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Post by thyme4change on Feb 9, 2011 18:19:23 GMT -5
Can I say honestly that if I got in a time machine and went several hundred years into the future and found that not a single person on the earth had blue eyes, that it would be a sad loss? It would be equally as freaky if I went into the future and not a single person on earth had brown eyes. It always seems racist to say that losing natural blondes would be a loss. But, really, if we lost every shiny head of black asian hair, that would be a loss too. Just because we are losing white-people traits and are sad about it doesn't mean it is an imperialistic racist thought. It is just a statement that maybe, just possibly maybe, light skin has value just as brown or black skin has value. Unfortunately, saying it automatically makes you an evil skinhead who wants to cleanse the earth.
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Post by workpublic on Feb 9, 2011 18:21:28 GMT -5
i'm very caucasian. i wish i could have a brown skinned. brown eyed baby to add some beauty, add some passion to my bloodline.
is that not also racist if what krickett is saying is?
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Post by ed1066 on Feb 9, 2011 18:21:54 GMT -5
Best post of the thread! Karma coming your way...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2011 18:29:07 GMT -5
Who IS that poster?? I am in love... no, it is a girl... I love her any way. She GOT it. Don't know where you post, thyme, but I threw you a K on this board. Thank you. I owe you, work, ed I hit often.
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Post by Loopdilou on Feb 9, 2011 18:31:35 GMT -5
Since most people live closer to the equator than they do the poles, it would be evolutionarily advantageous for most people to have darker skin and brown eyes.
I will probably get skin cancer and die because I'm a pale skinned, freckled, brunette who lives in sunny California. I could use some equatorial blood in me. Oh and blonde people are dying out with our without mixed race couples, so get over it. It's recessive, you're doomed.
And telling your kids that they're American and only American ignores the rich heritages of their ancestors.
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Post by Angel! on Feb 9, 2011 18:45:27 GMT -5
When you are making statements about society as a whole, then it doesn't come across as racist. When you are making comments like this regarding specific family members, then it sounds a lot more racist.
I don't see this as the same. You are talking about potential future kids that are yours & therefore you have every option to make this happen. You are also talking about adding diversity to your family, not limiting the diversity.
You aren't talking about your existing nieces, nephews, grandchildren or whatnot & wishing that both of their parents were the same race as you - in other words wishing there was less diversity within your family. That was the way I interpretted Krickett's posts. Maybe I misinterpreted, but I can see that I wasn't the only one & maybe she should modify her wording choices when expressing this thought in the future.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2011 18:58:55 GMT -5
I will modify NOTHING. There is NO need for me to change the way I THINK, or FEEL. I accept ALL people, and if my genetic coloring of eyes and hair dies out because I live in AZ so be it. That does not mean for one second that it is WRONG for me to point out that in times past my family had blond,blue/green eyed kids. Unless someone thinks there is something WRONG with kids that look like that.
HOW DOES THAT FEEL??? And-- I called NO ONE a racist for thinking I am a racist.
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Post by thyme4change on Feb 9, 2011 19:04:29 GMT -5
oh - okay.
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Post by deziloooooo on Feb 9, 2011 20:17:38 GMT -5
Why is it always about race for the liberals? And by the way, now that I'm a minority, I'm tired of being held down by the man! Don't know why I am attempting this but after reading the article ed, twice by the way, where are liberals mentioned? U may have missed something, so can you help me out here? Thanks.
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Post by deziloooooo on Feb 9, 2011 20:21:24 GMT -5
That's how I identified my whole family on our census form and I received a visit from census workers. They insisted I provide an ethnicity for my family members, so I said "OK, we're all black". He looked at me kind of funny, and asked if that was really my answer. I said it was, and he dutifully marked down "Black/African" on his form for all four members of my family. So now there are four more African-Americans in my county! Thanks ed appreciate the helping out with accurate answers...your a pip you are. ;D
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Post by deziloooooo on Feb 9, 2011 20:26:11 GMT -5
I worked with a Korean-Irish woman married to a Jamaican Man. Since residents of the West Indies are themselves polyglots of African, native and European blood, how many races here? Three? Four? How do you identify what the kids are: "African, bi-racial, tri-racial, quad-racial, mulatto, Quadroon, Octroon, White, Asian? It is a different world now and the government better get with the program. We are still fighting the battles of the 1970s. Seriously , they might want to put another classifications on the next one in 10 years..simple would be mixed to cover all mixed, to get into white/black, white /hispanic, hispanic /oriental and on and on..it would take the cext census to get finished.
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Post by ed1066 on Feb 9, 2011 20:31:58 GMT -5
The left wing would like to gleefully inform you that your race is being exterminated. Have a nice day!
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Post by Loopdilou on Feb 9, 2011 20:40:43 GMT -5
oh - okay. Hey. Recessive genes are doomed to scarcity. They won't disappear completely, but they won't be as common. I can't even think of any natural blonds that I'm friends with.... maybe one or two. Huh. Now I'm curious how many blonds I do know. (runs to check facebook. Ah HA! 11 out of 201. I think I actually know more red heads, and only because it runs in my family) - The majority of the population has a shade of brown hair. This depends on what part of the country you're in, of course. Areas populated heavily by Germanic people tend to be blonder. But the pockets are fewer and further between.
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Post by Loopdilou on Feb 9, 2011 20:41:53 GMT -5
Blond is not a race, ed.
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Post by jkapp on Feb 9, 2011 21:35:52 GMT -5
If this is true, why do they keep calling non-whites "minorities?" Was that just a play on words in the article: a majority of minorities???
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2011 21:40:55 GMT -5
Dang, jk-- wish I had an available exalt. That was good.
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Post by burnsattornincan on Feb 9, 2011 23:52:27 GMT -5
This message was deleted due to inflammatory content regarding racial superiority. Deminmaine- Moderator
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Post by deziloooooo on Feb 10, 2011 0:33:15 GMT -5
Oh and blonde people are dying out with our without mixed race couples, so get over it. It's recessive, you're doomed.This is an interesting statement from an apparent white person. You could almost construe it as an suggestion of genocide. Since its toward whites of course it is not even on anyone's radar, except mine. It seems it is almost fashionable these days to marginalize whites. Its the cool thing to do. The reality is that if you took a look around your house right now, practically everything was created by whites. Every modern convenience, your car, your bank machine, even your very own wealth. I'm getting rather tired of the constant attack towards whites. You only need to look around the world to see the success and failure although the excessive importation of non-white poverty in the US, Canada and many European countries is taking its toll on their records. Granted when they come they usually arent very well off or educated, seems same as when my forbearers showed up here through Ellis Island .. But funny thing happened on the way to the forum, with in some generaions a lot of those decebndents of those poor miserable losers{some people referred to them that way, not me} from god knows what part of the planet seemed to be doing real well, real well indeed , in being first class citizens, financially doing very well, contributing patents , wealth jobs to the same place their forebearers stepped foot on with trepedition , fear but hope for something better. Possible just have to give them some time Burns..just give them some time.
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Post by SweetVirginia on Feb 10, 2011 1:07:17 GMT -5
Krickitt, is not a racist. She happens to believe in the exact same thing that progressives believe in, which is DIVERSITY. Why should diversity not include white people as well as black, Hispanic, Asian, etc...
She is not racist. I should know. I am a Latina (Salvadorian descent) krickitt has never been anything but kind, and friendly to me. She has a Mexican grandbaby that she ADORES. She just has a non "PC" way of expressing herself, which I think leads others to interpret her words as being bigoted. As far as being racist against Latinos, I truly believe she is not.
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Post by deziloooooo on Feb 10, 2011 1:25:24 GMT -5
Krickitt, is not a racist. She happens to believe in the exact same thing that progressives believe in, which is DIVERSITY. Why should diversity not include white people as well as black, Hispanic, Asian, etc... She is not racist. I should know. I am a Latina (Salvadorian descent) krickitt has never been anything but kind, and friendly to me. She has a Mexican grandbaby that she ADORES. She just has a non "PC" way of expressing herself, which I think leads others to interpret her words as being bigoted. As far as being racist against Latinos, I truly believe she is not. LOL with three hispanic{ is that politically correct, please correct me} Son in Laws I would hope not... Krickett is a good person ,very opin in talk, sometimes to much , think she knows it, I keep hitting her and hitting her and she keeps saying the "Devil made me say it "shades of Flip Wilson, raciest? Possible least raciest person on these boards...
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Post by Loopdilou on Feb 10, 2011 2:34:34 GMT -5
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Post by deziloooooo on Feb 10, 2011 3:05:29 GMT -5
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Post by upstatemom on Feb 10, 2011 7:23:18 GMT -5
If white's are now in the minority, can my white son's get minority status and all the perks that go with it for funding college and jobs. You know, affirmative action??
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Post by burnsattornincan on Feb 10, 2011 7:53:27 GMT -5
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Post by burnsattornincan on Feb 10, 2011 7:57:46 GMT -5
I do not want to shut it down
I doubt it. You, being a non elected moderator, have been the top shut down artist do date.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Feb 10, 2011 8:31:01 GMT -5
Krickitt, is not a racist. She happens to believe in the exact same thing that progressives believe in, which is DIVERSITY. Why should diversity not include white people as well as black, Hispanic, Asian, etc... She is not racist. I should know. I am a Latina (Salvadorian descent) krickitt has never been anything but kind, and friendly to me. She has a Mexican grandbaby that she ADORES. She just has a non "PC" way of expressing herself, which I think leads others to interpret her words as being bigoted. As far as being racist against Latinos, I truly believe she is not. I agree. krickitt is a very passionate poster who wears her heart on her sleeve. I don't always agree with her and I can see how her wording could be misconstrued, but I know that she loves her family very much. And LOL on the blondes dying out reference. I read something a couple of years ago that redheads are on the brink of extinction, all courtesy of a study in which a sponsor was Proctor & Gamble, who probably just wanted to sell more hair color. As a redhead, if the gene were to become extinct (and with 4% of the population carrying the red hair gene, it's not happening anytime soon), well, that just makes me special! As far as people of varying ethnic backgrounds mating, I think we are creating a nation of beautiful babies.
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Post by burnsattornincan on Feb 10, 2011 8:31:14 GMT -5
Mr. deminmaine, stop deleting my posts and threatening me with banning or whatever. Why don't you tell me, and the majority who agree with me, just exactly what we are allowed to say about whites that rightfully puts them in a good light. Thanks.
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Post by burnsattornincan on Feb 10, 2011 8:41:23 GMT -5
By the way, copies of your offending posts have been saved and are on file.
Oh right, not this again. I suppose you think the FBI will have a look at those and come try to find me. Pitiful to say the least.
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Post by thyme4change on Feb 10, 2011 8:42:55 GMT -5
If whites are 49.9% of the population, they are still the largest race, even if they don't hold a majority of the slots. Basically at some point, there will be no majority, there will only be minorities. But, because people are so sensitive, saying "non-white" makes people attack you.
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Post by billisonboard on Feb 10, 2011 8:47:08 GMT -5
By the way, copies of your offending posts have been saved and are on file.Oh right, not this again. I suppose you think the FBI will have a look at those and come try to find me. Pitiful to say the least. Since you are (or at least claim to be) Canadian, wouldn't it have to be like the CIA and not the FBI? Just askin'
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