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So your family didn't take advantage of the genocide and ethnic cleansing of the indigenous people of North America? You do realize that just by living here, you all did take advantage of this.
Originally posted by Trustfund
1. I do think he said it as a joke.
2. If any white person thinks this is racist they need to get over themselves.
Originally posted by Q2IN2Y
reply to post by timetothink
Stop projecting. There is nothing delusional about acknowledging the the social make up at the time. Acknowledging the fact that AA's and other cultures were developing a strong sense of identity and confidence in the 1900s and that may have intimidated the whites of that day. There is nothing delusional about acknowledging the fact that AA's were gaining a strong passion in academics and were beginning to understand the political realm and how things work.
This probably intimidated the whites of that day to such a degree, that they decided to change the name to the white house officially. Whenever a lower ranking male threatens a higher ranking male, what does the male do? They engage in acts of dominance to remind the perceived lower ranking male that they run the show, and this may have been the case with the white house.
And you are correct, they did continue to call it the executive's Mansion until the 1900s, but why the sudden change? You've been referring to it as the Executive's Mansion for all these years and then all of a sudden you want to make the name 'white house' official? Why is this?
When one takes into account the social make-up during those times, the racial divide, the outright hatred for the AA, one will begin to understand why it given that name. And once again, it may have been named the white house because of its color, but you have to be naive to believe that that was the only reason.
I'm going to stop here because I'm taking this thread off topic.
Originally posted by NoJoker13
I have seen you push your views of religion around like YOUR right and there is no other way but yours,
Something that is also a symptom of white America,
Originally posted by MrInquisitive
So your family didn't take advantage of the genocide and ethnic cleansing of the indigenous people of North America? You do realize that just by living here, you all did take advantage of this..
Originally posted by MrInquisitive
Seriously, my fellow white folk who want to cry and whine about reverse racism, GET OVER YOURSELVES AND IT.
Originally posted by milominderbinder
.."reverse racism" is a myth and a non-issue perpetuated by a bunch of whining, pathetic, crybabies, who quite frankly are an embarrassment to white people everywhere.
Grow up and quit whining. It's pathetic.
Originally posted by NoJoker13
I have seen you push your views of religion around like YOUR right and there is no other way but yours,
Oh really? Where exactly did I say what my views of religion are and that my view is the only one that is right. Either you are a total liar or you just see what you want to see ... it's one or the other. Either way, you are wrong.
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Originally posted by MrInquisitive
Seriously, my fellow white folk who want to cry and whine about reverse racism, GET OVER YOURSELVES AND IT.
Originally posted by Stormdancer777
Originally posted by NoJoker13
I have seen you push your views of religion around like YOUR right and there is no other way but yours,
LOL that's funny FF I read your post religiously, you never do that,
Ummm there's a reason a white man wouldn't... en.wikipedia.org... When those numbers switch sides the African Americans will have to watch what they say. Till then this argument is mute.
Seriously. There are a couple of people on here who go around telling lies about what others post. It's really obnoxious. I don't think I even have a freak'n religion so how on earth can my religion supposedly be the 'only way' ... unfreak'n believable.
There are a couple of people on here who go around telling lies about what others post. It's really obnoxious. I don't think I even have a freak'n religion so how on earth can my religion supposedly be the 'only way' ... unfreak'n believable.