Racism and Hypersensitivity

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Re: Racism and Hypersensitivity

Postby tronagirl » Sun May 19, 2013 7:03 am

Where Are Racist, Hateful Tweets Coming From? :wall:
Floating Sheep, a group of geography academics, created the "Geography of Hate," which maps racist, homophobic and ableist tweets in the U.S. Where are the most hateful, racist, homophobic tweets coming from? A "Geography of Hate" map can tell you...

ARTICLE AT MASHABLE: http://mashable.com/2013/05/13/geography-of-hate/
FLOATING SHEEP: http://www.floatingsheep.org/
INTERACTIVE MAP: http://users.humboldt.edu/mstephens/hate/hate_map.html#
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Re: Racism and Hypersensitivity

Postby mrfish » Sun Oct 05, 2014 7:10 am

Radio Stations Will Be Fined For Using The Word "Redskins" :wtf:
Enforcing political correctness seems the wrong way to go. How about protecting freedom of speech? The name "Redskins" isn't actually offensive when used in the context of a football team and it seems silly to refer to an actual person as a Redskin. The same goes for Vikings. Both names refer to groups of people from history and not to people in the present.
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Re: Racism and Hypersensitivity

Postby James Sel » Sun Oct 05, 2014 9:50 am

Solution Keep the name and change the mascot to a "Redskin Potato" :thumb:

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Re: Racism and Hypersensitivity

Postby surfsteve » Mon Oct 06, 2014 7:15 am

I think they should just call themselves the Skins. It's a way cooler name!
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Re: Racism and Hypersensitivity

Postby surfsteve » Mon Oct 06, 2014 7:44 am

I watched the video. I don't know why. The whole thing is silly. So was my post I suppose. The name is probably already registered to a street gang or someone anyway. I imagine their lawyers could work out some sort of name trade arrangement if they really wanted to. If not in real life at least in a cartoon episode on South Park.
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Re: Racism and Hypersensitivity

Postby CactusHugger » Sat Nov 22, 2014 5:59 pm

Blackface High School Girl's Football Near Ferguson
The commentators make dozens of stupid statements throughout this poorly thought out news clip. I won't even try to list them all, but the key here is that people who get upset about blackface are complete idiots. If you're such a petty person that this even bothers you, then you (and people like you) are the problem.
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Re: Racism and Hypersensitivity

Postby CoolChick » Tue Dec 30, 2014 9:23 am

The Glorious Sons - White Noise (Official Video) :eek2:
I'm fairly certain that there is no racist intent behind this song, but for the hypersensitive everything is about race!
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Re: Racism and Hypersensitivity

Postby desertrat » Mon Feb 16, 2015 7:52 am

Inequality in 85 Seconds
The argument presented in this video persuasively debunks the claim that women and minorities are underpaid for their labor and in doing so it makes a really strong argument for capitalism and economic freedom. Concise and straight forward, this video is well worth the time it takes to watch it.
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Re: Racism and Hypersensitivity

Postby CactusHugger » Fri Feb 27, 2015 8:21 pm

'Walking While Jew': What They're Not Telling You :smack:
Everyone thinks they're being discriminated against nowadays! Talk about perpetually offended morons!!!
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Re: Racism and Hypersensitivity

Postby mrfish » Fri Mar 13, 2015 6:41 am

Parents upset with racially-charged cartoon in lesson :roll2:
The teacher over-estimated the intelligence of the parents and the students and now has to deal with a bunch of ignorant whiners. This is why teachers become discouraged. They put in the extra work to produce a meaningful and relevant lesson and then they get criticized for it. The people in this community don't deserve such a hard working and dedicated teacher. They prefer that their children remain ignorant and mediocre just like them.
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