CelestialBody
Starlet of India
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You have the audacity to call someone a cracker and then speak of a world where people judge others on the content of their character instead of a stereotype?!Marxist said:Hey Uncle Cracker,
...I'd love to live in a world where people judged me on the content of my character rather than the color of my skin but it just doesn't work that way.
Wow- I totally missed that- definitely not cool Marxist. You just negated any validity to your personal arguments.Mischka said:You have the audacity to call someone a cracker and then speak of a world where people judge others on the content of their character instead of a stereotype?!
lilminx said:
Wow- I totally missed that- definitely not cool Marxist. You just negated any validity to your personal arguments.
Cheyenne said:Anyone want to tell me what a "cracker" is? I take it that it is an insult?
miles said:Cracker is a derogatory name for a white man. It supposedly comes from a slave owner "cracking" the whip.
Maybe marxist knows.
I acknowledge your point but offer the addition that because of the special relationship, i. E., the virtually complete trust of a child for the parent and the virtually incomprehensible idea that the child's parent would tell them anything wrong or erroneous, it makes the process of recovery from an irrational indoctrination more challenging.XXplorher said:(Except for the children/adult thing. It's ALSO the child's responsibility to distinguish for themselves. THAT falls in line with the rest of your point, no? (Is it more difficult to do that when your adult example fails at it? Possibly. Or possibly far easier. Depends on the child, eh? A parents job is to enable education and 'thinking'. However, a child can't be soley dependant on that. There are plenty of other sources for them to find the mix that suits them.)
Marxist[/i] [B]Guy JD and the rest make their point ever more clear. They HATE Black leaders but want to believe the point of an African American teacher that they don't know or have never met. Here's a clue guys said:Okay, I didn't miss it. But I guess I didn't understand it, either. Anyone want to tell me what a "cracker" is? I take it that it is an insult?
crack·er (kr²k"…r) n. 1. A thin, crisp wafer or biscuit, usually made of unsweetened dough. 2. One that cracks, especially: a. A firecracker. b. A small cardboard cylinder covered with decorative paper that holds candy or a party favor and pops when a paper strip is pulled at one or both ends and torn. c. The apparatus used in the cracking of petroleum. d. One who makes unauthorized use of a computer, especially to tamper with data or programs. 3. Offensive. Used as a disparaging term for a poor white person of the rural, especially southeast United States.
Unclebill said:
I know the name Boortz from this BB because Todd is purported to have quoted him on occasion. And that's the extent of my knowledge. I've also heard he's a radio personality but can't confirm that. So as to identifying my sources, you might find you're overstepping your area of expertise.
Neil Boortz is an author, nationally syndicated talk show host, and the fill-in host on CNN's Talk Back Live. He is the most visible proponent of your Libertarian cause. No, I guess you wouldn't have had the chance to hear of him but you'd probably agree. I believe you can tune him in on http://www.Boortz.com. It's what you sound like orally
Phoenix said:Going back to Minx first statement I find it a horrid shame when people refuse to acknowledge their culture and express their pride in knowing where they came from. I do not know about anyone else here put I take specifc empahis on the fact that I am not just African American, I am also West Indian American. I do not know how I would live if I did not have my culture because it is as much a part of me as my skin color and my personality
This is a mentality that I cannot grasp. While your genetic heritage may provide certain intellectual and physical potentials, they are nothing more than potential until and unless you put this potential to use. The motivation and determination and persistence to initiate, sustain and succeed is yours and yours alone. You either do or you don't achieve the physical or intellectual ends supported by whatever potential your genetic history has given you.Phoenix said:Going back to Minx first statement I find it a horrid shame when people refuse to acknowledge their culture and express their pride in knowing where they came from. ... I do not know how I would live if I did not have my culture because it is as much a part of me as my skin color and my personality