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Originally posted by Sinny
Originally posted by Tykonos
Originally posted by Sinny
reply to post by AutOmatIc
But she IS African American.
Have you asked her how she feels about it before speaking on her behalf?
What if she is proud to say "Im the first African American woman to do this"...
If thats the case, your tottally raining on her parade.
(Just an alternative view point, In my opinion, your drawing more attention to the fact, than the commentators did)
And if Phelps had said "I'm the first white American to ......" he's be called a racist.
Skin colour and ancestral heritage shouldn't be used to create division.
That makes no sense at all. Racism:
The belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races:
theories of racism, prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior:
Stating your ethnicity IS NOT RACISM. Stating your ethnicity is better, is racism.
Geese peeps, we wonder why the worlds so backwards.edit on 3-8-2012 by Sinny because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by AutOmatIc
After watching the women's all-around gymnastics Olympic competition, I had honestly not given a thought to the race of any of the competitors until after Gabby Douglas won the gold, to which directly afterwards the commentator made well sure that everyone not forget that she is the first African American to win the gold in that particular event. Matter of fact...do a google search for "first African American to win gymnastics gold" and you will see a massive slew of articles and sites that are toting this disgusting line of racial separationism.