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Message 1684026 - Posted: 25 May 2015, 13:23:21 UTC - in response to Message 1684025.  

I'm convinced that Clyde understand that joke.
I know what countries his grandparents came from:)

Yes, a nice racist joke. This thread is about racism & as pointed out by several, for so called intelligent people to use nationality, colour or disability to garner laughs says much of the person.

There's enough material out there for funny jokes, so surprised with many that they use much content as seen on these types of threads.

The OP is correct, all of us are racist in form or another whether or not we realise it.
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Message 1684027 - Posted: 25 May 2015, 13:30:58 UTC - in response to Message 1684026.  
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The OP is correct, all of us are racist in form or another whether or not we realise it.

Indeed.
Here some people from Norrland (northern part of Sweden) hate people from Stockholm.
Many people from Göteborg (Gothenburg) suburbs really hate people from Stockholm.
And Stockholm?
Most newcomers are from Norrland but not from Göteborg.
De e la käckt:)

btw. Every country in the World has their oddities because of different cultures. In Europe there are MANY Cultures.
And joking of stereotypes is alright to me.
"Nice" racist jokes however...
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Message 1684049 - Posted: 25 May 2015, 15:41:17 UTC - in response to Message 1684047.  
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Many Brits have Viking Blood in them.
Especially if you have red hair:)
William the Conqueror (English William the Conqueror), William I, about 1028 to 1087, the Duke of Normandy from 1035, king of England from 1066. He was the illegitimate son of the Normandy Duke '' Robert the Devil '' (Robert I), but his father appointed anyway William '' Bastard ', which he first called, heir to the passing of the children of the marriage.
William was a descendant of the fifth generation of Rollo - "GÃ¥nge-Rolf", the Viking chieftain who according to Norman sources with the area around the Seine lower reaches of the fief of Charles the Simple toward defending the country against attacks from other Vikings. Rollo settled in the town of Rouen on the Seine, and there was even his descendants to have its headquarters.

And russians of course.
Americans:)
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Message 1684053 - Posted: 25 May 2015, 15:44:27 UTC - in response to Message 1684044.  

Keep it up. I like laughing.

As do I, it keeps one youthful & fit, so please continue giving all our "daily bread" :-)
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Message 1684059 - Posted: 25 May 2015, 15:52:31 UTC - in response to Message 1684053.  
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Keep it up. I like laughing.

As do I, it keeps one youthful & fit, so please continue giving all our "daily bread" :-)

Yes.
Old Swedish saying: "Ett gott skratt förlänger livet" meaning "A good laugh prolongs your life".
One of the Worlds first cartoon strip maker was Oskar Andersson.
He said "Ett gott skratt förlänger käften" meaning "A good laugh prolongs your jaw" :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Andersson
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Message 1684071 - Posted: 25 May 2015, 16:38:38 UTC

You can please some of the people some of the time, but you cannot please all the people all of the time

Saira Khan - A British Muslim highlights how good comedy can be attacked by many with closed minds.
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Message 1684095 - Posted: 25 May 2015, 17:47:59 UTC - in response to Message 1684071.  
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You can please some of the people some of the time, but you cannot please all the people all of the time
Saira Khan - A British Muslim highlights how good comedy can be attacked by many with closed minds.

Some more Stereotypes:)
The Kumars at No. 42. And Goodness Gracious Me.
Grannie are asking Patric Stewart "Why aren't there any Indians on the Enterprise? Don't you need IT Support?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ54kSrhnGM

btw. My brother in law Andy also comes from Nottingham.
And Sanjeev Bhaskar was born in Ealing, and grew up living above a launderette in Hounslow, west London.
My sister lived in both Ealing and Hounslow for some years and I have been there a couple of times. :)
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Message 1684210 - Posted: 25 May 2015, 22:22:45 UTC - in response to Message 1681844.  

Seems someone can't read. Puts words in people mouths exactly opposite of what they say. Someone is also completely ignorant of facts.

Hardly worth a reply, but I never said education will be quick, if you bother and read, perhaps that is difficult for you, I said it will take generations.

As to facts about Asians and discrimination, perhaps you should look up some history. It took until the latter half of the 20th century to end legal discrimination. Well past the emancipation proclamation.

Let me ask a dumb question. If you are brought up in a culture that tells you, you can't succeed because the man will slap you down, so you don't even try, will you succeed? Does it even matter if the man does or doesn't slap you down? Yes, the culture that says you can't get ahead even if you try, needs to change.

Easy victim blaming and absolving your own responsibility. America is not racist, black people aren't getting ahead in life because of racism, its all because they are part of a culture that tells them to don't even try. Its all on them.

You are right it is a culture telling them they can't succeed. The people telling them are the guilty. Who is doing that today? Mom and Dad!
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Message 1684216 - Posted: 25 May 2015, 22:37:47 UTC - in response to Message 1684026.  

The OP is correct, all of us are racist in form or another whether or not we realise it.

I'd go one farther and say not only are we all racist, but that it is impossible to not be a racist. That because of each of our languages have words in them for classification and preference.
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Message 1684219 - Posted: 25 May 2015, 22:41:12 UTC

Real racism:
http://www.aol.com/article/2015/05/24/long-island-family-receives-shocking-anonymous-hate-mail/21186699/

P.S. haven't read the thread in a week as I've been busy, so sorry for the three posts in a row.
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Message 1684246 - Posted: 25 May 2015, 23:32:40 UTC - in response to Message 1684242.  
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Add to that, Inner City Schools and Community Leaders.
Who's running them?
Republicans? KKK?
Who?
All successful oppressed groups took power, and said: 'Screw them. We don't need them. We can do it'.
Most Inner Cities, within The USA, have not been Governed by The Republicans, or the KKK, over the past few decades.
Stop the 'Blame Game' and DO IT. Everyone else has. Only a racist would believe Blacks cannot succeed without Non-Black help or approval.

I come to Think of first Detroit and now Chicago hearing this.
Who are running cities in the US?
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Message 1684269 - Posted: 25 May 2015, 23:50:48 UTC - in response to Message 1684252.  
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Thanks ES99.
This is now a reality now in ALL western countries...
It's now about the right kind of people.
For some months ago I applied for a Green Card to the US.
Everything worked fine and I was approved to work in America.
But I forgot to send photographs of my self.
Should I send a Picture of Usama bin Ladin or this?

The new PM of Sweden. Statsminister Özz Nûjen.
Nosh:)
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Message 1684272 - Posted: 26 May 2015, 0:08:52 UTC - in response to Message 1684252.  

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Message 1684293 - Posted: 26 May 2015, 0:59:38 UTC - in response to Message 1684272.  
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2015/05/16/asian-americans-file-complaint-alleging-discrimination-in-harvard-admissions/

Yep, blacks never benefited, despite 1882 to 1965 of them being given some legal preference over Chinese.
In case you were wondering, yes lynching http://www.laweekly.com/news/how-los-angeles-covered-up-the-massacre-of-17-chinese-2169478

Sorry, I don't understand your point. Are you suggesting that there is no racism because they were racist against Chinese as well?
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Message 1684347 - Posted: 26 May 2015, 4:08:18 UTC
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Trust me, you do not want to know what my last proposed post was, and which I composed, I just deleted.

When the subject actually turns around from infighting among posters and discussion about racism, I may return.
"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

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Message 1684348 - Posted: 26 May 2015, 4:13:45 UTC

I think when a cop can jump on the hood of a car and shott 14 rounds through it on unarmed folks and walk is BS. Why was this not a jury trial?
This case stinks to high heaven.
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Message 1684362 - Posted: 26 May 2015, 5:10:37 UTC - in response to Message 1684348.  

I think when a cop can jump on the hood of a car and shott 14 rounds through it on unarmed folks and walk is BS. Why was this not a jury trial?
This case stinks to high heaven.

It wasn't a jury trial because the cop didn't ask for a jury trial. Likely a very smart lawyer. Yes, a jury would have hung him, but a judge, lawyer, would have precisely followed the logic of the law, no matter how perverted the result.
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Message 1684365 - Posted: 26 May 2015, 5:20:27 UTC - in response to Message 1684341.  

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Interestingly, the Democrats are against 'School Choice'. Where inner city (poor and black) would be able to have better (non-public) schools, with taxpayer assistance. The 'other party' is for this...

If you are actually interested why 'school choice' as you call it is not a solution then you will be interested to know that school choice makes the problem worse.

What you get is those parents that can and are able to chose take their kids out of the government funded schools. Those school go in a downward spiral and become sink schools. For example, if there is a good school, the house prices are driven up as parents that can afford it move to be close to those schools, thus driving out of the area the very children you think you are trying to help.

I am afraid that it is shown that public schools are often much better than non-public schools. When schools are run for profit motive and those profits depend on school scores they do things like refuse to admit special needs pupils, refuse to enter students into exams that they won't get good grades in because it will make the school look bad, they select for the brightest students which makes the problem for the other local schools worse.

I've directly seen the effect on 'school choice' directly, and trust me, it is not a fix for anything.

One thing about teacher's unions is that they are made up of teachers. Teachers are usually very smart and well educated. They are also very dedicated to what is best for their students. If teachers unions are against something, you really should take notice.
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Message 1684370 - Posted: 26 May 2015, 5:50:53 UTC - in response to Message 1684293.  

Sorry, I don't understand your point. Are you suggesting that there is no racism because they were racist against Chinese as well?

No, I'm telling you that the blacks benefited from the racism against the Chinese [and others], perhaps not as much as whites, but more than zero.

OBW, the first panel, actually the first four panels, are also about the Chinese Exclusion Act, Japanese and Filipino exclusion and controls on Irish, Italians, Jews and other "undesirables."

The history of the USA is not so black and white as some want to make it out to be.
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