I once saw a speech given by David Duke? the head of the klan? Anyway, one of his views was that Whites should be called "European American". Now I certainly am not behind the klan, but I have to say, if we must call Blacks "African American" then why don't we deserve others to go to the same silly trouble?
Brian On Feb 13, 2008 12:03 PM, Gary Hurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i think civil rights are that you can offend chinese, but not blacks. i > guess it's complicated, so i'll just keep on insulting everyone. > > On Feb 13, 2008 3:00 PM, Rich Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > wrote: > > > It's because you are not supposed to say "chinese" -- "Asian" is the > > correct term. > > > > Funny story: My SIL tutors freshman football players at a large > > university. She is sorta "mom" to a lot of them, she has 4 boys of her > > own so these guys are just extended family in a lot of ways for her. > > Many of them have very little experience in social aspects (for > > instance, she helps them select clothes to wear to publicity events and > > such -- khakis and polo shirts are new territory for them). One of them > > (a very large young African American gentleman from a small town in some > > backwoods part of the state) comes to her one day all upset. He tells > > her he was riding the escalator somewhere and sees this "Chinese dude" > > coming the other way, so he asks him out of the blue, in passing, for > > some reason never made clear, "How do you say 'ugly' in Chinese?" > > > > So the football player says the guy looks at him "funny" and says, "I > > don't know, I'm not Chinese. How do you say 'stupid' in African?" . > > The football player was upset, "He's a racist! He shouldn't be saying > > things like that!" So then she, unsuccessfully, attempted to explain to > > this young gentleman why the whole thing was sorta racist and offensive, > > but he was not buying it. She also has to try to help them get > > edumacated, but that is a whole nuther set of stories. > > > > --R > > > > Gary Hurst wrote: > > > yeah, i catch hell when i say "bet that car is being driven by a > chinese > > > woman on a cellphone". when i am right, she still will not give me > > credit > > > for it :( > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
