Real Americans to Sell Island for Shares of Goldline
Latest Right-Wing Freak-Out: Obama Wants To Give Manhattan Back To Native Americans The good news is that the right-wing isn't talking about President Obama being a secret Muslim right now. The bad news is that they're now concerned that he's going to use his honorary status as a Crow Tribe Indian
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I see a clear double-standard in ONTD_P comment posting...
The first .gif is cool. The second one (seriously) is racist. Didn't we have this talk before?
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Basically, though, there is a huuuge world of difference between a historically embattled minority group poking fun at something pretty harmless (like dancing) that the group in power does, and the group with all the power, all the money, and all the government representation doing the same thing to a group that has none of those privileges. Really, I don't think anyone's going to lose any sleep over teasing a member of one of the most notoriously clueless, rich white families dancing in a goofy way. Your counter-example of the little boy crying over KFC, though, is different. The stereotype of black people and chicken goes back a long way, and tries to tie people to the image of poverty, obesity, and undereducation by associating a traditional southern food with a shitty fast food chain that itself carries a lot of cultural baggage. I hope you can see how that's a lot worse that "lol, dancing ( ... )
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Oh, you can, if you really want to. There's nothing stopping you.
Just let me know when you do, so I can have my popcorn ready.
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