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tree_ wrote:Is Eddie Vedder racist too?
I mean, he did win the lottery when he was born
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tree_ wrote:Is Eddie Vedder racist too?
I mean, he did win the lottery when he was born
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What does that lyric mean to you, tree?
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It means he was luckily born into a good situation. As I asked before, if I were born into a tremendously unlucky situation and struggled my entire life, would that override my pale skin and cancel out my racism?
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Jorge wrote:Motion to merge this thread with Tha Mayonnaise Wars
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My wife has a lot of Lebanese in her but looks mostly white... is she a racist too?
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tree_ wrote:It means he was luckily born into a good situation. As I asked before, if I were born into a tremendously unlucky situation and struggled my entire life, would that override my pale skin and cancel out my racism?
No.
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tree_ wrote:It means he was luckily born into a good situation. As I asked before, if I were born into a tremendously unlucky situation and struggled my entire life, would that override my pale skin and cancel out my racism?
No.
Thanks for the explanation. How about this: I'm born into a bad situation then pull myself up by my bootstraps and find success and happiness. Would I be racist then?
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I have a headache.
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"I'm not a racist" says the man who used the term pulled myself up by my bootstraps.
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BurtReynolds wrote:How's this thread going?
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durdencommatyler wrote:
tree_ wrote:It means he was luckily born into a good situation. As I asked before, if I were born into a tremendously unlucky situation and struggled my entire life, would that override my pale skin and cancel out my racism?
No.
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I want to know, according to you guys, what percentage of people do you think are racist? What are your qualifiers? I'm so confused.
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tree_ wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
tree_ wrote:It means he was luckily born into a good situation. As I asked before, if I were born into a tremendously unlucky situation and struggled my entire life, would that override my pale skin and cancel out my racism?
No.
Thanks for the explanation. How about this: I'm born into a bad situation then pull myself up by my bootstraps and find success and happiness. Would I be racist then?
This is like asking, "How about this: I wake up and feel hungry, and so I go to the store and buy an orange. Does that mean I have diabetes?"
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Joe you'd clear up a lot if you'd just tell me your definition of racism.
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