Spitzer?

you're a fucking idiot

i'm sorry, rich white guy, for implying that a rich white landlord who is currently accused of being abusive/discriminatory towards his employees, might find his employees beneath him.

like seriously go fuck yourself dude

seriously go fuck myself?

she is yeah serious

from the bottom of my heart go do it for serious

are you white ally? have you suffered discrimination based upon your skin color?

she is latina, bro

meth vs. schef

beep beep

beep boodle-dee boop

she is latina, bro

thanx for the heads=up

fyi hoos is mexican

I'm white btw

"fakin' the funk feat. hoos the exotic"

I'm amphibian

has that rich white dude gone to go fuck himself yet or did i miss it?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/nyregion/25bernard.html?ref=nyregion

In the sharpest exchange during Mr. Spitzer’s hour on the stand, the plaintiffs’ lawyer, Anthony C. Ofodile, pushed to get him to admit that he was conscious of the race of the building’s doormen and porters.

“I did not see a white doorman or a black doorman,” Mr. Spitzer said.

Mr. Ofodile immediately challenged that assertion, and Mr. Spitzer quickly elaborated.

“I don’t see the blackness or whiteness or pinkness or yellowness of a doorman,” he said. “I have a mind that focuses on the fact that he is a doorman and functions as a doorman.”

Mr. Spitzer testified without any hint of anger and was unruffled during cross-examination. He wore a charcoal gray suit and light blue tie.

When not testifying, Mr. Spitzer kept his right hand on his metal cane and occasionally fiddled with the hearing aid in his left ear. At times, he seemed to nod off, his chin tucked into his chest. Mr. Spitzer was hospitalized for Parkinson’s disease after his son resigned in March, but he has made public appearances since then in much improved condition.

...

In his opening statement, Mr. Ofodile repeatedly insisted that Mr. Spitzer knew these men and was personally involved in running the 34-story, 145-apartment building on 57th Street.

In the lawsuit, Mr. Haydenn asserted that Mr. Spitzer had told the building’s supervisor that he did not want black or darker-skinned Hispanics working at the building.

Mr. Haydenn said that the reason his supervisor gave for his dismissal was that there were urine stains found on one of the toilets he had cleaned.

“In this case, the plaintiffs were fired by the defendant based on their race,” Mr. Ofodile said. Their dismissals caused some of his clients marital problems, hypertension and emotional distress, the lawyer said.

In her opening statement, Jennifer Rubin, the lead lawyer for Mr. Spitzer, said, “Mr. Spitzer did not know the plaintiffs, did not know the color of their skin, and if he did not know the color of their skin he could not discriminate against them on that basis.”

You sound like you're clutching a wad of singles here, Ally

that's pretty racist, bro

gabbneb, wtf part of "why would he treat them poorly because of their race when he was treating them poorly because they were already beneath him, classwise, are you not getting"

lol o right nm

schef, pls cite me some allegations that he treated them poorly. all i see are allegations that he told someone else to fire dark-skinned doormen, and that the plaintiffs are doormen who were fired.

lol o right nm

thanx for the heads=up

or heads down in the case of doormen

dude, gabbneb, I see the logical/rhetorical distinction you are making here, but I'm not sure this one is a cause that's really worth fighting for

it's morelike a legal distinction

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/42/Shrug.jpg/250px-Shrug.jpg

i don't care if you're logical, rhetorical, legal

sorry, "your"

yeah, dude, it's always a little cheap to gag on testimony like this, and yes, his answer is clearly trying to see "I simply view this person as an employee with a specific function," and yes, the joke makes a slight assumption that he didn't treat his employees with much respect regardless of race, BUT BUT the original gag is actually kinda supported by his wording and not THAT cheap:

I have a mind that focuses on the fact that he is a doorman and functions as a doorman.

... because "is a doorman and functions as a doorman" is somewhat rhetorically distinct from "is a person who happens to be employed as a doorman"

http://www.57thstreet4.com/

in any case I don't think anyone needs to fuck themselves and/or really bother going into this

also to be honest I don't think it's some obscene violation of sense to look at the reporting on this and conclude that dude was not exactly the sort of boss the janitors were inviting to their kids' birthday parties or anything

Bernard Spitzer was on the premises of each of these buildings on a daily basis, was fully aware of the harassment and racial slurs outlined in our lawsuit and it is clear that although we were harassed and terminated by Gumly Haft management, it was at the direction of Bernard Spitzer.

a) he was there
b) he knew what those other guys did
c) clearly he told them to do it*

*that's what they told us

Umm gabbneb wtf is your argument here at this point? "It's unfair to goof on his disrespect for his workers because all he did was stand idly by while they were harassed and subjected to racial slurs?"

I mean, you said "pls cite me some allegations that he treated them poorly" and you seem to be citing one yourself, right now

I want to go to the birthday party of a jan8r! Jan8rs are hardcore. Somehow I always end up being their pals.

the health of our legal system demands robuts defense of all defendants, on message boards

ROBUTTS

It can't be worse than it is in Las Cruces, this robut system. ;_;

http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2007/09/gallery_robot_sex/Robots_18.jpg

huh.

i'm not entirely talking about what's fair to goof on at this point, but instead breaking down their argument to expose what i think is a logical flaw. i mean, forgiveness for the prose style, but their webpage seems to say that he's guilty because he stood idly by while witnessing others' discrimination and that he's guilty because he directed the discrimination, two allegations that would seem to be in opposition to one another. sure, there's ways to resolve them, or they could be pled in the alternative. but i think they just emphasize further my argument that it's a little tabloidy to stretch the allegations into a fantasy that this haughty UES rich dude personally harassed his doormen of dark color, and to convict the guy based on not very strong allegations.

hey gabbnebb whats up

I mean, you said "pls cite me some allegations that he treated them poorly" and you seem to be citing one yourself, right now

no, i'm citing an allegation that these guys were treated poorly by building supervisors, and that such poor treatment was directed (they think) by the far-deeper-pocketed head of the management company

http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/2/look_2.gif

gabbneb is OTM here but I am ignoring that because the original joke was funny

haha gabnebb your original posts here were directed at the joke -- I'm not sure anyone has much felt like arguing with you about the suit itself

also, to be fair --

their webpage seems to say that he's guilty because he stood idly by while witnessing others' discrimination and that he's guilty because he directed the discrimination, two allegations that would seem to be in opposition to one another

I'm not sure I see how these are inherently opposed -- the claim would seem to be that he stood idly by while witnessing others' discrimination because he had directed them to discriminate! One of those things is harder to prove than the other, but they are in no way opposed to one another.

Cf "Jim stands idly by while his dog craps on the sidewalk because that is precisely where Jim trained his dog to crap"

right, as i implied, xp, but it's not clear that that is what they're alleging

Aw, Jim. Why?

gabbneb why aren't you on court tv

i mean, you've got the face for tv, natch

he claim would seem to be that he stood idly by while witnessing others' discrimination because he had directed them to discriminate

or (as may actually be the allegation) that he 1) directed them to get rid of the employees, and 2) was aware of the harassment that others chose as a means of doing so

zing!

http://www.courant.com/news/local/hccofield1125.artnov25,0,1528135.story

http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-cofield1125.artnov25,0,1528135.story

"Despite all the letters, I don't believe she should be treated differently in this situation because she is a judge, whether it's positive or negative," Bright said.

Dude, gabb, are we talking about the same website, linked above? The claim seems pretty clear to me -- the allegation is that the management group was directed by Spitzer to get rid of black employees, and that when a campaign of intimidation did not induce them to quit, they were summarily fired.

(Also there are direct allegations about his behavior in there: "All of this came after direct confrontation with Bernard Spitzer himself on the building property. He refused to respond to any of us - even to a simple 'good morning Mr. Spitzer.' On one occasion when he saw one of my African American co-workers at the front desk filling in for a concierge who was in the restroom, he went out of his mind yelling, turned real red and stomped off.")

I don't know what distinction you're trying to make -- that he may have called for discriminatory firing but that doesn't mean he was rude about it, or something? Because that would be odd.

none of those are allegations that he personally harassed any of the doormen.

Good god, gabbneb, my question remains: what the fuck difference does that make in the discussion we're having?

the harassment appears to be the order to clean the toilets with toothbrushes, and the associated comments from management company employees. there's no direct allegation that spitzer ordered or was aware of any of those things in particular, or perhaps even generally.

you are a mystery sometimes gabb

xpost - Gabbneb you are basically sitting here going "just because he's alleged to have made discriminatory orders and condoned harassment as a tactic to achieve them doesn't mean he was personally rude to anyone's face," which, as arguments go, is simultaneously true, pointless, and batshit insane.

no, that's not what i'm saying

can we talk about negro washington

Seriously gabbneb please summarize WTF you are saying and why it matters.

(I am 90% sure my response to whatever it is will be "no shit, nobody has argued that, because it doesn't particularly matter")

i think this is the chewbacca defense

oh my fucking god

I WILL NEVER ACCUSE A RICH MAN OF LOOKING DOWN UPON THE LOWER CLASSES AGAIN. I AM REALLY SORRY, EVERYONE ON ILX BESIDES GABBNEB, FOR BRINGING THIS THREAD UPON US u_u

The argument is that the substance presented in the allegations is not enough to provide evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that Spitzer order the harrassment or knew it was going on. At worst, the current allegation is that he didn't have enough insight into how shitty his proxy was.

None of this is germane to the original, still funny joke.

xpost - The best I can figure is that he is saying no one has directly claimed "Spitzer directly instructed me to engage in discriminatory practices and harassment," and that the assertion he did is currently a second-hand "that's what the management said" kind of thing. But I'm not sure what difference that would make to our discussion, or who has argued anything to the contrary.

xpost - yeah, Dan, what's the point of that argument here? This thread has consisted of a joke and approximately zero people saying "oh yeah, I have reviewed the evidence and concluded that he's definitely legally responsible"

my reading of the allegations here is that plaintiffs are alleging that they were subjected to harassment, that one harasser told one harassee that the harassment was a product of spitzer's order to get rid of the harassees (nb: no allegation that spitzer knew of the harassment), and that plaintiffs therefore surmise that spitzer ordered the harassment, citing in support circumstantial evidence suggesting that he didn't like them

note that plaintiffs also allege that they were fired right before they became eligilble for union membership. is that consistent with their argument?

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2008/11/spitzers-father-due-in-court-s.html

The four men have been receiving assistance from an unlikely source: GOP consultant Roger Stone, who has a bit of a history with both Bernard Spitzer and his son.
Stone said he is providing legal and PR advice to the four men for free. He also insisted that the fact he is helping them has nothing to do with any animosity he might harbor for the Spitzers.

lol

yeah ok, my reading of your argument here is that you have been arguing with approximately nobody

my beautiful thread..... you bastards....

lol

how do you even get laid with this kind of attitude, gabbneb

no, i'm arguing with you, because you are suggesting that i'm saying the dude's fine as long as he isn't personally rude to anyone, while i am suggesting that even accepting the plaintiffs' allegations as true, there does not appear (from the reports) to be solid evidence that spitzer ordered anything other than firing these guys for reasons that can only be guessed at

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2008/04/stone-redux.html

total, utter, ridiculous, left-wing fabrication

the schef please think about what you're asking

i apologize

even accepting the plaintiffs' allegations as true, there does not appear (from the reports) to be solid evidence that spitzer ordered anything other than firing these guys for reasons that can only be guessed at

Explain what subtlety I am missing here: one of the plaintiffs' allegations is specifically that Spitzer ordered their firing based on race! The fact that it's not very concretely supported does not keep it from being an allegation

if kerm can get the whole o.g. fanta girls thread deleted because of a mod complain can i get everything from the revive down to this post wiped from my memory?

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one of the plaintiffs' allegations is specifically that Spitzer ordered their firing based on race

that's the charge. the only allegation is that one of the other guys said he ordered their firing, and used a racial epithet in the process.

oops

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^^^ dog don't care if yr black, white, pink, or yellow

i don't care if you're green, red, orange or purple fanta

Okay, I need to just let this go, because I honestly don't see what point you're making beyond "omg lawsuit may not be well supported with concrete evidence," and I honestly don't see what bearing you think that point has here

STEP AWAY, NABISCO. JUST WALK AWAY.

Oh for the fuck of shit.

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i don't care if yr pink, red, orange, blue, or green

http://www.best-basketball-tips.com/images/dennis-rodman-hair.jpg

he's just expressing himself

I DONT CARE

there's a difference between "omg lawsuit may not be well supported with concrete evidence" and omg lawsuit is possibly based upon a genuine misunderstanding of someone's behavior, combined with an attempt to dig into a deep pocket, propelled along by combatants in an undernews war between powerful political and financial interests

I don't care if you're white black a bitch or a fucking bum off of the streets. If you rap about shooting people, smoking blunts, wearing timbs, drinking hennessy, and whatever else, I'll buy your music. If you rap about your girl, but don't call her a bitch, fuck you. If you rap about the economy and how its hurts migrant workers, fuck you. If you rap about your rap telekenisis or some equally retarded nerd shit, fuck you. That basically how I break it down to an extent.

I think we all need to make a pact to follow the example of Dennis Rodman and have Angry Bert dyed onto the backs of our heads.

4 the kidz

ppl are refusing to believe me that the bert hair isn't a shop

o.g. fanta girl thread was deleted?

:(

http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?showall=true&bookmarkedmessageid=209143&boardid=77&threadid=672

aim sn deletion req part 2

fuck you you deleted fanta girls you fuck

Wearing a T-shirt featuring goth-punk band the Misfits, Klever signified outsiderness both literally and figuratively.

As Klever launched into his set, though, nobody seemed to give his fashion or musical identification a second thought. After all, earlier that night, Oklahoma's DJ P hyped up the crowd by dropping Pearl Jam, Nirvana and Journey, among others, over dope hip-hop beats. And half the contestants were either Asian-American or Canadian.

"Back in the day [we] got hated on," Klever says, "maybe because we sucked, maybe because of color of skin, I don't know. It was kind of weird back then, but it's loosened up a lot. Now there are a lot of Filipinos, white kids, Spanish [speakers]. It's all just melting in to its pot. ... So much goes into DJing. Timing, confidence. If you have all of that, it doesn't matter, you could be purple."

http://www.accentu8dental.com.au/attachments/Image/Oral%20Diseases/Port-wine%20stain;%20Sturge-Weber%20syndrome.JPG

lol dj klever i know that dude

o yah? he's playing a party here for New Year's that i'm trying to write up (tho he's not the focus)

what do you think of his recent nuevo electro stylings

ehhh

hes a nice dude but hes a casualty of the economic shift from b-boy turntablism to the juke/bmore/bloghouse frankenstein dance music they play at clubs

the other day my english professor said "black, white or polka dot"

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=112932804&blogID=419222410

i would have sex with all this cocausion girls

ask alexyss k tylor: interracial relationships

I'm white, btw.

blast from the past:

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/1374/greenpc9.png

how come nobody ever yells at that 2LT for wearing his cover indoors

http://rapidshare.com/files/179607912/01_-_Unknown_-_Pink__Purple__Black_Is_Beautiful.mp3.html

Still, Clarkson says she doesn’t care if you’re “black, white, yellow, gay, straight, crazy, whatever.” For her, “as long as you’re cool and you like the music and you’re coming out to have a good time at the shows, I don’t really care.”

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I don't care if you're black, white, purple, or a one-armed midget.

This must be from the mid-late 70s sometime. Don Rickles at 3:20 - "I laugh at the blacks, the whites, the purples....mostly the blacks"

"Miles was asked why/how Mike Zwerin (a white guy) got the Birth of The Cool gig on trombone, Miles responded he didn't give an (expletive) about the guy's race .... he could be green with purple breath so long as he could play."

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significant cultural discourse itt

So I don't care if you're Black, white, Asian, Native American, Hispanic or mixed race: you can't claim (honestly) to support equality while funding these awful churches that work (hard and successfully) to deny equality...

2 in a row!

so this rocket scientist and his roommate shot 2 people in front of 100 witnesses, then just went home and chilled with the murder weapon and 3 lbs of weed in the house. black, white, or green (i ignore unproductive racial ranting) these guys deserve the idiots of century award.

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Just go look at this link for all you people that think its "just blacks" or "just whites". Looks even to me. Its a non-argument of race the argument is what the hell is a kid, white, black or hell purple for that matter, doing with a hand gun at a party in the first place?

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2008/offenses/expanded_information/data/shrtable_01.html

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they make fun of everyone.....black,white,chinese.mexican etc.

whether ur gay or les or straight, skinny,short.........disabled...mental.

they make jokes of celebritys and tv shows...and themselves - america.

so i dont really take it so big.

And you,
Chinese, black, green, purple, Jew,
YOU have the right to listen to whoever
You want to, and even the 2 Live Crew!

http://i.imgur.com/E39ps.jpg

omg

I'm not a rockist, but I think sandstone is not an ideal building material.

this thread is now the #1 hit for the OP

West will be one of two black Republicans in the House. The other is Tim Scott of South Carolina.

Asked if he felt a sense of pride when Obama, the nation's first black president, was elected in 2008, West didn't mince words. It's not about skin color, he said, it's about leadership.

"I don't look to a man to get pride in myself," West said, before continuing: "...This country needs a good leader, and I don't care if he's purple or green but yes, there are some people that saw in (Obama) a sense of pride."

"I don't care if you're white, white, caucasian, fair-skinned, cracker, honky, tan, white..."

i care if youre purple or green, in that i am concerned for yr health

I don't care about your health as long as you have a color.

who is purple anyway? is choking to death a race now?

if it is you're winning

no idea what that actually means but it sounded like a good zing for a second

From Alan Grayson's fb account:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/263149_10150215709123138_6580173137_7450804_3694173_n.jpg

one of my fav ethan threads ever

I heard you rooted for the REDSKINS...standing around in your DANSKINS!

From my own local news, just today!

Both Coakley, 61, and Roller, 56, said they supported the new curfew. "It's severe," said Roller, "But it's needed at this time to make a statement that this type of activity is not going to be tolerated. Perhaps after the summer, we can take a look at it and revise it to be more lenient."

Both women, who are white, said the crackdown had nothing to do with race. "I don't care if you're black, white or polka dot," said Roller. "We don't want that kind of activity here."

Regardless of technique, the questions White Girl Mob raises about race are touchy, and V-Nasty's liberal use of the n-word will only bring more fire to the debate. "I'm not saying the word n- to offend anybody," she claims. "I use it as a figure of speech, as a person, period. I don't care if they're white, black, purple, or yellow."

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/07/01/DD4D1JUSKT.DTL#ixzz1R9ZlQDxd

A new variant?

Trail Six “is gaining in popularity with people that choose to recreate on the beach clothed,” Haydon said.

The increased threat of enforcement at San Onofre that has prompted some to head just south onto Camp Pendleton has turned the issue into one of trespassing rather than public nudity.

“Clothed or unclothed or wearing purple mittens, they just shouldn’t be there,” said Bob Morton, executive director of the Naturist Action Committee. He said his group has always opposed trespassing, but not everybody listens.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/aug/28/nude-beach-is-experiencing-a-cover-up/

And the rise of a black candidate such as Cain in a party long dominated by white candidates doesn’t faze Viars. “I consider it a benefit,” she said. “I don’t care if you’re black, white or green.”

Wigan chairman Dave Whelan has ignited a new football race row after he told a radio station that black players have "just got to get on with it".

........

Whelan added: "You know I think the players who come and complain sometimes, they're a little bit out of order.

"The game is a game, the game is a football game, whether you're white, black, pink, red, it doesn't matter. We're all, we're all equal, and we all play football, and we should get on with it."

"I don't care if you're black, white...", about 6,080,000 results
"I don't care if you're white, black...", about 300,000 results

just fyi

lmao

whether you're white, black, pink, brown or olive...

Actually, I think I kind of do care if you're green or purple; both are probably indicative of some serious health issues.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJWdPn8iFKo

http://androidcommunity.com/motorola-droid-razr-now-comes-in-black-white-and-purple-20120123/

Come on people! What difference does it make? Black, white, green with pink spots? We are all on this melting pot of a planet together - get a grip and get over this racial thing.

- Steeler Fan, Texas, USA, 11/2/2012 2:30

you are like a moth to a flame of riding my nutsack

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all time post

I grew up in Montgomery, too, and I don't care if he's black, white, green or purple. However, I do care that he is a Marxist, Narcissistic liar. You have no right to speak for me, or anyone else here, especially if you're going to lump all Southerners into a fictional group or foaming-at-the-mouth racists. I am 52 years old, and was in elementary school during the first years of integration. My family and my friends were never the racists you imply, and we didn't treat the new students as anything other than new students. How dare you imply that WE vote according to skin color, when the African-American population solidly supported Obama in 2008 based solely on the color of his skin?

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/03/ppp-poll-gop-voters-in-al-ms-think-obama-is-muslim-unsure-about-interracial-marriage.php?ref=fpblg

haha, How dare you imply that WE are racists, when I am about to say something racist?

wonder what answer you'd get if you asked that lady what marxism is.

we didn't treat the new students as anything other than new students

that'll be why integration went so smoothly

Via WhiteWhine.com:

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“I think we led the world, and are pretty much alone with those numbers,” Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said, smiling, when asked if this is a breakthrough among MLB teams in this draft.

At least in the first round, a breakthrough happened. And for the Rangers, it went beyond the first round.

“Look, we don’t care,” added Daniels. “If they can play, we will take them black, white, green, purple, from anywhere, any country.”

I apologise if this has been posted further up the thread (I am really busy and only read halfway down) but it seems apt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El65C0u_J3U

https://twitter.com/AndrewWK/status/260852714597122048

About 22 minutes in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv9NwKAjmt0

Conan was on this early

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=UKrMOgLEPAc#t=363s

michael flamm, 'law and order: street crime, civil unrest, and the crisis of liberalism in the 1960s', first paragraph:

In June 1968 a white father of five from North Carolina expressed his view
of the state of the nation with these words:

I’m sick of crime everywhere. I’m sick of riots. I’m sick of “poor”
people demonstrations (black, white, red, yellow, purple, green or
any other color!) I’m sick of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling for the
good of a very small part rather than the whole of our society. . . . I’m
sick of the lack of law enforcement. . . . I’m sick of Vietnam. . . . I’m
sick of hippies, LSD, drugs, and all the promotion the news media
give them. . . . But most of all, I’m sick of constantly being kicked
in the teeth for staying home, minding my own business, working
steadily, paying my bills and taxes, raising my children to be decent
citizens, managing my financial affairs so I will not become a ward
of the City, County, or State, and footing the bill for all the minuses
mentioned herein.

Wow! That's o.g.! Food digging.

and that little white father of five grew up to be... Bill Cosby

Hamilton Spectator (Ontario, Canada)

August 15, 1992 Saturday Final Edition

The Abella report explained some very important concepts. For instance, it defined the difference between equal treatment and equity.

To illustrate, let's say I'm the boss of Doodads Inc. I am very proud of the way I treat everyone the same. I don't care if you're black, white or purple. If you come to do a job at Doodads, that's all I care about.

Actually, upon closer inspection, maybe that's not quite true. I just gave Dolores maternity leave last week to have her baby. And I put in a wheelchair ramp because Carl was having trouble getting into the warehouse. I gave Lucy a break so she could observe her holy day. So maybe I don't treat everyone exactly the same; if I did, people like Dolores wouldn't be working for Doodads; maybe she'd be on welfare.

Equal opportunity does not always mean equal treatment. Sometimes, to achieve equality on the job -- to ensure a level playing field -- you have to treat people differently. That's practising equity. It's a recognition that our life experiences have an important bearing on our ability to work.

The Southland Times (New Zealand)

October 29, 1997, Wednesday

Meet the concert organisers, Glazed Cherry Inc. Or at least a few of them.

There's Jay Sellwood, the public face of the outfit. And what a face it is, with all that blond hair and pierced features. But he's not a fierce creature.

He did seize the Cherrystock microphone and rail against the violent fringe -- Unreported quote: "I don't care if you're black white or purple, gangs suck!" -- but such anger is not his natural state. Enthusiasm is more his mode.

The Globe and Mail (Canada)

September 6, 1978 Wednesday

Police race bias has been documented, reader charges

BYLINE: Mrs. J. Carswell; GAM

LENGTH: 68 words

DATELINE: Toronto ON

David Jacobs of the International Committee Against Racism is quoted as
saying: If you're black and you're stopped for a traffic offence, you're
likely to get a much stiffer fine than a white person. (Minorities Attack
Policeman's Claims of Inverse Racism - Aug. 3l.

This is utter garbage. Each and every fine is a stated amount for each
offence whether you are black, white, or purple.

(Mrs.) J. Carswell Toronto

The New York Times

October 3, 1982, Sunday, Late City Final Edition

The best solution would be for a real opera company to plan proper, staged productions of both these Stein-Thomson scores and to cast them with the most musicially refined, theatrically alert, personable singers it can find -black, white or purple. It didn't happen for Mr. Thomson's 85th birthday year, but perhaps we may still have hopes for his 90th.

The Miami Herald

December 9, 1982 Thursday
NEIGHBORS EDITION

Dade County has agreed to supply recreation equipment for an after-school program at the Haitian-American Voter Education (HAVE) Center, 7545 Biscayne Blvd.

The program, planned to include soccer and volleyball teams and a dance troupe, was created for 6- to 16-year-olds by Jacques Despinosse, HAVE Center director.

"We want this to be a reality, but we don't want it to be just for Haitian kids," Despinosse said. "Kids are kids, black, white or purple."

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)

January 24, 1992, FRIDAY, FIVE STAR Edition

The people I spoke with - the lawyers for both sides and a woman at the day-care center - had not even mentioned that the plumber was black. So, when I wrote the column, I was in a liberal mode. I was supporting the poor, who in this instance happened to be black, against the prosperous supply company, which is owned by a white family. ''I live with racism five days a week,'' continued Gooden, ''and thanks to you, I had to live with it again on Sunday.'' To me, this was absolute nonsense. It had not mattered to me whether the plumber was black, white or green.

I gave Lucy a break so she could observe her holy day.

good lyric

elliot gould guest starring as an accountant with a shotgun on l&o:

'i'm no racist… brown, black, purple, people gotta have their taxes done'

'...that's okay with me'

Bill Clinton: loved the King, hated purple people

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pvUUGFz9Zw4

baarrrrghh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pvUUGFz9Zw4

The brewing mutiny ended when Dodgers management took a stand for Robinson. Manager Leo Durocher informed the team, "I do not care if the guy is yellow or black, or if he has stripes like a fuckin' zebra. I'm the manager of this team, and I say he plays. What's more, I say he can make us all rich. And if any of you cannot use the money, I will see that you are all traded."

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You forgot that he is a black man so he can do whatever he wants and you can't ask any questions. They're special don't you know.
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Frankly, I don't care if he is black, white, green, or purple. He is running the country as a monarchy, and running it into the ground to boot.
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“It was just a guy making fun of the president, like everybody else does,” Robinson said. “Whether he’s black, white, green or purple, he’s the president, and he’s got to know when he goes in that position people are gonna make fun of him.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-rodeo-clown-incident-illustrates-nations-continued-racial-divide/2013/08/15/8da23cf0-05b8-11e3-88d6-d5795fab4637_story_1.html

It’s a remarkable story for any band to live up to, but then Stone’s new idea sounds pretty remarkable too. “You know what? I’m looking for albino musicians,” he says. “My feeling about it is that it could neutralise all the different racial problems.” At first I think I’ve misheard him, which is remarkably easy to do. At 70, his voice is raspy and slightly slurred, perhaps the result of decades of hard living, or maybe something to do with a bizarre accident some years ago, when he apparently fell off a cliff in Beverly Hills while eating a plate of food: he declined to be treated for the injuries to his neck, a decision that has left him in constant pain unless he hunches over, his chin on his chest. Coupled with a patchy mobile phone signal and a bad transatlantic line, I occasionally lose the thread of what he’s saying entirely. But this time I’ve heard him loud and clear. “To me,” he continues, “albinos are the most legitimate minority group of all. All races have albinos. If we all realise that we’ve all got albinos in our families, it’s going to take away from the ridiculous racial tension, if you’re black or you’re white, blah blah blah. That’s why I’ve been trying to look for albino musicians and organise a group of people that are going to be right. That’s what I’ve been rehearsing for. People will see us, all of us together – a real family, an albino family. People will get happy when they see that! People,” he says firmly, “have got to be happy for that.”

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/30/sly_stone_planning_comeback_with_all_albino_band/

This is just incredible

dude needs help

People have got to be happy for that.

I read about this yesterday and I'm still flummoxed.

Still totally leery of purple ppl, tbh

Still totally leery of purple ppl, tbh

― Fais ce que voudra, occiderai de même (Michael White), Friday, August 30, 2013 7:25 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Not a Prince fan, I take it?

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AYr_ntOkZnE/UcJzGkPFzEI/AAAAAAAACn8/Lbc2X2430rg/s640/640px-Laura%60s_dead.jpg

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/30/sly_stone_planning_comeback_with_all_albino_band/

This is just incredible

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Friday, August 30, 2013 2:58 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

fwiw, I read this as sly stone planning comeback with albini band, and got a huge boner

Amid Churchgoers, An Orphan Pleads for a Family

Davion always longed for a family. His caseworker took him to picnics, put his portrait in the Heart Gallery. But he had thrown chairs, blown his grades, pushed people away.

When he learned his birth mother was dead, everything changed. He had to let go of the hope that she would come get him. Abandon his anger. Now he didn't have anyone else to blame.

"He decided he wanted to control his behavior and show everyone who he could be," Going said.

So someone would want him.

"I'll take anyone," Davion said. "Old or young, dad or mom, black, white, purple. I don't care. And I would be really appreciative. The best I could be."

http://blackcontemporaryart.tumblr.com/post/64437447347/letmypeopleshow-funny-you-dont-look-bluish

http://31.media.tumblr.com/be1a7d658dbc731aec908fea67b3d554/tumblr_mt3gh479xp1qibl2bo10_400.jpg

I don't understand why everyone also has to assume it's a hate crime JUST because the victim was black. From what I understand from reading several other articles, this girl was highly intoxicated, high on Marijuana, and banging on this man's door and yelling at 2AM. I don't care if she was black, white, hispanic, ect. That could be deemed as threatening. Granted, I don't know exactly what transpired on that porch, but I doubt that 54 year old man though, "Oh, a black person they must be dangerous." I am so sick of how every time a black person is killed by a white person, no matter what the circumstances, it is a racist hate crime

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/12/11/watch-the-amazing-way-a-black-woman-responds-to-hairstylist-at-harlem-barbershop-criticizing-man-over-his-white-girlfriend/

watch-the-amazing-way-a-black-woman-responds-to-hairstylist-at-harlem-barbershop-criticizing-man-over-his-white-girlfriend/

nah I'm good thanks

Thank goodness for long url's.

Someone I know posted that to fb, I just don't know what has happened to her for her to put racist shit up all the time. Worrying.

cut to the chase then

When Rachel asked the woman why she was defending a white woman, she replied: “I don’t care what she was, she could be purple. I’m defending a woman. Period.”

My cousin from Monroe, La. posted it on FB after I saw the link here. That about tells me all I needed to know.

i don't think there's anything racist in the link?

Solidarity among women transcends purple skin.

I'm not saying my cousin's racist. I am saying that he could go through a phone book and submit everything to the Readers Digest THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS! feature.

I'm saying it has strong whiffs of "Black people are the REAL racists!" that I don't even care to tip my toe in.

So, in other words, if 'Rachel's script had been different, we wouldn't have had this manufactured polemic?

We're all from different cultures here. Some of you are white, some of you are black.

[He stops by a man and points at him.] You're brown.

[He moves on to Bender.] And you're silver.

But I don't care if your skin's red or tan or Chineese. You're all going to have to learn to die together.

Ha every time I see that ep I think of this thread.

So every three weeks then, right?

Jim
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⚑Public enemy didn't even belong up there with militant dressed body guards at the acceptance speech . And that old racist Harry Belofonte ,and another white race hater spike Lee . The only one up there with any love in his heart is falva flav . Amazing that a great man and gentleman like Albert King had to be dead before they considered him. But these racist radical punks get in. Music is about unity ,bringing a common ground . Otis red ding knew it, just about everyone in Motown knew it. Music that transcends one culture or color. Since they put in white hating public Enemy . Maybe the should put in David Allen Coe ....then you would see them cry like a bunch of babies. Hate is hate wether it 's black,white ,yellow or brown.

Otis red ding

thrown in there like a her redding.

I don't care if you're blacking, whiting, redding

http://www.cyclechicrepublic.com/314-thickbox/ding-dong-bicycle-bell-large.jpg

Was going to make a joke about Otis turning blue, but I'm trying to be a better person.

Great moments in black, white, purple history:

“@ProHoopsHistory: 30 years ago today, Chuck Cooper died at age 57. Back in 1950 he was the 1st African-American player drafted by an NBA team (Boston Celtics)” ... @ProHoopsHistory: In the closed-door 1950 draft, the Celtics made the pick. The NBA commissioner told Boston Cooper was a black man... @ProHoopsHistory: Boston owner Walter Brown said he didn't care if Cooper was black, white or purple, he was the Celtics' pick

And another:

In his 1916 book What is Coming? Wells states, "I hate and despise a shrewish suspicion of foreigners and foreign ways; a man who can look me in the face, laugh with me, speak truth and deal fairly, is my brother, though his skin is as black as ink or as yellow as an evening primrose".

tbf to HG this was probably quite progressive for 1916

Very gracious of HG to overlook the Yellow Peril that way.

black white purple history month

William Shakespeare ‏@Wwm_Shakespeare 13m

Fairies, black, grey, green, and white, You moonshine revellers and shades of night

Rob Ford and his brother are obsessed with Purple People

At Outkast's show last weekend, Andre 3000 did a speech about how "This isn't for white people… This isn't for black people… This isn't for purple people…" Sweet though. Most forgivable use of purple people I've seen.

"And if you look at the polling data, every demographic group in America agrees with the rule of law, enforcing and securing our borders. And every one of them understands that illegal immigration hurts every single demographic group. It doesn’t make a difference if you’re a white American, a black American, Hispanic American, an Asian American or if you’re a woman or a man."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2014/08/04/rep-mo-brooks-talks-war-on-whites-as-the-gop-loses-the-battle-for-votes/

http://www.fringefiles.com/displayimage.php?album=39&pid=38353#top_display_media

"I don't think it matters if you are black or white or polka dot - if you make music, it's music." - Ed Sheeran, ladies and gents

I don't care if you're white, black, red, periwinkle, burnt umber, or chartreuse -- resisting arrest is not a right, it's a crime. And it's never a good idea.

http://newsfeed.gawker.com/whose-rich-drunk-racist-wife-is-this-1680897516

it doesn't matter if you're white, Asian-Hawaiian, if you're yellow, if you're purple...

elliot gould guest starring as an accountant with a shotgun on l&o:

'i'm no racist… brown, black, purple, people gotta have their taxes done'

― j., Saturday, June 29, 2013 1:07 AM (1 year ago)

Your search - "i don't care if you're a racist, sexist, antisemitic, purple" - did not match any documents.

“Not only do we learn we have a sister, we learn that she has grown up black. But it certainly didn’t bother us. It’s not the color of Verda that shocked us, but the fact that we have found a lost sister. She could have been purple as far as I care. It’s just so fun to have her now in my life.”

http://bust.com/are-you-a-feminist-celebrity-answers-from-bust-magazine-s-22-year-archive-may-surprise-you.html

DOLLY PARTON 2014

I consider myself a female. I think of myself as somebody who's just as smart as any man I know. I don't think anybody should ever be judged by whether they're male or female, black, white, blue, or green. I think people should be allowed to be themselves and to show the gifts they have, and be able to be acknowledged for that and to be paid accordingly. You know, I love men, but I love women too and I'm proud to be a woman. I just really try to encourage women to be all that they can be and I try to encourage men to let us be that.

I don't care if you marry a mannequin, a man, or woman, a turtle

i heard an interesting thing somewhere recently about how "colorblindness" was pushed during the reagan era and it reminded me of this thread

http://www.foxbaltimore.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/191095-Morrell-Park-quadruple-stabbing-may-have-been-caught-on-camera.shtml#.VeCKWJeiBx2

at 1:05

Amal ... April 30th, 2014 - 11:37

Oh for Heaven’s Sake!!!

When will Lebanese ever stop this pathetic inferiority complex thing??! Who cares if we are white, green or purple??!!
Whether a movie is released on time or not?! Who cares!! Hellloooooo… there is honestly more to life than that.
And yes… :D I am allowed to comment and criticize as I am Lebanese AND my name is Amal! Hihihi.. :)
Seriously… this genius here writes this AM-AZ-ZI-NG article, beautifully worded, tons of humor and self reflection, superb cultural feeling, clearly a satirical piece and all ya all are piqued about is whether he got the color of your skin right???????

I would like to say that white people moving to Oakland is not the "issue," despite what new Oakland commenters on this thread are charging. Victim much? White people moving to Oakland is the symptom of the problem. It may seem like a small nuance to the newcomers reading this thread but there is actually a huge difference between an issue and its symptom. And I'm sorry, I know no one likes being singled out as symptom... Real Oaklanders know, color may matter but the color that matters the most, especially in the new Oakland is green...so please can we all now just get along and figure out where all these new people... White, Purple or otherwise are supposed to go and where we are going to put the current Oaklanders, whatever their color, that want to stay...and find a spot for another Wholefoods close to Steve's place.
Posted by ****** on 10/14/2015 at 6:25 PM

http://konzertfotos.berlin/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Gaz-Coombes-%C2%A9-Markus-Werner-6-von-8-700x700.jpg

elliot gould guest starring as an accountant with a shotgun on l&o:

'i'm no racist… brown, black, purple, people gotta have their taxes done'

― j., Saturday, June 29, 2013 1:07 AM (1 year ago)

― j., Saturday, February 14, 2015 1:19 AM (8 months ago)

hotel transylvania 2 (a bad movie i was dragged to) has the line, "i don't care if you're human or monster or unicorn"

@mikeshepherdME
LePage on D-Money, Smoothie and Swifty: "I don't know if they're white, black, Asian; I don't know." #mepolitics

I feel that anybody, if you ever have the blues bad enough, with the background that dictates to the horror and the sufferin' of the blues, I don't give a damn if he's green, purple – he can give it to ya.

sufferin'

That they're blind, black, left-handed or Martian makes no diff.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/28/science/african-american-dna.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

end of the article

Dr. Burchard of U.C. San Francisco said that a better understanding of African-American genetics could also lead to discoveries that could benefit all people. Scientists found a rare genetic mutation in an African-American woman, for example, that lowered her cholesterol levels. That discovery led to a promising drug for heart disease.

“Lo and behold, it was relevant to all populations, regardless of race,” said Dr. Burchard. “It’s relevant if you’re European, if you’re African, if you’re Asian, if you’re pink, white, blue or green.”

yes, but what if you are purple?

Then your blood pressure is really high. You need this more than ever.

'00s Eminem is so fucking corny (but it's cool that he apparently reads this thread):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y1CfNSItqw

Now whether you're black, white or purple
If you're misunderstood
But you don't give a fuck
You ain't doin' shit that you should
Long as you know you're up to evil
And you're no damn good
Get on the floor, man, and rep your 'hood

MARIA BARTIROMO (HOST): Dr. Gorka, how do you see it now after that briefing where we now know that 50 people are dead, 53 others are in the hospital and this was an act of terrorism?

SEBASTIAN GORKA: Maria, we need to stop using words like shocking. Nobody should be shocked. This is what they have been planning to do after Paris, after Brussels. Nobody should be surprised. Likewise, this isn't to be called a tragedy. This isn't an Amtrak train being derailed. This is part of the global jihadi strategy. It's not an accident. It is war against America. And lastly, please, please, I beg my colleagues in the U.S. government, we have to stop talking about this maybe being a hate crime. It's not a hate crime. It is part of an ideological military assault on the United States of America. We have arrested 101 people linked to ISIS on U.S. soil since the caliphate was declared. This attack in part was facilitated by the policies of this administration, President Obama and Secretary Clinton, that have allowed political correctness into the threat assessment. Today I beg the White House, stop with the political correctness. We need to destroy this enemy before more innocent people, gay, straight, black, white, brown, yellow are murdered on U.S. soil.

http://mediamatters.org/video/2016/06/12/fox-guest-blames-obama-clinton-and-political-correctness-orlando-shooting/210877

http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2016/06/14/why_you_should_care_if_you_don_t_care_whether_someone_is_black_white_green.html

"I don't care if a boy's skin is black, yellow or purple!" - principal in "Blackboard Jungle", airing on TCM just now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtXoKOwTo2M

No results found for "I don't care if you're black or white, but I do care if you're purple".

oh no, somebody else remembers that frightening BNL video!

elliot gould guest starring as an accountant with a shotgun on l&o:

'i'm no racist… brown, black, purple, people gotta have their taxes done'

― j., Saturday, June 29, 2013 1:07 AM (1 year ago)

― j., Saturday, February 14, 2015 1:19 AM (8 months ago)

― j., Sunday, October 25, 2015 9:08 PM (8 months ago)

http://deadspin.com/tomi-lahren-is-a-facebook-meme-come-to-life-and-america-1786062538?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_facebook&utm_source=deadspin_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

^ok, her whole rant is way the hell more overboard than just the "b,w,p" that gets deployed at the beginning there.

could have been blue—I wouldn’t have cared one lick,” Marvel TV chief Jeph Loeb says of hiring Cheo Hodari Coker, the African-American show-runner of Netflix’s latest superhero show, Luke Cage.

That's a particularly egregious example, because no way could that show be the way it is if it was written by someone who's not a black American.

http://www.thestranger.com/features/2017/04/19/25082450/the-heart-of-whiteness-ijeoma-oluo-interviews-rachel-dolezal-the-white-woman-who-identifies-as-black

We visit Dolezal's studio. She is, in all honesty, a very talented painter. The majority of her paintings feature black people. Other than the paintings of her children, most of the black people depicted appear to be dressed as slaves or tribespeople. Breaking this pattern was a series of portraits hanging on the wall of Dolezal herself. They were done Warhol style, each painting duplicated in a different color. Dolezal explains them to me: "You know, people are always saying to me, 'Rachel, I don't care if you are red, green, blue, or purple,' so I decided to paint myself as red, green, blue, or purple."

Dolezal chuckles as she says this, as if it is the most clever and original idea anybody has ever had. I don't know how many times a white person has told me that they don't care if I'm "red, green, blue, or purple" when they are trying to explain to me just how "not racist" they are—I've lost count. I do know that I've rolled my eyes every time. As my brother Ahamefule said to me once, "They may not care if I'm red or green or blue or purple—but they sure as hell care that I'm black."

yeeeesh
that piece is pretty good if you can avoid all the parts where dolezal talks

http://i.imgur.com/ppAVYSV.jpg

for reference:

https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/6/20/15821858/gay-pride-flag-philadelphia-fight-explained

Sesame Street is proud to support families of all shapes, sizes, and colors. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/H3uzD5XwUu

— Sesame Street (@sesamestreet) June 23, 2017

That they're in order of the rainbow elevates it from the rest of the comments in this thread.

When a D-II coach says he'll recruit any linebacker - black, white or purple - I don't think he's also got gay rights on his mind.

“I’m not crying; I’m fucking mad with the lies,” she said. “I’m mad that you put shit on me because I have a fucking vagina and I’m white or I’m black or I’m yellow or I’m purple. Fuck off. All of us want to say it. I just do.”

did Angela Smith on live BBC TV just now *actually*, when talking about BME people, say "it's not just about being black or a funny tinge"?!?!??!?!!?? jesus fucking christpic.twitter.com/WKFwST0V9N

— Michael Segalov (@MikeSegalov) February 18, 2019

fucking hell I didn’t realise she said that to Ash Sarkar 😬😬😬😬😬

One of the beneficiaries of Robinson’s groundbreaking efforts in baseball was professional basketball. The National Basketball Association was only in its second year when Robinson debuted and a culture of segregation had not yet hardened. But there were still no African-American players in the league when the owners convened for a player draft on April 25, 1950. In the second round, with the 14th pick of the draft, Boston Celtics owner Walter Brown picked Chuck Cooper who had earned All-American honors at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. Startled, a fellow owner blurted out, “Walter, don’t you know he’s a colored boy?” Brown responded, “I don’t care if he’s striped, plaid or polka dot."

https://i.imgur.com/3VP9uXE.jpg

honestly i dont care if youre white, brown or black. just as long as youre not some unnatural color like purple or green. if that were the case it would be very easy to convince me we need a caste system where those people are forced to live in the sewer

— Diane317565710 (@Lowenaffchen) July 11, 2019

https://i.imgur.com/XHaVEgg.png

Even Dre’s judgment was suspect when he signed Em to his Interscope imprint, Aftermath. “I got a couple of questions from people around me,” he says. “You know, ‘He’s got blue eyes, he’s a white kid.’ But I don’t give a fuck if you’re purple: If you can kick it, I’m working with you.”

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/eminem-blows-up-91979/

that purple kick in full

https://media1.tenor.com/images/1c1fe064a9297f57ddaf28663510e97e/tenor.gif

...but nothing compares to these blue and yellow purple kicks

reminder that when asked about the teletubby tinky winky having a purse BBC just responded with the wildest sentence on earth pic.twitter.com/RiUqf08DEz

— the sexy glitter cat from the cats (2019) trailer (@kittynouveau) August 11, 2019

11 years, 2 months, 18 days and 485 posts, but it was all worth it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hywcq4KTJAQ

People love to say “I don’t care if you’re black, white, purple” but I absolutely do care if you’re purple. I very much would care if a fuckin purple couple moved in next door. Like what would they do if they saw me eating a plum?

— maple cocaine (@maplecocaine) September 7, 2019

Ok who is maple cocaine

"I don't care if you're white, black, green or gold - I'm still gonna treat you with respect."

- a very nice black police officer in the doctor's office with me yesterday.

Wonder if they just watched the Avengers

Shit, now have lyrics for Karma Chameleon as a brain worm. Thanks, Officer!

Try this extremely on-topic earworm instead:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZF6R0ylG74

xps: was that an Avengers quote?

Nah I was just imagining the officer thinking of specific characters in regards to the unique "green or gold" variation

listen i dont care if youre white, black, blue, or green. youre all famous albums

— "big spaghetti" (@marx_knopfler) September 21, 2019

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/11/why-dont-i-see-you-anymore/598336/

Just under a century ago, the Soviet Union embarked on one of the strangest attempts to reshape the common calendar that has ever been undertaken. As Joseph Stalin raced to turn an agricultural backwater into an industrialized nation, his government downsized the week from seven to five days. Saturday and Sunday were abolished.

In place of the weekend, a new system of respite was introduced in 1929. The government divided workers into five groups, and assigned each to a different day off. On any given day, four-fifths of the proletariat would show up to their factories and work while the other fifth rested. Each laborer received a colored slip of paper—yellow, orange, red, purple, or green—that signified his or her group. The staggered schedule was known as nepreryvka, or the “continuous workweek,” since production never stopped.

Socially, the nepreryvka was a disaster. People had no time to see friends; instead they associated by color: purple people with purple people, orange with orange, and so on.

this is the funniest thing I've read...ALL DAY pic.twitter.com/8Tmqpwsieo

— Spooky Witch Fall 🎃🍂🕷 (@biancaxunise) October 22, 2019

What the fuck?

Further discussion on Beer in the new era

irl lol

Today, Anderson said, the racial makeup of the team means nothing to him because he gets along with everyone. (“I’d be around purple people and I’d fit in,” he said.)

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/09/sports/baseball/tim-anderson-chicago-white-sox.html

BS. I heard Anderson was a purple people eater.

oh no

Kristen Bell has written her first children's book 'The World Needs More Purple People' about a purple person, who looks for similarities before differences. pic.twitter.com/xKHe7J1gpG

— AP Entertainment (@APEntertainment) June 12, 2020

Does the purple person befriend a monster with one eye and one horn? I bet they get pretty lonely too!

sure sounds strange to me

“I dOn’T cArE iF yOu’Re bLaCk, WhIte , GrEen, YeLlOw oR pUrPlE!” pic.twitter.com/unVFgusR3Z

— gengar gf (@EmmaLangevinXO) June 2, 2020

Brendan O'Neill has let himself go a bit

how is this not on the thread already
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USE86UbsV8c

https://www.ibtimes.sg/karen-stops-black-food-delivery-guy-entering-building-thinks-hes-there-commit-crime-48899

Gipson then tries to point out to Paul that he's just a black man trying to do his job. "I don't care if he's a purple man. He doesn't live here," she tells Paul referring to Gipson. "I don't want people buzzing him into my building."

https://cdn3-www.comingsoon.net/assets/styd/assets/uploads/2016/06/Purp.jpg

From this 2017 interview: https://www.reggaeville.com/artist-details/chronixx/news/view/interview-with-chronixx-chronology/

“They use public relations and all of these black life this and white life that and blue life and purple life and straight people and gay people and whatever. But really and truly people are just people trying to find their way. We are just people trying to piece the puzzle of life together.”

Check out the brand new Chronixx thread though!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/07/24/university-kentucky-teacher-group-demands-that-school-rename-rupp-arena/

"Let me tell you something about Rupp,” legendary NBA coach Red Auerbach told author John Feinstein in his 2005 book, “Let Me Tell You a Story: A Lifetime in the Game.” “All I ever hear from people is that Rupp was a racist. You know what? He did hate black guys — who couldn’t play! He also hated white guys who couldn’t play, blue guys who couldn’t play and green guys who couldn’t play. He hated Jews who couldn’t play, Catholics who couldn’t play and Muslims who couldn’t play. That was it."

"I don't see race!! I don't care whether you're pic.twitter.com/RZCgrqAiHy

— Mothman Festival Queen (@cableknitjumper) March 2, 2021

definitely identify as #teampotatogravy

https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/the-internet-is-turning-on-big-techs-colorful-corporate-mascots/
"However this memeification might have started, it is no longer really about purple people with big arms."

A Scottish version from a story about one of my Dad's old haunts.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/its-last-orders-ogilvie-club-10048519

“You couldn’t get into many of the bowling clubs in Paisley.

“We decided we would have an open club, we were the only club in Paisley like that – blacks, whites, greens, reds, tartans, anything.

Based on the name of the town alone, I would've expected nothing less.

oh Sean

I know very well that the idea of being ‘colour blind’ is out of fashion, that MLK’s vision of character over skin colour is considered to be naive. But that vision surely made our society better. I’m not sure the modern vision of ‘race consciousness’ is making things better.

— Sean Ono Lennon (@seanonolennon) May 23, 2021

Can we institute a global rule that anyone who misquotes or mischaracterizes MLK gets the shit beaten out of them on the spot

Social media has revealed to us how dumb we really are. I think I preferred not knowing.

— Sean Ono Lennon (@seanonolennon) May 13, 2021

the rest of his feed is Bitcoin propaganda lmao

fucking hippies

we'll always have Friendly Fire, at least...

I am still mad at him for ruining Cibo Matto

He was a Tulsi Gabbard supporter during the primaries.

Further evidence Yoko was the only cool member of that family.

DJP otm!

yeah he's been an edgelord for a minute

but if you go carrying pictures of twist barbie
you ain't gonna make it with anyone no sirree

I was going to put him on that vocal chalkboard thread but I didnt want to dignify his existence by typing his name

i like yoko more than john too but she did co-write *that* song with him, and he seems to be very much his parents' son in that regard

what does julian think about all this

Go ask him, he's sitting on a pebble

https://i.imgur.com/QuYe8Rf.jpg

A protester demonstrates May 11 against the teaching of critical race theory in front of a school district building in Los Alamitos, Calif. (Etienne Laurent/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)

actually though there are giant groups of humans that god thinks of as sinners and they're all going to hell if they don't beg for mercy before the end. it would be precious to add them to heaven's numbers!

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Republican Gov. Chris Sununu on Thursday denounced a conservative group’s offer to pay $500 to the first person who “catches” a public school teacher violating New Hampshire’s new limits on the discussion of systemic racism and other topics.

Sununu had opposed an earlier version of the legislation that echoed a Trump administration order and sought to ban discussion of “divisive concepts” in schools. But he later backed language inserted into the state budget ’that would prohibit teaching children that they are inferior, racist, sexist or oppressive by virtue of their race, gender or other characteristics.

https://apnews.com/article/education-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-new-hampshire-b231854bde76495a806d76355991857d

While the article touches on the deeper issues somewhat, in a typical AP loaded 'both sides' framework, it seems like the law as stated doesn't clearly forbid CRT at all. My understanding is that CRT deals with systemic racism specifically, and because the law specifically forbids teaching individuals that they are racist, it would still allow discussion of systemic issues which do not necessarily reflect on individual children. Although "oppressive by virtue of race" is basically wide open to interpretation.

I couldn't find any current rolling thread on racism, CRT etc if there is one. I found one rolling racism thread for 2013, and a lot of vaguely worded old thread titles about race.

no worries
Rolling Race 2021

Cheers!

https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/lawmakers-continue-probe-of-critical-race-theory-in-missouri-schools-despite-results-of-district-survey/

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Monday was the first day of school for many districts in Missouri. Over the summer, the state’s education department asked school districts if they taught critical race theory in a survey.

Last month, members of the Missouri House and Senate heard testimony on why critical race theory (CRT) should be banned in the state, but on Monday, they heard why schools should teach it. Of the 554 districts in the state, only one said it teaches CRT.

“I don’t think that people actually know what critical race theory is at one moment in time,” Former director of the Anti-Defamation League Karen Aroesty told the committee. “Learning about the history of race and racism is important.”

Over the summer, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) gave the 500 plus school districts a survey about CRT and the “1619 Project.” The first question read:

Question: Does your LEA’s board-approved curriculum include lessons about CRT?

The only school to answer yes was Kansas City Public Schools, explaining their answer by saying:
“We offer an African Centered College prep magnet school that services both elementary and secondary students. The board also approved the 1619 Project service learning and community activism grant to be taught during summer school. The curriculum is fully aligned with the Missouri Learning Standards.”

Five schools left the answer blank and 419 districts said no.

The second question read:

Question: Does your LEA’s board-approved curriculum include The New York Times 1619 Project?

Three schools answered yes: Hazelwood School District, Kansas City Public Schools, and the School District of University City. Hazelwood explains its answer by saying:

“4th Grade Social Studies – The 1619 Project is listed as one of the teacher resources about the arrival of enslaved Africans in Jamestown.
8th Grade Social Studies – Students are given a reading of two paragraphs from the 1619 Project describing the arrival of enslaved Africans in Jamestown.
US History (9th Grade) – The 1619 Project is mentioned in a suggested learning activity where President Trump discusses the 1619 Project and the 1776 project.”

University City explained its answer by saying:

“Our board did not approve the 1619 Project. One of our teachers used the resource during one unit of study with students.”

for skimmers, ^^ all of the above is about Missouri ^^

I don't care if you're red, I don't care if you're blue, I don't care if you're green.

https://www.leelanauticker.com/news/farming-firestorm-local-cherry-farm-faces-tough-decisions-political-backlash-due-to-frozen-usda-grant/

(Those are some of my favorite cherries in the world btw, but back to topic I lean more green/blue)