my grandmother is racist

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JRS4224

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Originally posted by: Tick
It's interesting here. I live in Tucson. Sometimes I almost get what some people might call reverse racism, where I'm looked on negatively because I'm white.

I thought reverse racism is when you are extremely nice and sympathetic to a person because of their race. Like in the Animal with Rob Schneider were they wouldn't kill the black guy because they didn't want to seem racist.
 

remagavon

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Originally posted by: arcenite
Originally posted by: jpeyton
At least she doesn't keep a loaded gun on her coffee table and joke about how she likes shooting cans.

You know......mexiCANs, afriCANs, puerto riCANs.

:laugh::eek:

AmeriCANs?:Q
 

Squisher

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Yeah, I'd have to say my Dad is too.

It came as kind of a shock to him when we moved to a new house where most of the neighbors I've met are black.
 

ElFenix

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Originally posted by: remagavon
Originally posted by: arcenite
Originally posted by: jpeyton
At least she doesn't keep a loaded gun on her coffee table and joke about how she likes shooting cans.

You know......mexiCANs, afriCANs, puerto riCANs.

:laugh::eek:

AmeriCANs?:Q
you're about 6 hours behind the thread

 

Eeezee

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Originally posted by: HotChic
My grandfather told me, when I was going off to college, that I couldn't come in his house if I got a "Chinee" boyfriend.

I told him that was okay, I didn't need to come in his house.


lol that's the perfect reply
 
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Originally posted by: ElFenix
she says a black quarterback could never win the superbowl.

she conveniently ignores superbowl MVP doug williams.

why are old people so lame?

Alot of old people are not PC and simply ignorant on many subject. <Bush comment removed>

Anyways, my mom once said "Oh Bills black .... oh oh oh, but he's nice"
She's in her 70s. I couldn't believe it. This was when she jsut met my girlfriend. now current wife.

Old people simply grew up at a different time. When they were your age, we still had slavery.
 

gopunk

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Originally posted by: HotChic
My grandfather told me, when I was going off to college, that I couldn't come in his house if I got a "Chinee" boyfriend.

I told him that was okay, I didn't need to come in his house.

lol that's kind of a random concern... it's not like there's a huge trend of white girls going off to college and coming home with chinese bfs
 

Koing

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My grandmother on my mums side is cool with everything. On my fathers side she would probably p!ssed if I didn't marry an asian/ white girl and would probably flip out if I married any other ethnicity.

Koing
 

ElFenix

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well now she'll at least admit that doug williams won one.

then she said, '1 of 39'

only thing i could reply is that warren moon and steve mcnair didn't win superbowls because bud adams was the team's owner, and he can never win a superbowl because he is the devil.
 

Xyclone

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My grandma watching Bad Boys II: "Why do they bring these blackies in these movies? Blackies can't be actors!"

:roll::eek:
 

Excelsior

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Originally posted by: ElFenix
Originally posted by: her209
Originally posted by: ElFenix
the north is more racist than the south.
I think its more like the well-to-do hate it when a "poor" family moves into their "rich" neighborhood.

i think it has more to do wtih the fact that the american south is the most integrated place on the planet with more contact between people of various races on a daily basis than anywhere else in the world.

but that could just be me.

No, I completely agree with you ElFenix.
 

Excelsior

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Originally posted by: geno
Originally posted by: Taggart
Originally posted by: geno
strong presence of the KKK in the South

This doesn't exist anymore. There are probably only a few hundred KKK per Southern state (wild guess, but to say it's a strong presence would be inaccurate).

Sorry, you're right, I know their presence has been downward sloping for years (thank god), but whenever you hear the name KKK, it's automatically associated with the south (at least I think so)

But when I think of white supremacists I think of Idaho.

 

Leper Messiah

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Originally posted by: Excelsior
Originally posted by: geno
Originally posted by: Taggart
Originally posted by: geno
strong presence of the KKK in the South

This doesn't exist anymore. There are probably only a few hundred KKK per Southern state (wild guess, but to say it's a strong presence would be inaccurate).

Sorry, you're right, I know their presence has been downward sloping for years (thank god), but whenever you hear the name KKK, it's automatically associated with the south (at least I think so)

But when I think of white supremacists I think of Idaho.
Funny thing is Michigan actually has like the 3rd highest concentration of KKK members...damn crazy Yoopers.
 

Excelsior

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Originally posted by: Leper Messiah
Originally posted by: Excelsior
Originally posted by: geno
Originally posted by: Taggart
Originally posted by: geno
strong presence of the KKK in the South

This doesn't exist anymore. There are probably only a few hundred KKK per Southern state (wild guess, but to say it's a strong presence would be inaccurate).

Sorry, you're right, I know their presence has been downward sloping for years (thank god), but whenever you hear the name KKK, it's automatically associated with the south (at least I think so)

But when I think of white supremacists I think of Idaho.
Funny thing is Michigan actually has like the 3rd highest concentration of KKK members...damn crazy Yoopers.

It makes sense to me. Wouldn't the racists want to live where their are less blacks,etc?