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Exactly- imagine being a black kid in Boston and being required to learn all about the plight of the poor Irish before they came to this country as a requirement of graduation. ...and in addition to Irish History Month, of course.
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Hmmmmm...I thought Boston was the home of radical ideas on government and a home to liberal ideals-- like those beer-brewing founding- fathers were.
Plus, they pronounce "car" as "Kaaa".
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I used to be roomates with a guy from "Baaston". Trust me, it's "Kaaa". Sharp "K" sound.
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quote:Originally posted by WizArtist II: Well, the last time I used the word "Caucasian" I got bashed.
By who?
The biggest difference between our conservatives and American conservatives seems to be the religious angle. Blair is apparently a fairly upright Christian, but you never see him going on about God. It would just come across as a bit embarrassing. The "religious right" doesn't exist to anywhere near the same degree.
And to expand on what Simon is saying: I really don't get the "black people are allowed to be proud to be black, but we're not allowed to be proud to be white" stuff. Exactly what do you want to do? Drive Fords while listening to Rock music, before going home and watching the Discovery channel? Or are you just sick of watching TV programs where the lead is of a different ethnic background to yourself?
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Well, I'm sick of "all black blocks" of programming (over here). On networks like WB and UPN, they show four "urban" (read: all black) shows on a single night...it's strange.
TV is still very segregated- so much so that many shows go overboard to include one of every ethnic cast -or sterotype- in an attempt to break away.
The desire for equality is a biiig stretch from seperating everything into "black" this or that. Imagine the outrage if someone started a multimillion dollar "all white" T.V. network and touted apparel "for whites, by whites" (as example). They could call it W.E.T. (mabye have a wet T-Shirt clad spokeswoman waving a confederate flag or something)
It's a segregationists's dream and they willingly go along with it, 'cause hey, Pride, right?
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quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: They could call it W.E.T. (mabye have a wet T-Shirt clad spokeswoman waving a confederate flag or something)
Isn't that the new Dukes of Hazard movie?
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Probably. Not that I'll be wasting two hours of my finite life watching it to find out.
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"Well, the last time I used the word 'Caucasian' I got bashed."
"By who?"
"Whom". And I believe it was Simon who made a flippant comment about Azerbaijan, or something. Hardly a "bashing".
"Well, I'm sick of 'all black blocks' of programming (over here). On networks like WB and UPN, they show four 'urban' (read: all black) shows on a single night...it's strange."
And what about the all-white blocks of programming that are... all the rest of the time.
"Imagine the outrage if someone started a multimillion dollar 'all white' T.V. network..."
I don't recall there being that much outrage about TNN...
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"The Nashville Network" is hardly excluding anyone though is it? There's just not many black country singer is all.
As I said, TV is pretty segregated, but at least the networks put on a pretense of diversity.
Usually at a 5-1 ration of white to ethnic charcaters though....even in sci fi, there tend to be more aliens than black humans. Just like Hollywood, in that respect.
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quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: Usually at a 5-1 ration of white to ethnic charcaters though....even in sci fi, there tend to be more aliens than black humans. Just like Hollywood, in that respect.
You forgot UPN's "Homeboys in Outer Space"
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