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Old 07-28-2012, 04:13 PM   #16
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Ok so I'm going to start a business called "White fries" and I'm only going to serve white customers. I guess that won't be racist.
????? are you really trying to make a coherent argument or are you just being deliberately distracting?
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Old 07-28-2012, 04:15 PM   #17
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We shouldn't have interpreters at the DMV because white people can't benefit from them OH NO RACISM!
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Old 07-28-2012, 04:15 PM   #18
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Ok so I'm going to start a business called "White fries" and I'm only going to serve white customers. I guess that won't be racist.
This foolishness has been debunked numerous times. Do you actually read this forum or just shout with your fingers in your ears?
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Old 07-28-2012, 04:15 PM   #19
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Actually your argument isn't convincing me at all that it's not racist, so maybe you are?
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Old 07-28-2012, 04:16 PM   #20
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I'm so not leaving the house Monday. Can't stand to hear about this all day.
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Old 07-28-2012, 04:17 PM   #21
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If Obama gave special tax cuts to only black people would that be racist?
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Old 07-28-2012, 04:17 PM   #22
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Should just have this office cater toward anyone poor.
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Old 07-28-2012, 04:18 PM   #23
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Actually your argument isn't convincing me at all that it's not racist, so maybe you are?
I asked you to tell me how this office is racist. I am not trying to convince you it's not. I am asking you to tell me how it is. All you have managed to do is throw out silly and ridiculous red herrings that I am having trouble making sense of. So maybe you are.
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Old 07-28-2012, 04:19 PM   #24
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Should just have this office cater toward anyone poor.

This. There is no need or reason to separate things into black benefits, hispanic benefit, Indian benfits, etc. Doing so treats different races of people differently and gives some certain privileges others do not get, and this is racist.
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I asked you to tell me how this office is racist.

See above post
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Old 07-28-2012, 04:22 PM   #26
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So disgusting.
Perhaps you can explain why?
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Old 07-28-2012, 04:25 PM   #27
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Re: Obama announces first ever African-American education office

"Treating different races of people differently" is not the definition of racism, and you need to look it up. Should this office exist? I don't know. There are plenty of organizations and government grants targeted towards helping poor people with their education, and for whatever reason, the black (and to some degree hispanic) communities are missing out on this by a huge % more than whites. If this office tries to fix this problem (which I don't think it will because I think it boils down to gang violence) then I do not see how this could possibly be a bad thing.

But no, you took what could be an interesting discussion on what the government should or shouldn't do and turned it into a ridiculous argument on what constitutes racism. Good job.
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Old 07-28-2012, 04:27 PM   #28
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"Treating different races of people differently" is not the definition of racism, and you need to look it up.

OK then I'll open a restaurant, serve everyone, but only white people get extra servings and free refills. According to you this is not racist, so I should be able to do it without breaking any laws or any public backlash, right?


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But no, you took what could be an interesting discussion on what the government should or shouldn't do and turned it into a ridiculous argument on what constitutes racism. Good job.

Actually that was you ...
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Old 07-28-2012, 04:28 PM   #29
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Should just have this office cater toward anyone poor.
Poor black people prob have different barriers to education than poor white people etc. Programs focused on educating the poor would naturally be geared towards helping poor white people just due to demographics. You could pretend you aren't doing that and target it towards areas where poor black people live.....but that just seems like appeasing morons.
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Old 07-28-2012, 04:30 PM   #30
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Re: Obama announces first ever African-American education office

Again, red herring. This is not that situation and I'm not going to fall into your ridiculous hypotheticals.
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