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'Ghetto Talent Show,' Watermelon Eating Contest Outrages Community
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Posted on 07/26/2005 2:20:54 PM PDT by Imani
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This was planned by a black man:
"After being criticized by residents of the nearby Model City neighborhood and community leaders, Miami Parks Director Ernest Burkeen, who is black, released a formal apology and announced the renaming of the talent show."
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:20:57 PM PDT
by
Imani
To: Imani
Why does ghetto necessarily mean black? I know plenty of white people who live in ghettos.
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:21:46 PM PDT
by
RushCrush
(The mediocre always throw stones at the brilliant.)
To: Imani
Hey, spittin' watermelon seeds is NOT ethnic!!!!
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:22:29 PM PDT
by
bannie
(The government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)
To: Imani
I'd like to know where the Bible says that watermelon is good food for Africans!
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:24:31 PM PDT
by
Don W
(Let's make it as difficult for the lazy here, as it is for the industrious elsewhere.)
To: Imani
Don't they know the only group it is ok to make fun of is southern whites?
To: bannie
Hey, spittin' watermelon seeds is NOT ethnic!!!! Whatchu talking about?? It's Dutch.
Dutchboy style.
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:24:42 PM PDT
by
tallhappy
(Juntos Podemos!)
To: RushCrush
specially since the word came from Venice Italy and described a section of town where Jews were required to live.
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:25:46 PM PDT
by
stylin19a
(In golf, some are long, I'm "Lama Long")
To: Imani
Watermelon, back in the days, was a good food for African Americans, according to the Bible HUH? What book has the writ of the melon? Must be one of those parables that are hard to decipher.
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:26:45 PM PDT
by
doodad
To: Imani
"Watermelon, back in the days, was a good food for African Americans, according to the Bible, but at the same time, it had an attachment with slavery and bondage ties," the Rev. Carl Johnson said. If he's talking about Numbers 11:5, that's a bit of a stretch.
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:27:45 PM PDT
by
scott7278
(Before I give you the benefit of my reply, I would like to know what we are talking about.)
To: Imani
There's a Redneck Games that takes place every year in East Dublin, GA. Where's the Left's outrage over that?
To: Imani
"Watermelon, back in the days, was a good food for African Americans, according to the Bible I must not be reading this right. Watermelon and African Americans in the Bible????
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:27:47 PM PDT
by
boothead
To: Imani
A stupid idea, no matter the race of the planers or participants. Just plain dumb. Was he going to have a pimp and ho dance too, just to be cool to the youth?
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:28:15 PM PDT
by
TheOtherOne
(I often sacrifice my spelling on the alter of speed™)
To: RushCrush; Imani
Speaking as someone who lived in Miami for three years, I can honestly say that the black ghettos down there are the WORST neighborhoods in the US and that includes South Chicago/Anacostia/Newark, etc.
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:28:51 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(JJesus CChrist MMade SSeattle UUnder PProtest)
To: Imani
This reminds me about Dave Chappelle's stand-up as he has a paranoid moment of reflection that perhaps he's genetically predisposed to like chicken. He's a riot!
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:29:18 PM PDT
by
Sax
To: RushCrush
I know plenty of white people who live in ghettos. In Iowa?
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:29:29 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(JJesus CChrist MMade SSeattle UUnder PProtest)
To: Clemenza
No, not in Iowa.
Why, are you disagreeing with me or just trying to be funny?
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:30:32 PM PDT
by
RushCrush
(The mediocre always throw stones at the brilliant.)
To: Don W
I'd like to know where the Bible says that watermelon is good food for Africans! Must be one of those new and improved versions that come out all the time.
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:31:29 PM PDT
by
ET(end tyranny)
(Pro 26:13 The sluggard saith: 'There is a pierced in the way; yea, a pierced is in the streets.')
To: Imani
Of course, to Miami's sizable Jewish community, Ghetto has a whole other connotation.
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:32:37 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: boothead
Numbers 11:5,
the translation of the Hebrew abattihim, the LXX. and Vulgate pepones, Arabic britikh . Of this plant there are various kinds, the Egyptian melon, the Cucumus chate, which has been called "the queen of cucumbers;" the water melon, the Cucurbita citrullus; and the common or flesh melon, the Cucumus melo. "A traveler in the East who recollects the intense gratitude which a gift of a slice of melon inspired while journeying over the hot and dry plains, will readily comprehend the regret with which the Hebrews in the Arabian desert looked back upon the melons of Egypt" (Kitto).
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:32:52 PM PDT
by
bwteim
(Begin With The End In Mind)
To: Imani
I love watermelon..., I can't stand the off season when it has no taste.
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:34:10 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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