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| *Steven* |
 Aug 10 2007, 09:44 PM
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Please refrain from double posting SoEffinMajor
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Aug 10 2007, 09:46 PM
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 well, if practice makes perfect then im relaxin at rehearsal  Group: Member Posts: 329 Joined: May 2007 Member No: 529,475 |
oops...i didnt realize
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Aug 11 2007, 05:30 AM
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 WarPath Leader. Group: Member Posts: 668 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 216,721 |
QUOTE(SoEffinMajor @ Aug 11 2007, 04:24 AM)  u were trying to be funny when you wrote, have u ever thought you were called black because of ur skin color. all im saying is there is a difference...if i were white i wouldnt want to be called white. because white isn't a race. okay...u win. merged Lol you still didn't got my point, what i've said is when someone calls you black maybe they don't come down to race, and they just reffer to your skin color, but to you everything comes down to race. |
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| *Uronacid* |
Aug 21 2007, 02:23 PM
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I have a better question... why are they black when they are clearly brown? I think I'm going to have to start calling them brown people.
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| *Steven* |
Aug 21 2007, 05:11 PM
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For a well educated retort:
NUH UH! |
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| *Uronacid* |
Aug 23 2007, 03:14 PM
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QUOTE(brownsugar @ Aug 21 2007, 08:57 PM) YAH HUH! Even the guy in your picture is brown. He's a brown person. |
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| *ersatz* |
Aug 24 2007, 03:16 PM
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If you're gonna do that, you're gonna have to go through the different shades of brown too, cause there's lots of brown people that aren't African American.
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Aug 24 2007, 07:39 PM
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 Jake - The Unholy Trinity / Premiscuous Poeteer. Group: Member Posts: 1,272 Joined: May 2006 Member No: 411,316 |
Aren't brown people Middle Eastern?
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| *Uronacid* |
Aug 27 2007, 08:57 AM
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QUOTE(ersatz @ Aug 24 2007, 04:16 PM) If you're gonna do that, you're gonna have to go through the different shades of brown too, cause there's lots of brown people that aren't African American. We can call them chocolate's people. The kin of the god of Chocolate! *thunder* |
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Sep 6 2007, 05:08 PM
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Not all black people have ancestors exclusively from Africa. When white people name all the countries that their ancestors of from, it might be from Europe yet they arent called European americans. Why do people put so much focus on race anyway?? ITs extremely ignorant.
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Sep 7 2007, 07:41 PM
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 hello. Group: Official Designer Posts: 211 Joined: Mar 2007 Member No: 513,566 |
Lets just forget about race, were all people! P-E-O-P-L-E who cares if your white, black ,yellow or somehow purple ya know?
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Sep 7 2007, 07:50 PM
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 Naomi loves you. Y'all may call me NaNa Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,925 Joined: Jun 2006 Member No: 427,774 |
^ I agree but I don't understand why y'all complain about us calling ourselves African Americans. It's not a big deal. It's not our decision on what we want to be called, not yours. Get over it. Because we all have better things to worry about.
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| *Podomaht* |
Sep 7 2007, 08:31 PM
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QUOTE(brownsugar @ Aug 10 2007, 09:28 AM) Please keep the N word out of this topic. This is the only warning I will give to you. i've seen ch**k so many times here without a warning. don't let your black bias get in the way of modding. |
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| *Podomaht* |
Sep 7 2007, 08:35 PM
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QUOTE(brownsugar @ Sep 7 2007, 09:32 PM) I call it as I see it.  don't be a n****r about it. seriously. |
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| *Sandraaa* |
Sep 8 2007, 12:07 PM
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QUOTE(URONACID) I have a better question... why are they black when they are clearly brown? I think I'm going to have to start calling them brown people. I laughed my brown ass off! Hahaha. Trust me, there are BLACK people. I saw a couple in England and I couldn't stop staring. Completely black. Truly deeply black. Very black. I was taken off guard. |
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Sep 11 2007, 10:36 PM
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Jake - The Unholy Trinity / Premiscuous Poeteer. Group: Member Posts: 1,272 Joined: May 2006 Member No: 411,316 |
QUOTE(TaintedSakura @ Sep 7 2007, 08:41 PM) Lets just forget about race, were all people! P-E-O-P-L-E who cares if your white, black ,yellow or somehow purple ya know? Well, according to evolution, black people aren't equivalent to whites. They are viewed as less evolved humans. Why do you think the Aboriginies were hunted? QUOTE(1angel3 @ Sep 7 2007, 08:50 PM) ^ I agree but I don't understand why y'all complain about us calling ourselves African Americans. It's not a big deal. It's not our decision on what we want to be called, not yours. Get over it. Because we all have better things to worry about. Uh, no we don't. We're kids. What else are we suppost to be fighting about?  JIGGA BOO BRIGHT! No double posting please, thanks :) |
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| *Steven* |
Sep 12 2007, 09:07 AM
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QUOTE(1angel3 @ Sep 7 2007, 07:50 PM) ^ I agree but I don't understand why y'all complain about us calling ourselves African Americans. It's not a big deal. It's not our decision on what we want to be called, not yours. Get over it. Because we all have better things to worry about. I'm sorry but did you just say that it was neither your nor our decision as to what you wanted to be called? Please explain. |
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Sep 12 2007, 12:05 PM
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QUOTE(JakeKKing @ Sep 11 2007, 11:36 PM) JIGGA BOO BRIGHT!  All I know is that they are a violent people. Malcolm X - Violent 50 Cent - Violent Denzel Washington in Training Day - Violent Every Gangster Movie Portraying Black Stereotypes - Violent Mike Tyson - f**kin Crazy Violent Ike Turner - Beatin His Wife Violent O.J. Simpson - Not Violent(He didn't do it, You da' man OJ) |
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| *Steven* |
Sep 12 2007, 02:16 PM
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QUOTE(The-Abominable-CPillar @ Sep 12 2007, 12:05 PM) All I know is that they are a violent people. Malcolm X - Violent 50 Cent - Violent Denzel Washington in Training Day - Violent Every Gangster Movie Portraying Black Stereotypes - Violent Mike Tyson - f**kin Crazy Violent Ike Turner - Beatin His Wife Violent O.J. Simpson - Not Violent(He didn't do it, You da' man OJ) Lionel Richie's wife - beat husband (violent) But yeah. To each their own :) |
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Sep 23 2007, 08:36 PM
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the way i see it is black = skin color. African American = nationality
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Sep 25 2007, 01:30 AM
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 *~Katie*~ Group: Member Posts: 761 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 25,517 |
QUOTE(WHIMSICAL 0NE @ Feb 20 2007, 07:28 PM) ^ It's not always one sided. If they throw race back at you then they're just as bad in my opinion. But I could understand where "black" and "white" aren't politically correct. There are different races, so it's not like we call someone "brown" or "orange" (Idk, orange if you have a bad self tan or something, w/e, just an example). My first thought on reading the topic title was because their ancestors came from Africa. I guess that means that if I really wanted to I could call myself European-America  even though you don't really hear that. A lot of african-americans can trace their roots back to Africa, whereas "white" people tend to be a mix of many different races (so they can't trace their roots back to ONE country)My thoughts exactly! |
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| *Sandraaa* |
Sep 27 2007, 02:37 AM
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^ It was also funny when she said that Blacks can trace their roots to Africa but Whites can't trace theirs to ONE country. I laughed!
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Sep 27 2007, 02:42 AM
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 55KAMG's<3 Group: Member Posts: 232 Joined: Sep 2007 Member No: 577,506 |
I think its f**ked up w/ the Jena 6 thing, but cmon black people are mad... A LOT
Are you kidding me? Lets not joke around here, everyone knows that black people are still mad over slavery and just being black. |
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| *Sandraaa* |
Sep 27 2007, 02:43 AM
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^ Could you back that bullshit of a statement up?
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Sep 27 2007, 06:34 AM
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 I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
QUOTE(brownsugar @ Sep 27 2007, 06:29 AM) JC? Feeling angry? no ma'am i'm not mad either QUOTE(lidoxeddie @ Sep 27 2007, 02:42 AM) I think its f**ked up w/ the Jena 6 thing, but cmon black people are mad... A LOT Are you kidding me? Lets not joke around here, everyone knows that black people are still mad over slavery and just being black. yea i duno who "everyone" would be |
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