06-06-2003, 12:12 PM | #1 | ||
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Alan Greenspan: Honorary Black Man
Greenspan Fo' Shizzle Da Mizzle.
"Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve chairman who is often called the second-most-powerful person in the United States, was made an honorary black man yesterday. He was also called "a bad brother." It happened when Mr. Greenspan and J. Alfred Broaddus, president of the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank, visited John Philip Sousa Middle School in Southeast D.C. Operation Hope, a nonprofit group that teaches inner-city residents how to be self-sufficient, organized the event in the school's library. The reporters, photographers and Operation Hope and school officials in the room outnumbered the students. John Bryant, Operation Hope's founder, chairman and chief executive, gave Mr. Greenspan his "honorary black man" title as he introduced him to the students." Here's a question. Why isn't this racist?
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06-06-2003, 12:14 PM | #2 |
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Wow, that's real? I thought it was an article from The Onion at first.
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06-06-2003, 12:15 PM | #3 |
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Im not sure why it should be racist to begin with. Maybe Im just think headed
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06-06-2003, 12:18 PM | #4 |
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On the surface, I see no problem with it. However, if somebody offered a black man the title of honorary white man, there may be some offense taken.
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06-06-2003, 12:44 PM | #5 |
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Well, I suppose it could be considered rascism is you feel making Alan Greenspan an honorary black man makes you feel inferior because you are white. That's about the only way it could be racism.
Of course, it's not exactly on the same par as kicking an entire race of people down a few hundred years, so maybe it's not exactly "reverse discrimination." |
06-06-2003, 12:56 PM | #6 |
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Ryan, GD, or Shorty, can you please change SkyDog's description to "Honorary White Man" just so we can see his reaction when he gets back?
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06-06-2003, 01:08 PM | #7 | |
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06-06-2003, 02:10 PM | #8 | |
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Exactly. I think that's the point. At some point we're all going to have to stop looking at each other based upon race and just accept that we're all human. I don't see that happening any time soon, though. |
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06-06-2003, 02:11 PM | #9 |
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Dola -
Witness the Pedro thread for proof of what I said above. |
06-06-2003, 02:19 PM | #10 | |
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Except if you are looking at selective history to justify otherwise, as kcchief had done. |
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06-06-2003, 02:24 PM | #11 |
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Nothing to see here folks.
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"All I know is that smart women are hot. Susan Polgar beat me in 24 moves in a simultaneous exhbition. I slept with the scoresheet under my pillow." Off some dude's web site. Last edited by mrsimperless : 06-06-2003 at 02:48 PM. |
06-06-2003, 02:26 PM | #12 |
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That may have been your finest post yet, mrsimple.
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06-06-2003, 02:48 PM | #13 |
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You are right, that was a bad post and I removed it. It was just a joke, but it was a bad one. I have a fine history of bad jokes and I do plan on keeping my day job.
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06-06-2003, 02:59 PM | #14 |
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I'm glad that I saw it before you removed it. The joke will live on forever in my memory...
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06-06-2003, 03:38 PM | #15 |
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Reminds me of that part in Family Guy when Peter found out his ancestor was black.
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06-06-2003, 06:08 PM | #16 |
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I thought that joke was pretty funny and not offensive at all.. why'd you remove it?
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06-06-2003, 09:22 PM | #17 |
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Yeah, I actually thought it was funny too. I was being serious when I said it was your best post (not that it's saying much).
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