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View Poll Results: Are the look-a-like posts on CB racist? | |||
Yes | 8 | 26.67% | |
No | 22 | 73.33% | |
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08-31-2007, 05:52 AM | #11 | |
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08-31-2007, 06:03 AM | #13 |
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08-31-2007, 06:09 AM | #15 | |
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And it's the last thing that members of a Church trying to rid itself of its racist past should be doing. And if you start busting out revelation bull shit, let me remind you that President Kimball was my dad's uncle, and I happen to know for a fact that even he considered the Church's former policy regarding blacks to be nothing other than pure, uninspired racist policy. Last edited by SoonerCoug; 08-31-2007 at 06:12 AM. |
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08-31-2007, 06:14 AM | #16 |
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08-31-2007, 06:21 AM | #18 |
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I've never even seen Little Rascals (much too young), so all I know is that (1) they have the same hairstyle and (2) well, that's about all I know. Given Donuthole's background and age, I would assume the same about him. If it is racist, it's unintentionally so.
Actually, I don't think you can be unintentionally racist since it's fundamentally a belief. This thus isn't racist at all (unless Donuthole and I actually do harbor such a belief), and, given the response to the poll and this thread, I don't think the caricature is so well known as to make it obvious by any stretch. In poor taste? Maybe, but we didn't know that at the time, did we? A simple "hey, did you know X" would have been enough for me to take it down. |
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08-31-2007, 06:23 AM | #20 |
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I just think you're the kind of person who would defend it by saying things to the effect of "they're making fun of white people too."
That's not the way this stuff works. Our nation killed many and enslaved so many more of these people and then proceeded to treat them like crap for another century. Perpetuating racist caricatures is harmful, and I think we Mormons ought to go above and beyond in avoiding this kind of crap. We ought to be the greatest advocates against even the appearance of racism. |
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