Enough already! No more ethnic titles!
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1journeyman
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Originally Posted by bigarn
If anything it should be ... AMERICAN of African decent
AMERICAN of Italian decent
AMERICAN of Irish decent .... etc.
If you are truely AMERICAN then AMERICAN should come first.
Just my 2 cents.
Wow; That is brilliant.
I am going to start writing it that way from now on. Great point.
If anything it should be ... AMERICAN of African decent
AMERICAN of Italian decent
AMERICAN of Irish decent .... etc.
If you are truely AMERICAN then AMERICAN should come first.
Just my 2 cents.
Wow; That is brilliant.
I am going to start writing it that way from now on. Great point.
aquaknight
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I think we're really blowing it out of proportion. Who goes around saying "Hello, I'm Greg Oden, and I'm African-American," anyways? It's merely a point back towards an individual's ancestry.
And this is coming from someone with Polish, Germany, Irish, English, Yugoslavian, background (that's what happens when your family has been here since before the Civil War lol).
And this is coming from someone with Polish, Germany, Irish, English, Yugoslavian, background (that's what happens when your family has been here since before the Civil War lol).
cowfishrule
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we can thank all our wonderful liberal leaders for this.
cowfishrule
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Originally Posted by renogaw
no...
you can thank people like Al Sharpton for this...see how he's blowing that sportscaster's comment out of proportion?
he is quite the liberal leader....
no...
you can thank people like Al Sharpton for this...see how he's blowing that sportscaster's comment out of proportion?
he is quite the liberal leader....
jerthunter
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So let us say that someone gets robbed and the police asks the victim to describe the attacker.. They should say, "Well, the attacker was an American." And instead of going out to get Mexican food, or Chinese food, or Italian food I would call them all American food, since this is American right, made in American by Americans with American influence.
Is it really THAT bad to see people acknowledge their heritage if they choose?
Is it really THAT bad to see people acknowledge their heritage if they choose?
cowfishrule
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Originally Posted by renogaw
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i hate it when i get caught not knowing the difference between liberal and conservative leaders...
<3 you...
how you doin, by the way?
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i hate it when i get caught not knowing the difference between liberal and conservative leaders...
<3 you...
how you doin, by the way?
monkdaily
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Originally Posted by bigarn
If anything it should be ... AMERICAN of African decent
AMERICAN of Italian decent
AMERICAN of Irish decent .... etc.
If you are truely AMERICAN then AMERICAN should come first.
Just my 2 cents.
i could not have said it better myself. however as messed up as it sounds we still need the titles. sorry. since iam mexican i will use myself as an example. if i were to rob a store then u know wut that would say a hispanic male. not and american male if that makes sense. or if your looking for someone at ur LFS and ur like is "john here" and they are like "John who" u have to think about saying "the black one i guess." not the darker american fellow. and we need it for our young ones to look up to to say hay he/shes blah blah blah like me if he/she can do it so can i. u cant just ignore race. some of that might sound ridiculous or cliche but how and why in such a culturally rich country as ours can u ignore ur or others heritage/race. i have aruments like this with my best friend who is white haha on a regular basis. and about mexicans speaking spanish but thats another topic all together
If anything it should be ... AMERICAN of African decent
AMERICAN of Italian decent
AMERICAN of Irish decent .... etc.
If you are truely AMERICAN then AMERICAN should come first.
Just my 2 cents.
i could not have said it better myself. however as messed up as it sounds we still need the titles. sorry. since iam mexican i will use myself as an example. if i were to rob a store then u know wut that would say a hispanic male. not and american male if that makes sense. or if your looking for someone at ur LFS and ur like is "john here" and they are like "John who" u have to think about saying "the black one i guess." not the darker american fellow. and we need it for our young ones to look up to to say hay he/shes blah blah blah like me if he/she can do it so can i. u cant just ignore race. some of that might sound ridiculous or cliche but how and why in such a culturally rich country as ours can u ignore ur or others heritage/race. i have aruments like this with my best friend who is white haha on a regular basis. and about mexicans speaking spanish but thats another topic all together
jtrzerocool
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Originally Posted by Ice4Ice
And why do we have to press "1" for English ? This irritates me to no end !!! If you can't understand our language, learn how !! I say we change it to Press "1" for Spanish, "2" for Russian/Bosnian, 3 for Vietnamese, etc ...
at least you dont have to press 2 for english...
And why do we have to press "1" for English ? This irritates me to no end !!! If you can't understand our language, learn how !! I say we change it to Press "1" for Spanish, "2" for Russian/Bosnian, 3 for Vietnamese, etc ...
at least you dont have to press 2 for english...