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10-17-2013, 11:26 PM
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Re: More blithe racism
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My high school was the Indians, and I was pretty defensive of it until recently, because of nostalgia and general assholery on my part.
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This.
Though it was worse than the ignorant racist it was pretty overt at my school. We were officially the Rebels complete with confederate flags and whistling "Dixie." The flag and the song were not banned until 1996. The drill team are still the Dixie Belles, the spirit group is still the Johnny Rebs, the band is still the Spirit of Dixie, ect. ect.
I bought the "History Not Hate" crap way longer than I should have. Especially as our school was founded in the sixties in the midst of desegregation. Pretty obvious what the message was. Our rivals were the Buffalos, if you can even believe that.
I really think high school rivalries teach some of the worst lessons to young people about tribalism.
We all should be jealous of Contra though, he was a MIGHTY GOPHER and has no such shame.
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10-17-2013, 11:38 PM
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Re: More blithe racism
HA HA
I get to be because none of my school mascots were people!
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10-17-2013, 11:41 PM
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A fellow sophisticate
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Re: More blithe racism
I'm pretty sure being called Lenape (Delaware) isn't an insult unless you pronounce it wrong.
Note: My grandson is eligible for Lenape tribe membership because his birth father is in the tribe.
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10-17-2013, 11:42 PM
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Re: More blithe racism
We didn't have any school mascots or school sports teams. Not in high school and not in university either as far as I know. If there were any, nobody gave enough of a shit to tell me about them anyway.
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10-17-2013, 11:43 PM
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A fellow sophisticate
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Re: More blithe racism
Foreigners. Go figure.
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10-18-2013, 08:41 AM
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Re: More blithe racism
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Originally Posted by Demimonde
We all should be jealous of Contra though, he was a MIGHTY GOPHER and has no such shame.
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My/Chuck's high school was the Unicorns.
My previous high school had been the Patriots (Revolutionary War theme, I guess).
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10-18-2013, 10:29 AM
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Re: More blithe racism
Nope. Not jealous at all.
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10-18-2013, 11:47 AM
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Re: More blithe racism
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My/Chuck's high school was the Unicorns.
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That explains so much!
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10-18-2013, 01:31 PM
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Re: More blithe racism
My long and interesting post about the names of the 'houses' in the schools I attended was just eaten when I accidentally touched the stupid 'back' button on my mouse when I tried to click the 'post' button.
I would probably have an extra few hundred posts on if this never happened.
I may try to retype my post later if I can be arsed, but I'll do it on a different computer where the mouse doesn't have a pointless button...
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10-18-2013, 02:31 PM
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Re: More blithe racism
My elementary school had an Indian mascot, Chiefs or something, I honestly don't remember. They changed it not long after I was there, I think they're the Foxes now? My middle school was the Wolves, or maybe Timber Wolves, I don't really remember that either, and my high school was Mustangs. I do remember that I should've been a Spartan for a grade or two (the county split middle school), but was one of only two classes that didn't get to go to that school at all because they were tearing down the old building and working on a new one. So we stayed in the early middle school building through those grades and went straight to the high school. I never got to be a brutal, autocratic soldier, damn it!
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10-18-2013, 03:38 PM
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I may try to retype my post later if I can be arsed, but I'll do it on a different computer where the mouse doesn't have a pointless button...
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Them's fightin' words. I love my back button.
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10-18-2013, 04:38 PM
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Safety glasses off, motherfuckers
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Re: More blithe racism
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My long and interesting post about the names of the 'houses' in the schools I attended was just eaten when I accidentally touched the stupid 'back' button on my mouse when I tried to click the 'post' button.
I would probably have an extra few hundred posts on if this never happened.
I may try to retype my post later if I can be arsed, but I'll do it on a different computer where the mouse doesn't have a pointless button...
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Chrome Web Store - Lazarus: Form Recovery
Lazarus: Form Recovery :: Add-ons for Firefox
Thank me later.
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10-18-2013, 05:18 PM
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Re: More blithe racism
Thanks, but on this Windows 8.1 thing I'm using Internet Explorer.
I just went into the Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard manager program and set the 'Large thumb button' to 'Disabled' instead of the default 'Browser back'. I should have done that years ago (I used the same mouse on XP, Vista, and Windows 7, and never bothered to disable it before).
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10-21-2013, 11:10 PM
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A fellow sophisticate
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Re: More blithe racism
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Originally Posted by Ensign Steve
Quote:
Originally Posted by erimir
My/Chuck's high school was the Unicorns.
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That explains so much!
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10-22-2013, 12:14 AM
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Re: More blithe racism
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Originally Posted by Ensign Steve
Quote:
Originally Posted by erimir
My/Chuck's high school was the Unicorns.
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That explains so much!
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You mean like how we're both such strong athletes, like the mighty unicorn?
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10-24-2013, 06:50 PM
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Fishy mokey
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Re: More blithe racism
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Over here the annual debate about Zwarte Piet, Sinterklaas' black slave, has started again. This year it turns out that if you think this:
could be considered racist, you are supposed to fuck off to 'your own country'.
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Okay, this year the skirmishing is getting pretty far out of hand.
Apparently a group of protesters asked the UN to investigate and that just added more fuel to the fire:
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On Tuesday the chairwoman of a U.N. Human Rights Comission panel investigating whether the festival has racist elements condemned it flatly.
"The working group does not understand why it is that people in the Netherlands cannot see that this is a throwback to slavery, and that in the 21st century this practice should stop," Verene Shepherd told television program EenVandaag.
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Is 'Black Pete' tradition just blackface by another name? - Paradise Post
allAfrica.com: Africa: End Zwarte Piet and Dislodge Racist Colonialism in Dutch Heritage
Black Pete and the United Nations
Now people are complaining about how foreigners are interfering in 'our traditions' (in a country where hundreds of thousands of people sign petitions berating the Russians for how they treat gays or Pussy Riot members...) and how they should piss off to their own country (that never gets old).
Also the positions have now become so entrenched that in Groningen a proposed Sinterklaas event with 'Rainbow' Pieten (in all colours) was cancelled over death threats by people who think that is a sell-out to the evil foreigners and leftists. And I read a story in the regional paper where a bookstore owner was having doubts about ordering any Zwarte Piet wrapping paper and half of the commenters were threatening a boycott or complaining that Real Dutchmen™ do not give a centimeter.
Also: a 'Pietietie' (Petetition) to 'save Sinterklaas' has over a million signatures and going on 2 million facebook likes (half of which seem to be Belgians reminding the Dutch that Belgians also celebrate Sinterklaas).
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10-24-2013, 07:20 PM
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I read some of your foolish scree, then just skimmed the rest.
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Re: More blithe racism
Barney's of New York has accosted another shopper after they looked too poor (black) to be shopping in their store.
Another Black Person Who Dared Shop at Barneys Stopped by Police
Selling $350 strips of leather and $2500 swatches of sewn leather the store is basically one giant upper-class mall hang out, so I'm a bit surprised one of their patrons didn't complain about a black making them feel uncomfortable.
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10-25-2013, 04:15 AM
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Re: More blithe racism
Oh. My. God.
This is must-watch TV. All of it. Every single second is sexy.
His on-the-air defense to the Daily Show reporter was too good to be believed:
"Some of my best friends are black."
Oh, and quite precious:
"Ah had a pikchur one time of Owbama sittin awn a stump as a witch docter.
An Ah posted that awn Facebook..Basically, Ah was makin fun of my white hayf of Owbama, not the black hayf."
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10-25-2013, 07:26 AM
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Re: More blithe racism
I was making fun of my white half of Barack Obama.
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10-25-2013, 07:26 AM
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Re: More blithe racism
derpposte
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10-25-2013, 08:06 AM
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I read some of your foolish scree, then just skimmed the rest.
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Re: More blithe racism
Haha look at that white cracker!
Actin all white hipster with his septum piercing and metro headdress taking up two seats on the bus!
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10-25-2013, 06:50 PM
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Fishy mokey
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Re: More blithe racism
Moar on the Zwarte Piet saga:
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While there may be vigorous debate on issues raised by independent experts, these individuals should not be subject to hate speech or attacks on their personal integrity or any form of harassment or intimidation in their defence of human rights, as has happened in this case.
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What is the role of human rights independent experts? | United Nations Blog
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10-25-2013, 07:28 PM
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Re: More blithe racism
I can't seem to find it anymore, but years ago on a December tour to Europe, The Dirtbombs went on stage with a reversed race Zwarte Piet look. Mick was Sinterklass and all the rest of the band wore the Zwarte Piet hats. I don't think it went over very well with much of the crowd, but I loved the idea.
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10-25-2013, 07:41 PM
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Re: More blithe racism
When a blonde girl was found in a Roma camp in Greece last week the authorities and the press immediately jumped to conclusions and revived old tales of Gypsies kidnapping children. I wonder how many papers will pick up on the conclusion of this sordid tale:
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In a case that should make most of the Western world blush in embarrassment for not-so-subtle collective racism, mysterious Maria, the little blonde girl found in a Roma encampment in Greece, has been matched via DNA testing to her biological parents, also a Roma couple living in Nikalaevo, Bulgaria.
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Little Maria's Real Roma Mother Found In Bulgaria - The Daily Beast
She has another white-haired kid just like that one on her arm as she is talking to the press too:
Oh and not to Godwin or anything, but if we are talking about racism directed at Roma, would it be too much to ask to mention that they were persecuted by the Nazis and between 220,000 and 1,500,000 died in extermination camps? Porajmos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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10-25-2013, 09:02 PM
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I read some of your foolish scree, then just skimmed the rest.
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Re: More blithe racism
I cringed every time the girl was referred to as a "blonde Angel" by the racist news media.
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