Now Blackface is Racist????
Black people are now making it Politically Incorrect for a white person to dress up as a black person using blackface makeup-what difference does it make? It is just a Halloween costume idea- I find...
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I wasn't trying to be smart, funny, whatever at anyone's expense, Cliff. Hope you know that's not me. It's just that over here, Sinterklaas and his helpers, Zwarte Pieten, have never been an issue....
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Siep, First, could you resize that enormous photo? It make the entire thread hard to read. I will make further comments shortly. Thanks, clif
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I only learned about Zwarte Piet since this thread hit. I first referenced him in Response #7. You may notice the edit notation at the bottom of that post. I removed a photo of Angela Merkel with a...
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meessiep wrote:I wasn't trying to be smart, funny, whatever at anyone's expense, Cliff. Hope you know that's not me. It's just that over here, Sinterklaas and his helpers, Zwarte Pieten, have never...
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Martin wrote: I understand the ambivalent feelings of black Americans regarding the depiction of "blacks" in European traditions, but they have to understand that Europe - while having its own...
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TenoreFortissimo Quasi ValiantR JonathanT I almost forgot! "Saying something" is not an attack. In your sketchy post that was implied. Now, if you have any other accusations, that would involve a...
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We ain't what we're going to be but at least we ain't what we was. This is not verbatim but I think it sums it up nicely.
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bighappy261 wrote:First, I am a bit surprised you went with the Trump mask senarios (both versions) when you had Zwarte Piet and the Pietens at your fingertips. Black Peter certainly would have been...
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bighappy261 wrote:I only learned about Zwarte Piet since this thread hit. When Brian entered the discussion with the deliciously ribald: "And who doesn't like Black Peter?" I pounced with notions...
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Brian wrote: We ain't what we're going to be but at least we ain't what we was. __________________ Where is that from? It is a journey and that is the thing we all need to remember. It is funny how...
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It's a quote from this an episode of Designing Women.I remember it after all these years. I looked up the show and the actual quote is:We ain't what we should be;We ain't what we're going to be:But at...
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"Domingo is hot as a Moor.""Moor", the singular of "moors", a word used by Shakespeare in Othello:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moors"The African-American opera singers interviewed for the Post...
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curious33 wrote: I doubt that the Dutch will change their old traditionOh, but we already have, Martin. Many schools (Sinterklaas is a celebration for kids especially) will no longer accept Zwarte...
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meessiep wrote:curious33 wrote: I doubt that the Dutch will change their old traditionOh, but we already have, Martin. Many schools (Sinterklaas is a celebration for kids especially) will no longer...
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Brian, You are often over the top, funny, raw, and insightful. Your willingness to make the most unfiltered comments on this board reminds me of one of my other favorite contributors here. Me. But...
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clif,I love you too,you are my favorite contributor as well. And you've got me figured out,a cold crusty old son of a bitch on the outside and a gooey sentimentalist inside. And why does anyone think...
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"Nazi Per" is prolly Otto Jespersens most outrageous character Jespersen was also in the movie Troll Hunter (fyi also dubbed the mammoth in Ice Age norwegian version)
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