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[dimejinky99]

The black Rhino was declared officially extinct today

[Biff Pocoroba]

The western black Rhino was declared officially extinct today

fify dime.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Wut?

Group demands California high school change 'Arab' team name, mascot


(CNN) -- A Southern California high school sports' team is not scoring any points for its name, the "Arabs."
In a letter this month, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee accused the school of stereotyping and demanded a name change.
The group is also seeking a change of the Coachella Valley High School mascot.
The group said it was "shocked to learn that the Arab" is the official mascot of the high school in Thermal.
"Continued use of the 'Arab' mascot perpetuates demeaning stereotypes of Arabs and Arab Americans," it said. "Coachella Valley High School's gross stereotyping cannot be tolerated."
The school has a mascot that "depicts a man with a large nose, heavy beard, and wearing" a traditional head covering, the group said.
During halftime, "a female dressed as belly dancer entertains the mascot by dancing for him," it added.
But for the school, the mascot and cheerleaders shouting "Let's go Arabs. Let's go," is nothing new.
It has been going on since the 1930s, CNN affiliate KESQ reported.
Coachella Valley Unified School District Superintendent Darryl Adams says he is not taking the concerns lightly.
"We're very sensitive to that and how we're going to work to make sure, maybe sometimes you should have some consultations when we're working with other groups and cultures," Adams told the affiliate.
One supporter of the team says the images are not offensive.
"It wasn't to discriminate, it was to say 'hey, thank you Middle East, Iraq, Algeria," Rich Ramirez, president of the Coachella Valley high school alumni association, told the affiliate. "This what we like to do. And we're proud of being Arabs."
The school district and the national group are meeting to see if a resolution can be made, the affiliate reported.
The issue will also be discussed at a meeting on November 21.
It is unclear whether anything will change before the next game Friday night.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/07/us/califo ... f=obinsite

[BurtReynolds]

was this posted before?

http://acculturated.com/2013/11/08/jimm ... -feelings/

[Harry Lime]

was this posted before?

http://acculturated.com/2013/11/08/jimm ... -feelings/

Actually, it was nowhere near the same rhetoric directed against Jews in Germany, and it did not promote racial hatred. The confusion stems from our abuse of the word racism, accusations of which are hurled these days at the drop of a hat... Words and definitions matter, but we are so indoctrinated by political correctness that we take kneejerk offense even at childish nonsense, thus diminishing the damage of legitimate racism, like that of which Nazis were actually guilty.

Yup.

And it's funny when someone calls you insensitive because you agree with the above quote. Um, no.


Also, how about that typhoon in the Phillippines?

[Jorge]

was this posted before?

http://acculturated.com/2013/11/08/jimm ... -feelings/

Those are the worst protest signs I've ever seen.

[Jorge]

As a culture, we have abandoned all rational sense of perspective and fallen under the heel of what I call the tyranny of feelings, whereby a group (or a person, but usually a group) bullies others by claiming offense and donning the mantle of victimhood, regardless of whether it fits.

I actually think it's fucking awesome that we live in a time where the historically disenfranchised and marginalized are stepping up and calling the predominant group and power structures out on their bullshit, but this particular case is just a bunch of dumb people completely missing the point of the joke.

[harmless]

"The Tyranny of Feelings."

[BurtReynolds]

nerdery:

http://www.upworthy.com/one-look-at-the ... ous-things

One Look At The United States-Canada Border Reveals Some Ridiculous Things

[Jorge]

nerdery:

http://www.upworthy.com/one-look-at-the ... ous-things

One Look At The United States-Canada Border Reveals Some Ridiculous Things

I love these

[mastaflatch]

nerdery:

http://www.upworthy.com/one-look-at-the ... ous-things

One Look At The United States-Canada Border Reveals Some Ridiculous Things

I love these

[Norah]

That was awesome.

[Heathen]

Fun With Flags Borders

[Human Bass]

nevermind.

[BurtReynolds]

http://thoughtcatalog.com/timmy-parker/ ... americans/

Pancakes for breakfast was weird too

saywhatnow?

[philpritchard]

http://thoughtcatalog.com/timmy-parker/2013/10/30-non-americans-on-the-weirdest-things-that-are-norms-to-americans/

Pancakes for breakfast was weird too

saywhatnow?

Does anyone regularly eat pancakes as anything other than breakfast?

Do Americans really wear shoes in the house? I assumed people only had that perception because people on TV don't take their shoes off.

I can vouch for the TV commercials thing. It's really weird watching a station with American commercials because every single one is for either prescription drugs, lawyers or car dealerships.

[E.H. Ruddock]

We have breakfast for dinner quite a bit, and occasionally that means pancakes for dinner.

But we take our shoes off.

[doug rr]

shoes off..always

[philpritchard]

shoes off..always

Yeah, it did seem kind of crazy.

And breakfast for dinner is awesome. Still, pancakes are pretty clearly breakfast.

[BurtReynolds]

I should probably stop wearing my shoes inside, but I have a very hairy dog anyway, so the carpet is fucked either way.