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ORIGINAL: EPGAH

As I said before, Chris Rock makes a CAREER off racism, INCLUDING the use of the word "nigger", although he uses it more as a cattleprod, an example of what good black people should AVOID becoming, so as to evade the stereotype...It's almost like he listened to Samuel Clement's advice, paraphrased to: "If you don't like a stereotype, make sure it doesn't describe YOU, it will hit with DOUBLE force on the next person it DOES describe!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peoffYMIqXg
Some people in this thread and others have taken exception to my stereotypes of illegals, however, they probably don't live where walking versions of these stereotypes influence their day-to-day life--yet!

P.S. for a funny side-note about "The N Word", check out the thread: http://www.collarchat.com/m_1333299/mpage_4/key_/tm.htm#1382504

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ORIGINAL: RealityLicks

I haven't a clue what happiness your people derived from sheep but how you can call Jena "ancient history" - since that is what I was referring to - is a mystery to me.  And if you divorce yourself from the last two bloody centuries so totally, why is it you are happy to stand on that side of the argument?

You mentioned sensitivity training but are clearly in need of some yourself. Rosa Parks is not a figure of ancient history, she's still warm in her grave. Not til the "end of time", but til the end of discrimination. No country which habitually infringes the rights of a minority should reckon itself so highly. Do the words "Florida" and "Bush" ring any bells?

I have no doubt you'll come back with another example of your myopic and trite rhetoric so let me leave you with something you may un-der-stand: "Two wrongs don't make one right".

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Nope.  Because I'm sick of  of it.  In case you missed it all.. racisim is practiced by EVERY race.. even if it is unintentional.  It's time to quick scab-picking and let things heal.  No one can change the past.

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ORIGINAL: RealityLicks

Lotus - It's interesting and sadly predictable, that rather than face up to the issue which is being discussed, you have moved the argument onto what you consider a more important one. You are putting yourself beyond the reach of most of the people with whom you are electing to interact by using this board. That strikes me as a perverse choice. Why should anybody listen to you or consider seriously what you have to say if you are unwilling to do the same?

I don't hold out much hope but perhaps it might help you to read what others who formerly held your position have had to say

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ORIGINAL: RealityLicks

And I do agree with you about one thing; there has indeed been a sickeningly long history of sexism. However, in my mind, that doesn't justify the separate evil of racism. That's why I linked to a feminist text about racism - have you read it?

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ORIGINAL: Blaakmaan

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ORIGINAL: rubberpet

There is a perfect example of the after effects of a poor choice of words.  A&E doesn't want to get caught up in the shitstorm, so they quickly seperated themselves from any possible backlash.  I wonder if Fox will pick up his show?  They don't care who they offend

It never ceases to amaze me how, when a post touches on a racial subject, the string so easily veers off to other subjects (like Mexicans and bounty hunters), so many whites don't or won't acknowledge that race is not like everything else, and so few blacks participate in the discussion.

Calling somebody a nigger is not a "poor choice of words"!  It's a racial slur.  And it's not a racial slur like "honky."

It's a slur that's on a level all its own.

Where in the hell are the black people on CM?

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ORIGINAL: DesireDeeva

OP,
I didn't get to hear the tape on CNN regarding Dog's convo but one of my friends told me about it, I'm not shocked that he uses the word, nor do I believe that he's "sorry" for using (saying) it, however I do believe that he's sorry he got "caught" saying "Nigger".