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There is no media double standard in that the standards for racism are not equal. If Martin Lawrence calls a white guy a cracker there is little historic stigma tied to that insult.
oh god, even cpausti conceded this point. even if you can somehow logically fool yourself into thinking that some racial epithets or okay and some aren't, the fact that nigger has more of an emotional impact than cracker, whitey, etc is EASILY balanced out by media omni-presence of the latter and scarcity of the former
and its not just words either. its actions. Chuck D and Public Enemy don't want any white people on their stage when they perform. saw that on VH1
no reaction from the media whatsover
now imagine the reaction if Metallica said they didn't want black people on their stage when they perform
media double standard
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Blacks are less likely to pre-judge based on race. White folks are FAR more likely to have formed an opinion based on negative cultural stereotypes propagated by themselves.
you draw those two generalizations and i respect your opinion. i draw the generalization that blacks are more racist than whites but you don't respect mine
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No, now you're using race again. NO midgets will make it into the NBA. I'll be more specific and say no one that is reeeaally old can run fast. But yes, there is a possibility that some Asians are dumb and some white guys are very good at basketball.
i think now your argument is that NO midget will ever make it into the NBA and that no old person can run fast. one such occurence out of the billions of people in the world ruins your argument
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What I'm trying to get across is that a racial generalization is much different than saying "you're three feet tall with a reach of a foot and a half, so you're never going to be in the NBA."
i think we just went in a circle.
i said drawing generalizations based on race is just like drawing these generalizations: then i gave two examples of generalizations of groups that most people believe. you said those are physical conditions. i said okay, here are non physical conditions that most people believe. you said, yes most people believe that, but that's based on race.
and around and around we go
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If there's one thing to hate in this state it's the heat, eh?
and the giant mutant ants
run!