Vermont has .5% black and 96.8% white. A person from Vermont trying to lecture a person from DC on racism, telling me that racism is "over", is like me telling you that snow is never a problem with roads and we shouldn't have to spend as much money as Vermont does on Winter road maintenance.
I get it, that for you, race is not an issue, being white in a practically all white area. Although you are fond of reminding me that there are other countries outside the US, I would like to remind you that there are states outside of Vermont facing different racial challenges. Oh yeah, and your attempt to internationalize the terms doesn't work. It isn't about how YOU feel about the term, it is about how the black minority feels about the term in THIS country. If you want to know the difference between the terms "colored" and "black", come on down to DC and take the Shemp challenge. I'll handle the tickets for the event. The brothers in my neighborhood would definitely pay to see that! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> , "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > > > > No-body cares about stupid American racism anymore. Its over. Even > black > > > people do not care about the terminology anymore. Only closet > ractists > > > still care about it. > > > > > > Who the fuck is Jim Crow? > > > > > > OffWorld > > > > Your ignorance of the history of racism is only overshadowed by your > > ignorance of its influence today. > > As an American, you're ignorance of the history of the world is only > overshadowed by your fear of your own racism as a country. > > >Calling people concerned with this > > issue "closet racists" is part of the crazy-making mental process that > > makes discussions with you impossible.> > > The rest of the country has moved on but closet racists want to keep > harping on about words like 'colored'. You know many African Americans > do not like being called 'African American', so they think you are a > racist if you call them that. The closet racists are in limited company > of their own now in this country. The world has moved on Jim Crows, you > racists are being conscined to the dustbin of history. > > Only a racist cares about words like colored, black, brown, etc. To me, > as a Scot, 'black' sounds way more racist than 'colored', and I'd be > wary of using it in front of whites or blacks in Scotland. In France, > blacks are called 'negres', and that is what the French speakers in the > South USA called blacks. Shock horror !...they called blacks 'blacks' ! > > But then an American with his head up his ass would not have thought > that there could be countries outside of America. There are also English > speaking countries outside of America you know. > > OffWorld >
