04-04-2007, 02:43 PM
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I guess I didn't know that.........
I am a racist, segragationalist.
If I heard the news anchor correctly today, CNN's Paula Zaun is doing a feature story about people who's friends are similar looking to them, and according to the "teaser" in the feature, that makes someone a racist, or at least a segragationalist.
I'm not sure that I am going to watch the feature when it airs, but I didn't realize that being a 41 year old white guy, made me a racist, or segrationalist, because my friends are late-thirties, mid-forties white males.
I guess I just didn't know that because I am friends with people who know the same bands and music that I listened to for the past 30 + years, and have hobbies and interests that I share, and have similar views on life, happiness, desires, and such.
My new job is one where the majority of the employees are black, I am one of 10 or 12 whites who work there out of the 35-40 employees. Yet I am racist?
I'm not trying to be an alarmist over this, because (in my own opinion) that has already taken place, but ...................?????
Seriously, does having friends that "look like me"(those of you that I consider friends, please accept my apology for having to "look like me") make me a racist or segrationalist?
If someone watches this, let me know if I am over-reacting, but I think this is just the kind of story that divides our country even more, for NO reason what-so-ever.
(It is also possible I mis-understood the point of the feature story, but from looking at the Paula Zahn page on CNN.com, I doubt it)
Last edited by 1nutworld : 04-04-2007 at 02:59 PM.
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04-04-2007, 03:22 PM
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i got three things to say. one ... c'mon, it's paula zahn! how many people actually agree with that nut? two ...
i guess i just have the one.
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04-04-2007, 03:27 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wyndhy
c'mon, it's paula zahn! how many people actually agree with that nut?
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Ya know, I can't even attempt to argue that point!
Ok Pixies, feel free to ignore this thread in it's entirety!
Thanks wyndhy!
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04-04-2007, 03:38 PM
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i agree with that about paula zah.. she did a whole show on chinese adoption and adoption community attacked her and she had readdress it. She is an idiot.
my daughter is adopted from china.
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04-04-2007, 04:06 PM
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Poeple who seek out members of other ethnic, racial, political, economic or religious groups are highlighting the differences. Herd animals follow the biblical injunction (mostly) of like unto like, and like it or not, we do good cattle impressions.
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04-04-2007, 09:13 PM
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LOL. I also think that when you live in the midwest there are a lot of middle aged white guys and gals...just the way it is.
It's different in a city like San Francisco.....white guys are a minority here.
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