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To: cuban leaf

Precisely, but, more accurately, all human beings - most especially liberals of any race - are discriminating to some degree, whether that “discrimination” applies to style of clothing, food, friends, race or any other subject. There was a time not so long ago that “discriminating” was actually a compliment.

This entire subject of racism reminds me of discussions I had with some of my foreign students. I traveled to a lot of countries and trained a LOT of foreign military personnel from many different countries while I was on active duty with the Army. My frequently frank discussions with many of my students gave me an entirely different perspective on the subject of racism.

At one point, I became very good friends with a captain from Zimbabwe. He was the blackest man I’ve every met and spoke with a very proper British accent. I was his instructor and sponsor for a stateside Army course and we had the opportunity to discuss many subjects, including racism, in a frank and respectful manner. His characterization of the tribal (and racist - particularly black on black) nature of African politics, observations about race relations in the U.S, the impact of racism on the foreign policy of African nations and other related subjects really opened my eyes.

Among my friend’s observations: 1) All African politics are tribal - not racial; relations between many African tribes are far worse than relations between blacks and whites in America; 2) He is treated far better in America than he has ever been treated in another African nation; 3) Nelson Mandela and the ANC are a far greater threat to Zimbabwe than South Africa, Zimbabwe’s primary trading partner; 4) He has never met a black American (he refused to use :African-American”) who had any awareness of African geography, African politics or the tribal/racial issues that continue to plague Africa.


33 posted on 11/27/2015 8:29:59 AM PST by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: ManHunter

That’s pretty interesting. On liberal “racist” threads I like to point out that where I used to work in IT there were a number of black people I worked with. And with the exception of my manager, every one of them that was not a worthless affirmative action hire was not raised in the US. i.e. I’m not biased against blacks, but I am VERY biased against those raised in American black culture.

And I actually coined a phrase back in the mid-1970’s: “I’m not racist, but I am very much culturist.” Modern US black culture is poison to anyone steeped in it, regardless of their race.


41 posted on 11/27/2015 10:04:20 AM PST by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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