Typical CB thread. Joke reply, everyone argues, but no one answers the question.

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Apr 28, 2016
3:49:38pm

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CopperLix

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Does anyone know the African American guy in the red checkered shirt? He looks

ToasterChive

4/28/16 3:11pm

You mean the black guy?

Zach Morris

4/28/16 3:15pm

RE: You mean the black guy?

Indy Coug

4/28/16 3:16pm

Yes, but just trying to be respectful to racial descriptions.

ToasterChive

4/28/16 3:16pm

I insist on being called Dutch/English American. Racist.

flyusaf

4/28/16 3:28pm

Haha. Well done. I am henceforth Irish/English American on all my paperwork

MaxxPower

4/28/16 4:16pm

Please call me an Irish-German-English-Scottish-Dutch-French-Danish American

CougarThug

4/29/16 6:35am

Is it disrespectful to say "black guy" but cool to say "white guy"? I think

Zach Morris

4/28/16 3:30pm

Honesty would be refreshing indeed

Heinz57

4/28/16 9:30pm

Why not just say "the guy in the red checkered shirt"?

CougarThug

4/29/16 6:36am

Well said.

(Private)

4/29/16 8:39am

Because in the context of the thread and original post here, clothing and

Zach Morris

4/29/16 9:09am

My question was actually directed at the OP.

CougarThug

4/29/16 11:58am

I don't know. If I'm trying to point out one child among many and he was the

Banjo Blues

4/29/16 12:01pm

Didn't you watch Glory Road? Say black.

southernfriedcougar

4/28/16 6:08pm

Huh? Have you ever listened to the President of the United States?

ToasterChive

4/28/16 6:10pm

nope...why would anyone listen to him?

ds7

4/28/16 11:31pm

Yea! Mocking others' attempt to be respectful is so cool! U earned a cookie?

jamalccc

4/29/16 9:08am

Mocking others? And it being respectful? Saying a black guy is a hyphenated

Zach Morris

4/29/16 12:32pm

So you are deciding what's appropriate to call someone and what's not?

jamalccc

4/29/16 12:40pm

All because I asked if he was referring to the black guy? Apparently you have

Zach Morris

4/29/16 12:42pm

So, why is it African Americans for blacks

2FarGone

4/28/16 3:22pm

It's what they have supposedly preferred to be named as.

ToasterChive

4/28/16 3:24pm

Mormonism is now a race?

Random Walk

4/28/16 3:28pm

Jewish ethnicity can be misconstrued for being a religion

2FarGone

4/28/16 3:29pm

Judiasm is not a race though either if you wanna get technical. Jews come in

Zach Morris

4/28/16 3:33pm

If you want to get technical, there are distinct genetic features that

Random Walk

4/28/16 3:42pm

I'm a Welsh-Irish-Scottish-English American. WISE American for short

Hinta

4/28/16 3:28pm

Are white South African immigrants to the US also called African Americans?

Iman23

4/28/16 3:36pm

I finally got a chance to ask one a couple months ago. A client of mine

Zach Morris

4/28/16 3:39pm

Typical CB thread. Joke reply, everyone argues, but no one answers the question.

CopperLix

4/28/16 3:49pm

Is CB for information or for entertainment?

2FarGone

4/28/16 3:51pm

If no one answers the question, it means no one knows the answer

Indy Coug

4/28/16 3:55pm

How dare you. Ignored!

TNT

4/28/16 7:53pm

I know him, he used to live in my ward.

ldssdl

4/28/16 4:08pm

Actually I think it's

Zach Morris

4/28/16 4:32pm

Are all Blacks from Africa? Maybe he is aborigine

Jericho

4/28/16 5:34pm

Are all people from Africa black?

jrifkin48

4/28/16 6:31pm

yes, but are all European peoples white? no. Not even all Chinese are 'Chinese'

Dissenter

4/28/16 8:07pm

Everyone needs to chill. Toaster was just using the politically correct term

ColonelMustard7

4/29/16 12:28pm

Actually being a day late on the discussion would be a better of example of

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