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primitives offended by racism
« on: August 17, 2012, 05:08:25 PM »
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I had someone ask me today what race I am.

I told them "someone would have had to have told me what race my biological parents were for me to know that. Since no one ever told me I can only assume it wasn't any of my business. Now, can I ask why the **** you would think it's any of your business."

I was more than a little shocked that they would ask me that.

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1. We are all members of the HUMAN RACE

Although sometimes I wonder about some of the GOPers, some of them seem more like aliens from outspace

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3. My answer is simple...

I'm Irish, like everyone else in the world.

I'm sure I have at least one Irish ancestor somewhere in the distant past, or perhaps some Nordic ancestor whose people raped and pillaged along the coast of Ireland and left some offspring in Ireland, or maybe someone from Africa whose second cousin's great grandfather moved to Ireland in 1952 making me indirectly, through an eighth cousin thrice removed, Irish.

In any case, if I search the family tree deep enough, backwards, forwards, and sideways through time I'm sure I can find somebody Irish in there somewhere.

Therefore, I am Irish. Thanks for asking.

There's a good chance that everybody in the world can answer, with confidence, "I'm Irish." That being the case, let's just all make that our standard answer so that the question need never be asked again.

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4. Wow.. kinda harsh response. Some people, albeit clumsy, ask for other reasons.

It's possible that they have adopted a child, and curious if they're the same race, etc.

Unless this person was already outwardly cruel or rude to me, I never respond that way to a question. It sounds like you have a chip on your shoulder, to the person who asked the question. Some people are just awkward, but I'm shocked at how aggressive you came back at them.. unless there was more to the story before that.

Dear Abby usually says something like this: Why would you want to know that? before biting their heads off.

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Ruby the Liberal (21,865 posts)

6. Perhaps they found you exotic and attractive?

I understand why this question may be of concern, but it may have been made in genuine interest.

Take it as a compliment.

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8. Would it have changed if they asked you how you identify?

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treestar (34,447 posts)

9. In what context?

What race were they?

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Dreamer Tatum (6,543 posts)

10. "Ah, so you're a member of the dick race"

perfectly valid retort from them after that diatribe.

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RB TexLa (15,575 posts)

11. So you think it is their business?

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12. What was their tone?

I must have very common features that span the globe, as I often am asked "what nationality" are you. For the record, if my genealogy is to be trusted, I am English, Bohemian, Norwegian, and german, so VERY European! I know that is much different than race.........

But I have had a man from Mexico start speaking Spanish to me because he assumed I was also Mexican (which is strange, isn't Mexico pretty diverse?), Greeks think I am Greek (I live around many and married one, so this happens a lot) and when my Pakistani neighbor married, his new wife mistakenly thought my father was Pakistani, because my mom was too "white" to have produced me.

Shrugs. I've had some cool conversations with other white people who thought I was something else, based on their own stereotypes. None were trying to offend. Most were just interested in maybe getting to know someone outside their world. Felt bad disappointing them when I reply "I am a European mutt"
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Re: primitives offended by racism
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2012, 05:42:25 PM »
Why would anyone get upset because someone asked them what race they are. :mental:
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Re: primitives offended by racism
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2012, 05:47:09 PM »
Just tell them you post at DU - That'll make it clear that there is a well north of 95% chance that you are a cracka-ass-honkey.
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Re: primitives offended by racism
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2012, 05:47:36 PM »
What kind of snit do they get into with those surveys that ask what race you are? Or the DMV, to get s/h/it's driver's license?
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Re: primitives offended by racism
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2012, 05:50:11 PM »
I've never been asked what race i am but I do get the what nationality are you query often. Because of my darkish complexion I'm often mistaken for Indian , Mexican , Greek etc. That is until I speak.
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Re: primitives offended by racism
« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2012, 06:49:27 PM »
What really pisses the DUmpmonkies off is when someone asks what sex they are.
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Re: primitives offended by racism
« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2012, 07:26:10 PM »
I am an American african. I have the intention of applying for citizenship to South Africa. With libs, all that counts is intentions.
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Re: primitives offended by racism
« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2012, 07:53:53 PM »
Quote from: Zeus on August 17, 2012, 05:50:11 PM
I've never been asked what race i am but I do get the what nationality are you query often. Because of my darkish complexion I'm often mistaken for Indian , Mexican , Greek etc. That is until I speak.

Yep me too. Grandma on Dad's side was a full blooded American Indian. So I am tall, kinda got a darkish reddish complexion, coal black hair, no chest hair, but I take after Granddad with a full beard. Now my brother got more chest hair but no facial hair. He shaves maybe once a week... the asshole.

I get asked all the time what I am. I tell them. Whoop-dee-doo. I can't change it and I don't care. The dummies obsess over the most dumb shit I have ever seen.
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Re: primitives offended by racism
« Reply #8 on: August 18, 2012, 07:01:34 AM »
Well there really are only three answers, Negroid, Mongoloid or Caucascoid
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Re: primitives offended by racism
« Reply #9 on: August 18, 2012, 07:45:41 AM »
Quote from: Crazy Horse on August 18, 2012, 07:01:34 AM
Well there really are only three answers, Negroid, Mongoloid or Caucascoid and Tigre Woods.
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Re: primitives offended by racism
« Reply #10 on: August 18, 2012, 07:54:08 AM »
Quote from: Zeus on August 17, 2012, 05:50:11 PM
I've never been asked what race i am but I do get the what nationality are you query often. Because of my darkish complexion I'm often mistaken for Indian, Mexican, Greek etc. That is until I speak.

Same here, the question about nationality.

My parents and myself turned out a hodgepodge, but when one looks at the grandparents and great-grandparents, the mixture's English, Scots, Welsh, Brandenburgian, Carpatho-Ruthenian, and Judaic.

When asked, I claim that with which I most "identify," English, although the physical characteristics are Welsh and the temperament is most definitely Carpathian.

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Re: primitives offended by racism
« Reply #11 on: August 18, 2012, 08:30:29 AM »
Quote from: Bondai on August 17, 2012, 05:42:25 PM
Why would anyone get upset because someone asked them what race they are. :mental:

They're not used to it because it normally happens on job applications.
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Re: primitives offended by racism
« Reply #12 on: August 18, 2012, 08:56:08 AM »
There are many things that offend me, but guess what? I'm a grown up and I understand that the world wasn't created to cater to my want's and desires. I do what grown ups down when faced with someone saying something I find offensive. I basically ignore them and added the to the collection of things that are irrelevant to my life.
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Re: primitives offended by racism
« Reply #13 on: August 18, 2012, 09:47:23 AM »
Just tell them "African; according to the paleoanthropologists, everyone is.  My ancestors were some of the earlier emigrants."
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Re: primitives offended by racism
« Reply #14 on: August 18, 2012, 11:05:30 AM »
If the DUmpmonkeys are so offended by racism, perhaps they should practice it so much.
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Re: primitives offended by racism
« Reply #15 on: August 18, 2012, 11:06:37 AM »
What race am I? I dunno, I guess the Pocono 400. Old and boring.  O-)
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Re: primitives offended by racism
« Reply #16 on: August 18, 2012, 12:56:36 PM »
Quote from: I_B_Perky on August 17, 2012, 07:53:53 PM
Yep me too. Grandma on Dad's side was a full blooded American Indian. So I am tall, kinda got a darkish reddish complexion, coal black hair, no chest hair, but I take after Granddad with a full beard. Now my brother got more chest hair but no facial hair. He shaves maybe once a week... the asshole.

I get asked all the time what I am. I tell them. Whoop-dee-doo. I can't change it and I don't care. The dummies obsess over the most dumb shit I have ever seen.

Quote from: franksolich on August 18, 2012, 07:54:08 AM
Same here, the question about nationality.

My parents and myself turned out a hodgepodge, but when one looks at the grandparents and great-grandparents, the mixture's English, Scots, Welsh, Brandenburgian, Carpatho-Ruthenian, and Judaic.

When asked, I claim that with which I most "identify," English, although the physical characteristics are Welsh and the temperament is most definitely Carpathian.

My Father was full blooded Icelandic and my Mother was a mix of German , Polish , Welsh , etc.

Now folks are surprised that an Icelander has brown eyes & brown hair such as myself. They think of Blonde and blue eyes but the true pure blood Icelanders are Darker skinned with dark hair and brown eyes. People say I speak with a very pronounced Scandinavian dialect.
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Re: primitives offended by racism
« Reply #17 on: August 18, 2012, 02:14:31 PM »
A dummy being offended by racism is an oxymoron since their whole thought process revolves around racism.
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Re: primitives offended by racism
« Reply #18 on: August 21, 2012, 09:02:10 AM »
Italian/Irish/Dutch mostly here.   ::)
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« Reply #19 on: August 21, 2012, 09:12:58 AM »
They make the boy who cried wolf look like an amateur.
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Re: primitives offended by racism
« Reply #20 on: August 21, 2012, 10:25:03 AM »
Quote from: Randy on August 18, 2012, 11:06:37 AM
What race am I? I dunno, I guess the Pocono 400. Old and boring.  O-)

My tastes go more towards the race this Saturday night . . . :-) Nothing like a late summer's night at Bristol.
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Re: primitives offended by racism
« Reply #21 on: August 21, 2012, 12:28:12 PM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on August 21, 2012, 10:25:03 AM
My tastes go more towards the race this Saturday night . . . :-) Nothing like a late summer's night at Bristol.

Yeah, a night race in Bristol is nice. I always wanted to go to one. Maybe some day I will.
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Re: primitives offended by racism
« Reply #22 on: August 21, 2012, 12:34:45 PM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on August 21, 2012, 10:25:03 AM
Nothing like a late summer's night at Bristol.
It used to be a tough ticket. For the past few races the place has been half empty.
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Re: primitives offended by racism
« Reply #23 on: August 21, 2012, 02:42:07 PM »
Quote from: GOBUCKS on August 21, 2012, 12:34:45 PM
It used to be a tough ticket. For the past few races the place has been half empty.
The other half is full.
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Re: primitives offended by racism
« Reply #24 on: August 21, 2012, 03:27:38 PM »
Quote from: GOBUCKS on August 21, 2012, 12:34:45 PM
It used to be a tough ticket. For the past few races the place has been half empty.

Yeah, they were sold out for almost ten years ahead at one time. NASCAR has been suffering do to the economy.
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