> -----Original Message----- > From: LRSScout [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 11:02 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: RE: New Browser - Thoughts? > > Markus says: "There is a Black culture and a Black Experience, and this > naturally translates online and into any other medium since we are all > a > part of the human race. In 2008 it is not wrong to want to identify > with > your culture regardless of what that culture may be or how you choose > to > identify with it." > > So I assume this means her supports white power and racist groups > rights as > well then.
First off: this isn't a browser. It's a theme at best. Treating it like somebody went to a lot of trouble to "build something special" is silly in the first place. Secondly: what IS "white culture"? All I've seen are invented divisions based solely on skin color from the "White Power" groups. The groups are direct results of black culture. Can a group whose sole identifying characteristic is hatred of another group really be considered a "culture"? Using the "I know it when I see it" defense I can definitely see a case made for there being a defining cultural experience for blacks in the U.S. Not all blacks, of course, just like my mostly Italian upbringing didn't apply to all Italian Americans, but for enough that something like this makes sense. So honestly this whole argument, to me, hinges on that: when somebody says "and if we built a browser for White people it would be racist"... well, yeah. It would be. What pages would such a browser link to? What resources? What communities? If there's no legitimate "White Culture" then trying to invent one just to show up blacks is pretty damn racist. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:282598 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
