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Topic: Fossils Shed New Light on Human Origins |
sagascend
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Forum: Racialism in Science, including Craniofacial Anthropometry Posted: Tue 06 Oct 2009 17:11 Subject: Re: Fossils Shed New Light on Human Origins |
"We all thought the ancestral animal would look more like a chimp," explained Yale University anthropologist Andrew Hill.
Instead, the new finds show that what seems most ancient about n ... |
Topic: "Black people come in different colors".... |
sagascend
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Views: 4203
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Forum: History of the U.S. Color Line Posted: Mon 07 Sep 2009 14:19 Subject: "Black people come in different colors".... |
I am confident that one can promote an application of the ODR without necessarily possessing a malicious intent or even being aware of it.
Me too. One can also promote application of the ODR with ... |
Topic: "Black people come in different colors".... |
sagascend
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Forum: History of the U.S. Color Line Posted: Mon 07 Sep 2009 13:58 Subject: "Black people come in different colors".... |
| I always have the role of moderator when I'm posting. I have to enforce to rules and follow them. Since this is a historical forum and since we have a definition of the term in rule 3.3.10, it's my ... |
Topic: "Black people come in different colors".... |
sagascend
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Forum: History of the U.S. Color Line Posted: Mon 07 Sep 2009 13:15 Subject: "Black people come in different colors".... |
I have only been saying that "blacks come in all colors" is a phrase that one drops. Nothing more and nothing less.
Much more has been said and addressed in previous posts. My basic poin ... |
Topic: "Black people come in different colors".... |
sagascend
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Forum: History of the U.S. Color Line Posted: Mon 07 Sep 2009 01:08 Subject: "Black people come in different colors".... |
It's useful to go back to the original quote to sum this up:
The notion that "black people come in all colors" is specifically meant to imply that "blackness" consists of person ... |
Topic: "Black people come in different colors".... |
sagascend
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Forum: History of the U.S. Color Line Posted: Sun 06 Sep 2009 22:53 Subject: "Black people come in different colors".... |
| That's what I am" is the statement of identification. "Black people come in all colors" is a description of the thing to which one does or does not identify. It is not, by any stretch, ... |
Topic: "Black people come in different colors".... |
sagascend
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Views: 4203
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Forum: History of the U.S. Color Line Posted: Sun 06 Sep 2009 13:54 Subject: "Black people come in different colors".... |
| The statement that "black people come in all colors" is not a statement of identification. It is a statement about what "blackness" supposedly is - a thing that has many colors, wh ... |
Topic: "Black people come in different colors".... |
sagascend
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Views: 4203
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Forum: History of the U.S. Color Line Posted: Sat 05 Sep 2009 23:55 Subject: "Black people come in different colors".... |
| 3.3.10 one-drop rule — The principle that membership in the U.S. Black endogamous group is based upon having any African ancestry at all, no matter how distant or invisible. Specifically, it is the id ... |
Topic: First lady’s shorts draw some long, hard looks |
sagascend
Replies: 33
Views: 1462
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Forum: Women's Interests -- Men Welcome Posted: Fri 04 Sep 2009 23:09 Subject: First lady’s shorts draw some long, hard looks |
AF1 is The White House on a plane.
If that's the case then she really ought to have made herself at home and pulled out the bathrobe and slippers because...she lives in the White House.
Air For ... |
Topic: First lady’s shorts draw some long, hard looks |
sagascend
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Views: 1462
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Forum: Women's Interests -- Men Welcome Posted: Thu 03 Sep 2009 18:19 Subject: First lady’s shorts draw some long, hard looks |
| Well, a Presidential First Lady can choose to stay out of the public light (like Zapatero's wife does, she is hardly known) or to board the Air Force One (which she has no "need" to do) or t ... |
Topic: First lady’s shorts draw some long, hard looks |
sagascend
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Views: 1462
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Forum: Women's Interests -- Men Welcome Posted: Thu 03 Sep 2009 02:55 Subject: First lady’s shorts draw some long, hard looks |
The issue gets talked about in this thread because it is the subject of this thread. If you consider it irrelevant and have better things to do, by all means do not waste your time in this thread.
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Topic: Egyptians were Black, not white |
sagascend
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Forum: International Stories Posted: Thu 03 Sep 2009 00:31 Subject: Egyptians were Black, not white |
I'm not saying Egyptians were 'black' and I don't truly know how to express it, but like French people fall under Europeans, (original)Egyptians most likely fall under African, not Middle Easterners
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Topic: First lady’s shorts draw some long, hard looks |
sagascend
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Views: 1462
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Forum: Women's Interests -- Men Welcome Posted: Thu 03 Sep 2009 00:21 Subject: First lady’s shorts draw some long, hard looks |
| Modern women who are not part of some aging remnant of feudal aristocracy are flexible. Yes, we all adhere to certain rules, but most people understand that wearing casual clothing is acceptable in c ... |
Topic: First lady’s shorts draw some long, hard looks |
sagascend
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Forum: Women's Interests -- Men Welcome Posted: Wed 02 Sep 2009 14:05 Subject: First lady’s shorts draw some long, hard looks |
| USAmerican fashion sensibilities are much different than those of Europeans, so comparing Michelle Obama to Carla Bruni misses the mark. Also, if anyone cared to photograph Carla while she sunbathed o ... |
Topic: Can Paying for Grades Help no child Left Behind? |
sagascend
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Views: 1143
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Sat 08 Aug 2009 19:36 Subject: Can Paying for Grades Help no child Left Behind? |
My point was not to equate the getting of bad grades with the matter of committing a crime. It was just to illustrate that not all incentives are justifiable even if they work.
Although, would it ... |
Topic: The Town Hall Mob |
sagascend
Replies: 39
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Sat 08 Aug 2009 16:02 Subject: The Town Hall Mob |
| Sorry, but that ain't the BC people are looking for. They are looking for the LONG FORM, the one which states the hospital and has a signature of a doctor. Look at the lower left corner: Rev 11/01, c ... |
Topic: Can Paying for Grades Help no child Left Behind? |
sagascend
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Views: 1143
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Sat 08 Aug 2009 01:51 Subject: Can Paying for Grades Help no child Left Behind? |
... would we pay drug dealers to stop dealing drugs? Would we pay rapists to stop raping??
Drug-dealing and rape are crimes, poor school performance isn't criminal behavior, so I don't think the an ... |
Topic: The Town Hall Mob |
sagascend
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Sat 08 Aug 2009 01:45 Subject: The Town Hall Mob |
If there is anything "too far to the left" about Barack Obama's policies, then it should have nothing to do with his supposed race.
Surely "black" conservatives ought particular ... |
Topic: The Town Hall Mob |
sagascend
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Fri 07 Aug 2009 18:46 Subject: The Town Hall Mob |
Forget Bush.
I know someone who did Diplomatic Security for 25 years and retired as an Ambassador from the State Department, he knows ex-Secret Service Officers. THey are all concerned right now.
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Topic: Citizens give elected officials HELL |
sagascend
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Fri 07 Aug 2009 16:43 Subject: Citizens give elected officials HELL |
Think about it, "teabagger". That's almost the same as referring to me/them as "cocksuckers".....which was the intent of the left wing media when they first made that reference.
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