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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 10:15 AM Original message |
Teacher Resigns After Appearing In Blackface At Basketball Game |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. last halloween i saw this dude out like that |
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BringEmOn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 10:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. The same people who think Washington Redskins, Atlanta Braves |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 10:30 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. but but but....we're HONORING them! |
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yvr girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
2. Are you making up more stuff again? |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
3. and here I thought blackface died out with Al Jolson |
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progmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 10:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. didn't Ted Danson do that? |
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Huckebein the Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 10:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. It was at a Friars Roast if I'm not mistaken |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 10:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Oh yeah, that was a hoot too |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 10:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Here he is |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 10:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I have never understood the "humor" or purpose behind "blackface" |
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Mistress Quickly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
5. Actually, the students |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 10:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. that may be the case |
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Mistress Quickly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 11:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
31. He has no history of this |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 11:54 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. that's true |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
8. What the f*ck are these people thinking? |
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Shananigans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
14. I think intent counts for at least 50% |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 10:33 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. ? |
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Shananigans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 10:35 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Last time I checked |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 10:36 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. you think vikings and indians are on the same plane? |
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Shananigans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 11:01 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Don't judge me. |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 11:04 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. you should read this |
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BringEmOn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 10:40 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. KKK lynchings were just good ol' boy fun, too |
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cassandra uprising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 11:05 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. your post is perfect example of the pervasive nature of racism |
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Shananigans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 11:17 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. It's really no ones business if I have black friends or white friends |
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cassandra uprising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 12:10 PM Response to Reply #28 |
45. your defensiveness and dodging the two points i made |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 12:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
46. it may be a non-factor to you... |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
15. Has anyone seen Spike Lee's "Bamboozled"? |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 10:34 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. fantastic movie |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 10:37 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Thanks...I like Spike Lee a lot |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 11:01 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Great movie |
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ashmanonar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 12:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
42. sorta like blazing saddles: |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
26. Well, that's Georgia for you, Capitol of the Confederacy was Atlanta. |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 11:34 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. I, uh, thought the capital of the Confederacy was in Richmond, VA. |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 11:39 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Wasn't it moved or was Atlanta the largest Confederate Army camp? |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 11:40 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. No, my history book says Richmond |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 11:53 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. I've probably forgotten more than I've learned then-I stand corrected. |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 11:57 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. No it was Richmond |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 12:02 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Danville, Virginia and Richmond then-I'm a yank for life. The South |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 12:07 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Oh very much so |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
27. What. A. Pig. |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
29. The history of minstrelsy in this country is very long and interesting, |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 12:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. It gets even more complex when blacks wore blackface |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 12:54 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. That's right. The audiences with money, after all, were white, and doing |
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miss_kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
34. So where has this guy been for the last-oh-50 years or so? |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
35. All I can say is... |
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miss_kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 11:53 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Or |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 12:09 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. HA! |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
48. I haven't read the whole thread, so maybe this has been said, |
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