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bigTC1
hey, how are you doing over in Egypt? i just wondered because of the protests all over the middle east and north africa. i am very confused of how the protestors could believe that our government could endorse something so inflammatory and insulting to so many people. also, how in a country of this size and with so much freedom they could control every individual or group that was trying to cause such a reaction. for the simple purpose of fostering anti-muslim feelings in our country.
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bigTC1
oh i'm not going to bother you constantly i promise Favorite Quotation is 'you may forget the one with whom you have laughed, but never the one with whom you have wept' Kahil Gibran i wonder if you know any other books by Kahil Gibran that are about his philosophy other than "sand and foam"
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bigTC1
i was just wondering what was happening in egypt currently. lost contact with the situation because of our holidays. have the protesters made any progress in getting the military to loosen its control of its grip on power? feel free to correct any notion that i do not have correct.
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bigTC1
well i have to agree with ashdinosaur about the racist comments. i live in an area in U.S. where most people have racist undertow, if they are not totally bigoted. i consider myself fair minded about race but growing up where i did in TX you just usually do not see black people except at night. oh i know using black people as term is not politically correct. but even i feel a tinge of fear late at night when young black male approaches me .oh and i do not live in very exclusive area. it is middle class region. but people like me have it drilled into them at young age. in my personal opinion,all minorities have a heavy burden to bare!!
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ashdinosaur
The thing about racism is that so many white people think it literally means "you hate black people" or something similar and so based on that they don't see their actions as racist, and intent is fairly irrelevant when your actions are having real effects on real people regardless of your intentions. Bunch of interesting articles on the subject here that make some pretty coherent points: http://pigblog.tumblr.com/post/13023652355/things-for-white-people-to-read
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ashdinosaur
lol I tried to tell my mum that all white people are racist and she hit me :'( It's true though, things aren't going to change until we realise that. It's not about feeling guilty, it's about unearthing the embedded indoctrination and working against it, which can only happen when white people start to realise the MAGNITUDE of it's assimilation into ALL white people. It took me 19 years to realise that. It's hard to sit and listen to the defensiveness when I know exactly what that feels like and I just want to shake them and say "BUT THINK OF EVERYONE YOU'RE HURTING!" This is quite the conversation, huh?
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ashdinosaur
Good old indoctrination. It's interesting that sometimes if you're calling someone out on racism and you're white, they'll use your whiteness in their argument against you, as if they'd actually listen if you weren't white, when you know that wouldn't make them an iota more likely to consider your points, because you know, they don't have a basic understanding of why a POC might have a better idea of what is and isn't racist. And them someone will call someone a cracker and the "reverse racism!!!" shrieks start and out come the garlic and the crucifixes.
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ashdinosaur
I sure can understand the symbolism of me having a large alcoholic beverage in response.
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ashdinosaur
For real I mean it's not as if it's subtle, I honestly thought more people would see this precisely because super blatant racism is sometimes recognised by the mainstream, but no, it's green u guys!!!! and omg it's not voodoo it's just an abstract concept that coincidentally looks exactly like stereotypical voodoo!!!11 dOn't u get the SYMBOLISM!!!!!!!!1!!111/////???
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ashdinosaur
I am enjoying all of the "omg this is not racist u CRAZY" bullshit at Florence & the machine's page for No Light No Light. Saw that you were the only visible comment getting it, thought I'd say hey. So hey. Solidarity and shit.
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