06-05-2003, 06:26 PM
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Minorities
Are there any on this board besides me, chiwas, and aexchange?
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The wind rises electric. She's soft and warm and almost weightless. Her perfume is sweet promise that brings tears to my eyes. I tell her that everything will be all right; that I'll save her from whatever she's scared and take her far far away. I tell her that I love her. The silencer makes a whisper of the gunshot. I hold her close until she's gone. I'll never know what she was running from. I'll cash her check in the morning.
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06-05-2003, 06:27 PM
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RE: Minorities
me [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]
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06-05-2003, 06:33 PM
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RE: Minorities
are australians a minority? [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]
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06-05-2003, 06:40 PM
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RE: Minorities
Veruca, i was thinking about you when i did this but i wasn't sure, so i left you off.
Dj, what race are you?
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The wind rises electric. She's soft and warm and almost weightless. Her perfume is sweet promise that brings tears to my eyes. I tell her that everything will be all right; that I'll save her from whatever she's scared and take her far far away. I tell her that I love her. The silencer makes a whisper of the gunshot. I hold her close until she's gone. I'll never know what she was running from. I'll cash her check in the morning.
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06-05-2003, 06:58 PM
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And me. Asian pride, baby. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]
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06-05-2003, 07:01 PM
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Man! I coudn't consider myself a minority being one of the 120 millions of Mexicans... [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]
(Well, in fact I am part of the minority of whites in my country [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img] )
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Aren't the Germans in D-M, minority too?
And the Bradley's worshippers?
Maybe the Eddie's and Dirk's fans are the only majority here [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img].
...and the republicans [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img].
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06-05-2003, 07:23 PM
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Minorities
Can I get an actual definition of minorities?
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06-05-2003, 07:30 PM
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Originally posted by: mavsfanforever
Can I get an actual definition of minorities?
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Yea no kiddin..my people outnumber everyone else in the world [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]
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06-05-2003, 07:33 PM
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RE: Minorities
well that's why i was thinking that i was a minority, after all there is only 17 million of us! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]
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06-05-2003, 07:41 PM
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i would never have considered myself as part of a minority. On the grand scale, anyone who is not of Chinese or Indian origin should be considered a minority.
But here, they are considered a minority group. Work that out?
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06-06-2003, 08:57 AM
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Ermmm... I'm a gentlemen, a dying race.
Is that considered as minority?
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06-06-2003, 09:04 AM
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Ermmm... I'm a gentlemen, a dying race.
Is that considered as minority?
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Than consider me a minority. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]
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06-06-2003, 09:15 AM
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I'm Latina. Does that count?
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06-06-2003, 12:41 PM
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RE: Minorities
A minority is a person in America who isn't WHITE.
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The wind rises electric. She's soft and warm and almost weightless. Her perfume is sweet promise that brings tears to my eyes. I tell her that everything will be all right; that I'll save her from whatever she's scared and take her far far away. I tell her that I love her. The silencer makes a whisper of the gunshot. I hold her close until she's gone. I'll never know what she was running from. I'll cash her check in the morning.
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06-06-2003, 12:49 PM
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Originally posted by: Nash13
A minority is a person in America who isn't WHITE.
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Well not exactly. Women are considered "minorities" even though they make up about 50% of the population. So a white woman is still considered a minority. Anyone gay or living a nontraditional lifestyle would be considered a minority. Then you have religion.
But in truth isn't every one on the planet a member of some sort of minority group?
Usually most people use Minority to refer to everyon who isn't white, male, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant, and heterosexual.
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06-06-2003, 01:19 PM
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I am. I'm Asian Indian.
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06-06-2003, 01:20 PM
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I'm a smartass..am i a minority?
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06-06-2003, 04:25 PM
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I'm a smartass..am i a minority?
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No. You can find millions of us at www.smartass.com
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06-06-2003, 04:35 PM
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Chiwas and I are friends...does that make ME a minority !
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Yes
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06-06-2003, 01:25 PM
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Originally posted by: Nash13
A minority is a person in America who isn't WHITE.
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What is a WHITE?
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06-06-2003, 01:34 PM
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Originally posted by: Chiwas
Quote:
Originally posted by: Nash13
A minority is a person in America who isn't WHITE.
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What is a WHITE?
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The abscence of color.
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06-06-2003, 05:59 PM
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Originally posted by: LRB
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Originally posted by: Chiwas
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Originally posted by: Nash13
A minority is a person in America who isn't WHITE.
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What is a WHITE?
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The abscence of color.
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Hehe. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]
White is made by all the colors.
Black is absence of color, then the colored offensive term use against black people should have been uncolored instead. In fact, black people aren't black, and neither white people are white.
But my question still stands in the race topic. What is a white? Italians are white? Canadians? French? White skin with black hair? Brunettes with blue or green eyes?
Blondes are white? (they look yellowish to me); Isn't Nicole Kidman Pinky? Is Antonio Banderas white or minority?
OP, Evil, sturm, Rhylan are whites or what?
Or only Wasp's are white? Maybe authentic whites are really a minority in the US.
It's confusing.
What were you thinking, 13?
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06-06-2003, 06:28 PM
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I think it's time for john Lennon's "Imagine" right about now...
C'mon sing along !
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06-06-2003, 07:31 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by: Chiwas
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Originally posted by: LRB
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Originally posted by: Chiwas
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Originally posted by: Nash13
A minority is a person in America who isn't WHITE.
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What is a WHITE?
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The abscence of color.
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Hehe. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]
White is made by all the colors.
Black is absence of color, then the colored offensive term use against black people should have been uncolored instead. In fact, black people aren't black, and neither white people are white.
But my question still stands in the race topic. What is a white? Italians are white? Canadians? French? White skin with black hair? Brunettes with blue or green eyes?
Blondes are white? (they look yellowish to me); Isn't Nicole Kidman Pinky? Is Antonio Banderas white or minority?
OP, Evil, sturm, Rhylan are whites or what?
Or only Wasp's are white? Maybe authentic whites are really a minority in the US.
It's confusing.
What were you thinking, 13?
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Chiwas you are absolutely correct about "white" being all colors in the technical definition, but in the Political Correctness definition, I'll still stick with the abscence of color althought that's not totally accurate, it's darn close. Trouble is that people are becoming more and more mixed in their heritage? Take Tiger Woods. When he fills out those forms asking for his race he could ansewer affirmative in several categories. Perhaps it's time to start putting race aside and start viewing people by who they are and not the features that their DNA show's to the world.
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06-06-2003, 01:34 PM
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Chiwas and I are friends...does that make ME a minority !
Note: Congrats on finishing the school year, 13...you're posting like there's no tomorrow.
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06-06-2003, 04:18 PM
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I prefer less-filling... [img]i/expressions/beer.gif[/img]
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06-07-2003, 06:50 PM
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Chiwas and I are friends...does that make ME a minority !
Note: Congrats on finishing the school year, 13...you're posting like there's no tomorrow.
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Thanks. You know i would've invited some of you to the graduation, but i didn't have enough tickets!
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The wind rises electric. She's soft and warm and almost weightless. Her perfume is sweet promise that brings tears to my eyes. I tell her that everything will be all right; that I'll save her from whatever she's scared and take her far far away. I tell her that I love her. The silencer makes a whisper of the gunshot. I hold her close until she's gone. I'll never know what she was running from. I'll cash her check in the morning.
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06-09-2003, 08:43 AM
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The census now allows you to check as many boxes for ethnicity as you want to.
I think for some organizations they still use the 'one-drop' rule. If you have one drop of african american blood in you, then you are black. I've heard that if you're white and your family is from the south then you have a %60-%80 percent chance of being black according to that rule.
For the purpose of public schools, you are what your dad is.
I just watched a hilarious King of the Hill yesterday where Dale decided he was Native American because he has a son that is Native American.
As for me, I'm mostly fish-belly white, and %25 hispanic. That gives me minority status on some forms, but not on others.
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06-06-2003, 01:24 PM
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Not around here [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]
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06-06-2003, 10:56 PM
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I'm Irish.... is that a minority?
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06-07-2003, 02:24 AM
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RE: Minorities
well if u like the Cowboys..
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06-07-2003, 11:05 AM
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Ok smartasses, how about you just say your race/nationality.
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The wind rises electric. She's soft and warm and almost weightless. Her perfume is sweet promise that brings tears to my eyes. I tell her that everything will be all right; that I'll save her from whatever she's scared and take her far far away. I tell her that I love her. The silencer makes a whisper of the gunshot. I hold her close until she's gone. I'll never know what she was running from. I'll cash her check in the morning.
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06-07-2003, 11:50 AM
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13....cut the name calling. You post ...and people reply. You get what you pay for, in effect. If some people find your post a little silly, so be it.
I really doubt that most of us give a damn about color or nationality here....we're Mavs fans and that says it all. As Chi posted, we all derive from the same source.
As I once posted, all Mavs fans, wherever they are, are Texans at heart and in spirit.
On this board, we're all about inclusion.
Maybe you'd do better restarting that "Mavs gear I own" thread you posted a long time back...
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06-07-2003, 01:06 PM
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Nice post OP. If you're a Mavs fan it doen't matter what color you're on the outside, on the inside you're all Maverick Blue.
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06-07-2003, 01:13 PM
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Nice post OP. If you're a Mavs fan it doen't matter what color you're on the outside, on the inside you're all Maverick Blue.
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I am a mavs fan but a bradley hater though.
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06-11-2003, 04:56 PM
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Originally posted by: LRB
If you're a Mavs fan it doesn't matter what color you're on the outside, on the inside you're all Maverick Blue.
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oh i just love that LRB... you put it exactly the right way. sometimes i'm maverick blue on the outside... when i go to games, etc. haha [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] well anyways that's a great quote of yours.
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06-07-2003, 06:47 PM
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13....cut the name calling. You post ...and people reply. You get what you pay for, in effect. If some people find your post a little silly, so be it.
I really doubt that most of us give a damn about color or nationality here....we're Mavs fans and that says it all. As Chi posted, we all derive from the same source.
As I once posted, all Mavs fans, wherever they are, are Texans at heart and in spirit.
On this board, we're all about inclusion.
Maybe you'd do better restarting that "Mavs gear I own" thread you posted a long time back...
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Oh i'm sorry if you got the wrong impression. I didn't mean to call everyone a smartass, I was talking about Murph and somebody else who said they were smartasses. It was just a joke.
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The wind rises electric. She's soft and warm and almost weightless. Her perfume is sweet promise that brings tears to my eyes. I tell her that everything will be all right; that I'll save her from whatever she's scared and take her far far away. I tell her that I love her. The silencer makes a whisper of the gunshot. I hold her close until she's gone. I'll never know what she was running from. I'll cash her check in the morning.
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06-07-2003, 11:54 AM
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RE: Minorities
true dat
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06-09-2003, 04:04 PM
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I am a hot (at least my husbands says so!) English teacher. Does that make me a minority? [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]
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06-09-2003, 10:15 PM
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I am a hot (at least my husbands says so!) English teacher. Does that make me a minority? [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]
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That makes you famous.
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