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Is 'white' the only color of success?
Christian Science Monitor ^ | October 31, 2005 | Marilyn Gardner

Posted on 10/31/2005 2:11:10 PM PST by Graybeard58

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To: wardaddy

IOW a person's status as an unmitigated *ssh*l* will overshadow any sterling credentials.

duh.

Sounds to me like those people who did well in school only to discover the real world is NOTHING like the books in school.


101 posted on 10/31/2005 3:22:09 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
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To: Clemenza

You have to see the crap posted on the Rosa Parks thread....ohh yeah it was so bad (***and in the same vein as the comment I objected too) that most of those threads have been pulled....


102 posted on 10/31/2005 3:22:18 PM PST by MikefromOhio
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To: Clemenza

we could....

gaijin hasn't answered the question


103 posted on 10/31/2005 3:22:44 PM PST by MikefromOhio
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To: MikeinIraq

I saw those posts. It was disgusting.


104 posted on 10/31/2005 3:22:54 PM PST by Clemenza (In League with the Freemasons, The Bilderbergers, and the Learned Elders of Zion)
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To: Dark Skies
Getting ahead isn't about race, it is about competence.

Dennis Kozlowski, Bernie Ebbers, Richard Scrusi (health south), Ken Lay, Jeff Skilling, not to mention the clowns at GM, Ford, Delphi, Delta, UAL, Eastern Airlines, etc.

105 posted on 10/31/2005 3:23:03 PM PST by staytrue
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To: MikeinIraq
Disgusting?

OK, tell me now...If I were to ACT BLACK, what would I do?

Tell me.

106 posted on 10/31/2005 3:23:59 PM PST by gaijin
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To: gaijin

I don't know honestly.

You TELL ME, since you obviously KNOW the answer.....


107 posted on 10/31/2005 3:25:38 PM PST by MikefromOhio
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To: Graybeard58
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108 posted on 10/31/2005 3:25:46 PM PST by paulat
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To: staytrue

Heh heh, they got a little too far ahead. Let me add "character" to competence.


109 posted on 10/31/2005 3:25:54 PM PST by Dark Skies ("A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants." -- Churchill)
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To: Clemenza

look at post 104....

tell me what you think....


110 posted on 10/31/2005 3:26:09 PM PST by MikefromOhio
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To: Clemenza

err make that 106


111 posted on 10/31/2005 3:26:22 PM PST by MikefromOhio
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To: gaijin

You'll have to mail Marilyn Gardner if you want to know what she meant by "acting white" since she tosses the quote out there without attributing it to any paticular person (They) and doesn't elaborate.


112 posted on 10/31/2005 3:27:13 PM PST by Smogger
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To: MikeinIraq

It's what we discussed recently. Subtle and not so subtle racism, comments being deleted, threads getting pulled.

It seems sometimes that there can't be a conversation that includes any reference to race that doesn't attract the negative.

I was hoping when I posted this article that it would attract some comments from professionals who have had experience in this area. It did that indeed but also attracted boirder line racisist comments.

Oh well, take the bad with the good I suppose.


113 posted on 10/31/2005 3:28:03 PM PST by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for Sgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: MikeinIraq
I reject the notion that there is ANY manner of "ACTING BLACK".

There is professionalism, yes, but that is hardly a black or white thing.

I don't know why I should have to tell you what is "ACTING BLACK" since I don't know. Why would I start quizzing people about things I KNOW about?

Do you think I'm taking a SURVEY?

I also reject the notion that there is anything WHITE or BLACK about the NCAA, either --but it IS in your profile, now isn't it?

If you're bright enough to be on FR, why do you need these kind of things simplified ad infinitum?

That's Latin. It ain't NCAA, either.

114 posted on 10/31/2005 3:28:54 PM PST by gaijin
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To: Clock King
I was in a meeting with a black woman today. Everyone was very impressed with her. She was smart, attractive, and made excellent points.

It was only on the way home that I realized what made her so different than many of her peers.

She had a beautiful smile, and wasn't afraid to show it.

Sometimes "getting ahead" is just that simple.

A negative whiny attitude will doom anyone.
115 posted on 10/31/2005 3:29:40 PM PST by cgbg (Boxer and Feinstein confuse the constitution with Mao's Little Red Book.)
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To: MikeinIraq
I don't understand why it should be OBVIOUS that I would know what constitutes an act of "ACTING BLACK".

Tell me why that should be obvious.

116 posted on 10/31/2005 3:30:13 PM PST by gaijin
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To: Graybeard58

yeah.

Some people can't see past the surface.

I would hate to be them.


117 posted on 10/31/2005 3:30:53 PM PST by MikefromOhio
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To: MikeinIraq

Why would I be quizzing you about stuff I already knew about?


118 posted on 10/31/2005 3:31:20 PM PST by gaijin
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To: gaijin

what the hell does MY profile have ANYTHING to do with your stupid ass comments?

Is THAT all you can bring to the table Senator Byrd?


119 posted on 10/31/2005 3:31:28 PM PST by MikefromOhio
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To: Kenton
White men can't jump, black men can't read.

Dang, I didn't know that. When I lived in NYC, my family doctor was a Harvard Med School grad...and, god forbid...black.

I guess he had someone read his studies to him.

120 posted on 10/31/2005 3:31:38 PM PST by Dark Skies ("A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants." -- Churchill)
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