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To: airborne

If a white male wrote this he would be tarred and feathered as a racist Nazi. But a black person can write this up, call it as he sees it and nobody breaks out the buckets and chickens. Very interesting.


196 posted on 09/06/2005 8:07:28 AM PDT by grayforkbeard (If it’s not controversial, how can we learn from it?)
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To: grayforkbeard
If a white male wrote this he would be tarred and feathered as a racist Nazi. But a black person can write this up, call it as he sees it and nobody breaks out the buckets and chickens. Very interesting.

It's not interesting at all, once you consider the fact that this is a Jamaican author.

Buckets and chickens. That's cute.


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202 posted on 09/06/2005 8:10:58 AM PDT by rdb3 (I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. --Philippians 4:13)
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I don't think it's unlike "consultant" syndrome, though....if a local consultant tells the Gotham City Council what's wrong with the city and how to fix it, it will be more palatible and accepted to Gotham's residents than if an out-of-town consultant does it.


203 posted on 09/06/2005 8:11:09 AM PDT by hispanarepublicana (No amnesty needed...My ancestors proudly served. [remodel of an old '70s bumper sticker])
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To: grayforkbeard
If a white male wrote this he would be tarred and feathered as a racist Nazi. But a black person can write this up, call it as he sees it and nobody breaks out the buckets and chickens. Very interesting.

The assumption is that if a white male says it, it MUST be racism.

235 posted on 09/06/2005 10:11:33 AM PDT by TradicalRC
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If a white male wrote this he would be tarred and feathered as a racist Nazi. But a black person can write this up, call it as he sees it and nobody breaks out the buckets and chickens. Very interesting.

I'll not argue with you about that, but the article is a refreshing point of view. And perhaps we can start a civilized discussion about the topic.

285 posted on 09/06/2005 12:18:47 PM PDT by airborne
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