Don't you think the race card is totally played out?
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Yes. I've heard of this one Mexican minuteman so it's obvious the minutemen aren't racist. It's just that there is more caucasian minutemen, that's why they're racist?
I agree!
your right. i am so sick of hearing it. when in reality white americans are treated worse then any other race. we get treated like crap by are own race.
it is likely that you mean United Statesian cititzens, you see, there is no such a thing as ‘American’ nationality, America is not a nation America is a continent with many nations in it. The US never named itself the name of the United States is a designation it comes from the end of the Declaration of Independence, "WE, therefore, the Representatives of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in GENERAL CONGRESS, Assembled...". The preamble to the U.S. Constitution reiterated the phrase: "We the People of the United States..." (The authors of these two documents probably used the phrase "united states" in place of a list of colonies/states because they remained uncertain at the time of drafting which colonies/states would sign off on the sentiments therein.) The geographic term "America" specifies the states' home on the American continent.
It is therefor incorrect to refer to US citizens as Americans with the intent of denoting citizenship, or the United States as America with the intent of denoting a nation. Americans have a term for US citizens, we are called United Statesians by the rest of Americans, to say American with the intent of denoting citizenship or America when we mean the United States reflects poorly on our attitude towards the 70% of Americans that are not United Statesians.
Also, although some people would like to believe that America is not one but two continents North America and South America. If you think about it though the term U.S. of A. is a glaring example that this line of thought is incorrect, if America was two continents instead of one, shouldn’t it be U.S. of N.A. (North America)? We say Columbus discovered..... ? AMERICA, not South America or North America.
Now, whether they are racist or not, that is an issue that can only be answered by them. Most people are prejudist, this is part of whom we are, it was our prejudism that got us were we are today, we were able to use our judgment and based on prior experiences be prejudist against situations that would otherwise be dangerous to us. We are all prejudist, we are not all racists, although people use these terms as if they were they same they are not.
Hope that helps.
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Katsulover's
Actually that is incorrect, the term most Americans use to refer to us is 'Estadounidense' the term is in Spanish (or the Portuguese version), since the net has brought about a world were we now interact with folks that otherwise most would not have met the term has been translated into English as United Statesian, some folks prefer the term USAian if you google them you'll get over 30,000 results at one point, but Google has been trimming them slowly for a while. Clearly they've got an agenda.
sjsosulivan:
That is incorrect, gringos is a term used to refer to WHITE people in America not necessarily US citizens. A white man in Peru is as much a 'gringo' as a European or a United Statesian. Yankee is no doubt a term to refer to US citizens. And some in fact do refer to United Statesians as Americanos but that is simply because they are talking TO YOU and you are about to spend money in their establishment, if you were to listen to them talk amongst themselves you would see that the term they use for us is ESTADOUNIDENSES, not Americanos. They too think of themselves as 'Americanos' because they are in America.
Yes I agree!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you, it's absolutly played totally out and everytime as a supervisor I am faced with makeing a dicisision I have to go over every way it's going to be played on me. I've finally come to the point now when I hear it, it's some stupid moron crying for attention and I excuse these fools from my presence.
I think the "race card" is way way way overused!
Yes it is over done
It is used by those that are Racist and have no fact or reason behind their anti-American views
Being White and having listened to many White older males talk about the "undesirables" (meaning anyone not of the White race), I am certain that racism is still strong. It may not be as obvious as it was in the middle of the 20th century, but it still there in softer forms.
Even Jon Stewart skewered the illegal loving, brat students for attacking Jim Gilchrist at Columbia. The left believe in free speech only when they agree with it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsezc1otv...
The Minute Men are not racists .They have members of all races in their membership.The race card is worn out and ineffectual.
If you want to talk real racists lets talk about La Raza Unida and The Brown Berets.They make the KKK look like a boy scout troop.
March 27, 2006
"We have an aging white America ... They are dying ...We have got to eliminate the gringo, and what I mean by that is if the worst comes to the worst, we have got to kill him." Jose Angel Gutierrez, professor, University of Texas, Arlington and founder of the La Raza Unida political party
"If anyone's going to be deported, it's going to be you! ... Get out! We are the future. You're old and tired. Go on. We have beaten you – leave like beaten rats. You old white people, it is your duty to die. Right now, we're already controlling those elections, whether it's by violence or nonviolence. Through love of having children we're going to take over." Augustin Cebada, information minister of Brown Berets, militant para-military soldiers of Aztlan shouting at U.S. citizens at an Independence Day rally in Los Angeles.
sjsosuli ......United Statesian is a word a guy made up one day on the Internet to make Americans angry. Look it up .I did ...
Urban Dictionary
United Statesian 14 up, 9 down
There exists no singular term for a citizen of the USA, untill I, Shane T. Hanson invented it yesterday, while fighting with "Americans" online, about their attitudes to the people in the rest of the world and their foreign policy.
I'm sorry to disagree with the person above me, but, I've visited all but four (4) nations in the Americas, and our hispanic neighbors refer to us as "gringos," "yankees," "norteamericanos," or "americanos." I've studied Poli-Sci for a few years, now, and have NEVER heard "United Statesian" until their posted replies. I need to see some documentation of this term. It strikes me as a Maddison & Wall type ploy to rename something, frivolously, while maintaining political correctness, the new nazi-ism.
I would like to guard the border with you.
No it isn't. In case you didn't know, racism still exists today. It's just more subtle than it was back in the day. You must be ignorant if you think that the minuteklan...er, MINUTEMEN sorry aren't racists. They are a white supremacist organization. Why do you think people protested their showing up at a university for an event held by the Young Republicans(aka. the Young Dummies)groups they have. If they were standing up for their country like you heroically claim that they do, then they'd do something more worthwhile such as finding a way to ease up on the red tape that we proudly call our legal immigration system so we no longer would have this problem with illegal immigration.
I bet you think that the race card was being played after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and residents who tried to get out of the city to safety couldn't because of a bunch of racist cops from Gretna threatened to shoot them dead if they attempted to get past them.
The only reason you and any other ignorant person claims that the race card is totally played out is because you can't handle the goddamn truth that racism still exists. Looks aren't everything so maybe you should invest in some brains to go along with the beauty. Another dumb ***** who gets by on her looks, just like Jesi.
sometimes you have to call a spade a spade.
Thank God, the 'you are stupid card' is not totally played out.
The ONLY "racists" are those that are calling OTHER people those names!!!!
It is a race card. All that is being done is to help and stop the illegals from coming in illegally.
I have never heard them say anything negative about Mexican citizens that come into the US legally with their passports or Visa's.
It sounds as if you are the racist. I read your profile and I had to laugh out loud. Get a brain.
They are trying to do what their goverment is failing to do,if you fight a cause you believe in , there are people who love to give labels to others because they don't have a friggan clue.Walk a mile in there shoes before you judge(and pack some heat as well)
I agree. The race card has been overused for everything. The minutemen are only trying to protect their families from illegal immigrants.
Not even close!
Absolutely, you have certain "race based" groups only supporting one race and blah blah blah. Yet, its seriously over played. ANyone speaks the words illegal immigrant and your automatically branded a bigot or racist.
I am not politically correct in the least and personally I let it roll off my back. These people who only see a color are the racist when someone else stands up for their country. You also have to remember that this site give the weak a place for them to call the rest of us bigots, racist and hitler wannabee's because they are weak and have no guts to say it to my face.
I however will speak my mind and say my peace, thats my God given right and my free speech is protected in the Constitution. Anyone else want to slander me ?
racism and immigration are two separate issues.
Racism is alive and well in the USA. That is a fact.
I am of hispanic heritage. Most people are surprised when I mention my heritage. I can pass as a typical, white-anglo american male. I often hear others make racist remarks about mexicans. I don't know, but my great grandparent were from Mexico, they were good, hard-working, God-fearing people, and I am greatly offended by racist remarks that target mexicans and hispanics.
Unfortunately, the illegal immigration problem (and it is a problem, unfortunately) is too often a red herring and an excuse for racists to scapegoat illegal immigrants from Mexico.
No, the race card is not played out and never will be. America was founded on racism. Native Americans tried to stand up for their country, did it work?
"Don't you think the race card is totally played out?"
You want people to stop talking about racism so that racism can flourish. That's not going to happen.
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