I laughed with everyone else when I was watching the Borat movie, in
which a lot of fun is made at the expense of Jewish people. But at
one point in the movie, I realized that everyone seemed to be
laughing AT the Jews, not with them -- as I think was Baron-Cohen's
point -- and the humor
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wrote:
--- On Thu, 11/20/08, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Off_World refers to African-Americans
as colored people
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I laughed with everyone else when I was watching the Borat movie,
in
which a lot of fun is made at the expense of Jewish people. But
at
one point in the movie, I realized that everyone seemed to be
I agree.
What I was referring to was what were, perhaps, unintended
consequences: people in the audience going full circle and, in
effect, joining the anti-Semites on-screen in their derision of Jews.
Hey, maybe I'm wrong and maybe I read the crowd wrong at the showing
I
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I agree.
What I was referring to was what were, perhaps, unintended
consequences: people in the audience going full circle and, in
effect, joining the anti-Semites on-screen in their derision of
Jews.
Did you see Kaufman when he came to MIU and performed at that little
movie theatre we used to have in the Student Union building? Would
ahve been circa '77 (pre-Taxi).
He was introduced as a visiting initiator from Chile and, not knowing
what Kaufman looked like, I fell for it...at
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From: curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as
colored people
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 12:24 PM
Did you see
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Did you see Kaufman when he came to MIU and performed at that
little
movie theatre we used to have in the Student Union building?
Would
ahve been circa '77 (pre-Taxi).
He was introduced as a visiting
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From: curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans
as colored people
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 12:24 PM
Did you see Kaufman when he came to MIU and performed
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They call themselves people or color or colored folks where I come
from ,and people on TV regularly use that term without any racism.
I don't believe that you are a racist Off, but you are missing an
important nuance of language. The term colored people is associated
with the past. The term
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:17 PM, curtisdeltablues
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The term colored people is associated
with the past. The term people of color was carefully crafted to be
different from the emotional connection with Jim Crow laws. The term
colored was used to designate where black
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
They call themselves people or color or colored folks where I come
from ,and people on TV regularly use that term without any racism.
I don't believe that you are a racist
snip
No-body cares about stupid American racism anymore. Its over. Even black
people do not care about the terminology anymore. Only closet ractists
still care about it.
Who the fuck is Jim Crow?
OffWorld
Your ignorance of the history of racism is only overshadowed by your
ignorance of
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On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:17 PM, curtisdeltablues
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The term colored people is associated
with the past. The term people of color was carefully crafted to be
different from the
--- On Thu, 11/20/08, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as
colored people
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 2:30 PM
snip
No-body
: [FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans
as colored people
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 2:30 PM
snip
No-body cares about stupid American racism anymore.
Its over. Even black
people do not care about the terminology anymore. Only
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 1:37 PM, curtisdeltablues
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The term colored people is associated
with the past. The term people of color was carefully crafted to be
different from the emotional connection with Jim Crow laws. The term
colored was used to designate where
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Curtis, do you think Off's putting us on? Nobody could be such a dumb fuck
and so cognitively obtuse unless it was some kind of joke. Who the fuck is
Jim Crowe? He was a MMA fighter out of the Indian Nations in the mid 1800's.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 1:37 PM, curtisdeltablues
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The term colored people is associated
with the past. The term people of color was carefully
crafted to be
different from the
snip
Actually I got it from a Doonesbury cartoon published years ago in
which Steve Dallas had an interlude with him mother.
Mother: I just finished speaking to a very nice colored lady.
Steve: Mom, you can't call them that anymore.
Mother: You mean I need to stop donating to the NAACP?
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L.Shaddai@ wrote:
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:17 PM, curtisdeltablues
On Nov 20, 2008, at 3:21 PM, off_world_beings wrote:
I think I deserve an apology from you and Shemp. But I don't suppose
you are man enough for that.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
National Association
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wrote:
--- On Thu, 11/20/08, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Only closet racists would not be comfortable with the words 'colored
people' . I am sure you are not a racist
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wrote:
On Nov 20, 2008, at 3:21 PM, off_world_beings wrote:
I think I deserve an apology from you and Shemp. But I don't suppose
you are man enough for that.
National Association
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mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , curtisdeltablues
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored
On Nov 20, 2008, at 3:49 PM, off_world_beings wrote:
Hey, Off--I thought you were through with the group!
I am, and I just said it because I KNEW, you would say that. No
really, as soon as I posted again, I knew Sal would be the first to
say this ..again.
Glad not to disappoint.:)
snip
You are not man enough to apologize to me for slamming me as a racist
for using the words 'colored people' which I still maintain is more
acceptable than 'Black or 'African American' and only closet racists
would use the latter terms. 'Colored folks is totally innoffensive.
Period.
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 3:42 PM, off_world_beings
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Your
racist country was one of the last in the Western world to rid itself of
slavery.
Offworld, you said good bye to us. Change your mind? Look, I
understand that your presentation on FFL is an act. The written
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mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , curtisdeltablues
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
You are not man enough to apologize to me for slamming me as a
racist
for using the words 'colored people' which I still maintain is more
acceptable than 'Black or
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mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , I am the eternal
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 3:42 PM, off_world_beings
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Your
racist country was one of the last in the Western world to rid
Not until you apologize for killing my great great great
grandfather, in a land grab by your slave driving forefathers.
I'm not sure which side my English ancestors fought on but my Irish
and French ones weren't here yet.
The British Empire...are you sure you really want to get on a high
horse
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mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , curtisdeltablues
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Not until you apologize for killing my great great great
grandfather, in a land grab by your slave driving forefathers.
I'm not sure which side my English ancestors fought
The Gurkas of India are still to this day Loyal fighters to the
British because the British treated them fairly.
Which is why one unarmed man in a dhoti drove your asses out of their
country, huh? It was a collective uprising of thanks and appreciation...
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mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , curtisdeltablues
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Gurkas of India are still to this day Loyal fighters to the
British because the British treated them fairly.
Which is why one unarmed man in a dhoti drove your asses out
--- On Thu, 11/20/08, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored
people
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 5:54 PM
: Off_World refers to African-Americans as
colored people
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 5:54 PM
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mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , curtisdeltablues
curtisdeltablues@ wrote
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings wrote:
I still maintain is more acceptable than 'Black or 'African
American' and only closet racists would use the latter
terms. 'Colored folks is totally innoffensive. Period.
Can you work off calories by working so hard to defend
I am the eternal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Offworld, you said good bye to us. Change your mind? Look, I
understand that your presentation on FFL is an act. The written
equivalent of performing in drag, which is quite popular in your race
and religion torn country.
L. Shaddai, you're
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