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Originally Posted by Rilder (Post 1907198)

I don't think petty things like race really means much when the Aliens invade.

A good point. Also race is irrelevant when it comes to the love of a dog. He doesn't care what his person looks like. :sunny:

Even postit notes are racist!
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"They just conveniently forget that Barack had a mama, and she was white - very white American, Kansas, middle America," the Oscar winner continued. "There was no argument about who he is or what he is. America's first black president hasn't arisen yet. He's not America's first black president - he's America's first mixed-race president."

If he were alive in the 50's/60's which bathroom/drinking fountian would Obama have been allowed to use?

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Originally Posted by Platapus (Post 1907259)

If he were alive in the 50's/60's which bathroom/drinking fountian would Obama have been allowed to use?

Virginia used to have a law on the books that said that anyone with any black ancestors, no matter how few or far back, was considered black.

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie (Post 1907262)

Virginia used to have a law on the books that said that anyone with any black ancestors, no matter how few or far back, was considered black.

Ironic in light of Berbunch's "current evidence"... :yep:

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Originally Posted by Rilder (Post 1907198)

I don't think petty things like race really means much when the Aliens invade.

Then again have you ever seen the Borg assimilate someone who wasn't white? (Aliens don't count).

:hmm2:

The Borg: The're only after the White People...
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:O:

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie (Post 1907186)

I don't know about all of that, but I do know I'd like to have Morgan Freeman narrate my day to day life. It would sound awesome.

:up::up::up: That would be awesome...

"Subsim, it began one evening with a bored chemical plant operator and some pictures of the USS Cavalla..."

Someone needs to create a program that would make any narration typed voiced by Morgan Freeman.

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie (Post 1907262)

Virginia used to have a law on the books that said that anyone with any black ancestors, no matter how few or far back, was considered black.

Yeah, that seems pretty narrow-minded to me. I think the intent of that thinking was "if you are not 100% white, we lump you in with the blacks".

Anyway, I really do not care what Obama's parentage is in regards to his doing the job of President, I just object to the celebrations that he is the first "black"President, when he is just as much white as he is black. It's not factual or accurate.

And the white guy in me is proud of President Obama for delivering the goods to Osama Bin Laden. :)

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve (Post 1907206)

A good point. Also race is irrelevant when it comes to the love of a dog. He doesn't care what his person looks like. :sunny:

Sadly mine does.

She was a rescue and her reaction to blacks leads us to believe she was abused by one as a puppy.

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens (Post 1907339)

And the white guy in me is proud of President Obama for delivering the goods to Osama Bin Laden. :)

Hear, hear!

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens (Post 1907339)

Anyway, I really do not care what Obama's parentage is in regards to his doing the job of President, I just object to the celebrations that he is the first "black"President, when he is just as much white as he is black. It's not factual or accurate.

It doesn't have to be factual or accurate. Calling someone white or black (or brown or red or yellow or any other color) has nothing to do with traceable bloodlines. it has to do with observable color. Without knowing anything else just one look would tell you that Barack Obama is indeed black. If he was just another person you saw on the street you wouldn't make that distinction at all. As they used to say, "what you see is what you get."