Haven't I been told???

[ucanit]

Haven't I been told again and again and again over the past 40 years that this is a racist term?

[WestTx]

Ucanit,

Now you listen to me... Call me what you want, butt I knowed you're good at heart. I'm think'em the term you might jest be referring to is, "Negra."

Now I knowed we ain't gonna get in no damn name call'en or name fling'en contest! Maybe we need to go back in time to a war zone where we're tak'en care of one anuther. Them were the dayz...

WindowMan: Get your arse in here and set him straight! I'm jest stirr'en the pot and add'en a lil' shitzy sauce!



WestTx

[Mark the Mailman]

ucanit.......Wow, where did that come from????? Maybe because of your location, and situation, you were told WRONG!

I haven't participated in a lot of the discussions here lately, because, it seems to me there has been nothing but a lot of opinionated,
hate filled comments being thrown about. What was once a pretty active forum with at least 30 or 40 people participating, has been
reduced to about 3 or 4 who are in agreement with certain things that I totally disagree with.....Banter on....It's your forum now!

Anyway, you're assertion that the term Negro is wrong in this day and age may be true. However, do you have any black friends, or neighbors?
Have you had conversations with them lately about how to address them correctly? Do you know what terms THEY actually find offensive?
I have mentioned before, I have three "brothers" in the neighborhood. One live right next door, one across the street, and one about three or four houses down. We are neighbors. We have become friends. We do stuff together. Barbecues, sports outings, day trips, and yes, even attend church together. I enjoy those Sundays immensely. Get to go to an AME church, and a Southern Baptist one....Hallelujah! (can I say that?)

So, lets just let it all hang out....I know some terms I learned, or was told that could possibly be offensive to this particular ethnic group.
Nigga, Nigger, Spook, Shine, Jungle Monkey, Ho Daddy, Uncle Tom, Oreo.......etc....etc....etc.....

If someone tells you they don't want to be called a Negro, then don't call them that. Ask them what you should call them.
My next door neighbor had the best response to this....."My name is Jason, why don't you just call me Jason"?
Works for me....and, it works for them. And, since we have all known each other for about 10 or 15 years, they have a word to
describe me. They call me "cracker" I tell them that offends me...and then we all laugh!

Chill out a little, and keep an eye on that blood pressure!

[DazedandConfused]

Mark, it wasn't us that killed this forum, it was honest disgust with obama. Just about everything he has said and done is offensive. I did not support Bush but obama is ridiculus. What possible defence can be made of his NASA edict? His reaction to the Professor-Police incident was to immediately blame the police. Black Panthers aren't prosecuted. The Health Scam debacle forced upon America by the party of shame. His motto has been "The Hell with America", I will do what I damn well please, and yes I believe he is a bigot. If a white man did half the crap obama has said and done Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton would be screaming bloody murder, and the press would have it slathered all over the news. Bigotry is a two way street and it is about time that was recognized.

[windowlady]

I don't care who ya are, That's funny.

[DazedandConfused]

WindowLady, OK defend obama's NASA edict, or did the director of NASA just make that up http://yesbuthowever.com/nasa-chief-819050/ How about the Cambridge incident http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/22/harvar ... index.html And what about the Black Panthers http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opini ... 91039.html

[windowlady]

And what about, and what about, and what about.......................we all know on here that quotes can be found to justify anything, am done listening to talking points presented by folks with one point of view and agenda, from now on I am on my own, using my own brain to decipher what news and info comes my way.......................................carry on.........................

[keepitreal]

C'mon ucanit...you know as well as I do that this was the proper name of the League, which saw it's begginings in the late 1800's. When taken in it's proper context, there is nothing derogatory about it...until of course, someone tries to make it derogatory...

Great post, Mark...Thanks for sticking your head in from time to time...

[ucanit]

<chuckle> I even got Mark to come out and play! And windowlady too!!

I've been known to poke an old sleeping dog with a stick (back in the day!)

[WestTx]

<chuckle> I even got Mark to come out and play! And windowlady too!!

I've been known to poke an old sleeping dog with a stick (back in the day!)

I knowed that's why you said what you said! Shit'z called stirr'en the pot!

"Guess who is com'en to dinner" at your house this Saturday? Warn the neighborhood, and make sure you got some of them fresh collards steam'en up for me! Butter beans, stewed tomatoes and cornbread too! Additionally, Mark's fly'en to Rawlee or Charlotte with a plane load of diversified Americans, so get your arse on a bus and be ready to pick up the crew at the airport.

Mark: Can you bring me a box load of them bottled spices you use for your specialty foods? I sure nuff' would appreicate that!

Daisey, DDeath and WindowMan: Where in the Hell are you boys? Come on out to Ucanit's Saturday.

BTW: It sure was nice hear'en from WindowLady too.

WestTx

[Mark the Mailman]

That's what I'm talkin' bout guys.........LOL
And, to stir more in the pot..........
I live in Arizona, as you all know. And you all know what's been happening here.
The new law, SB 1070 goes into affect today......Round 'em up, head 'em out........
And I ain't talkin' about the Negros here now!

The Feds, and the Border Patrol can't handle it, so now, we're sending in the National Guard......
P.S. Effective immediately, millions of minimum wage jobs will be available in the state.....
Put your applications in NOW!
But, I do need to let you know, that, if you decide to move here, you are henceforth on your own
for landscaping services, maid, or housecleaning work, block wall or roofing needs, and anyone who
previously delivered your drugs, or guns and ammo directly to your front door..............

Side note to WestTx..ya' know, out of all of the things I cook up, that cornbread potlikker really tops them all!

[Mark the Mailman]

Side note to ucanit also......
Poking an old sleeping dog with a stick is OK as far as that goes.....
But, you know, when you poke that old sleeping dog with a real SHARP stick, a lot of times in a row,
Sometimes, he may just want to come up off the floor, and bite your ass...........LOL
Of course, we all know that it won't do the old boy any good, 'cause you can always beat him with it,
and continue poking until he decides to leave you alone...........

[ucanit]

I got more than one dog bite scar on my ass!!

Beating a dog? Never! I ain't mean...just mischievous as hell.

[keepitreal]