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Igel

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28. Yeah, that's pretty much it.

Reply to Bettie (Reply #25)

Mon Jul 29, 2013, 02:52 PM

Jul 2013

It's work. They have their job to do and we have professional standards and ethics to uphold.

I didn't find them particularly "white" when I was hired. Still don't quite feel comfortable with some of them.

The black guy a hall over, for all I know, had an easier time with them than I did. Oddly, I'm not quite sure what country he's even from.

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If a member of a racial minority joined your workplace, [View all] Nye Bevan Jul 2013 OP

How are the two choices antithetic? Mass Jul 2013 #1

+1 nt LisaLynne Jul 2013 #9

You "acknowledge their background" to them, in person? Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #14

you're even worse at discussing racial and ethnic heritage than you are at being a liberal CreekDog Jul 2013 #15

When did I claim to be a "liberal"? Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #18

well not when you were defending Margaret Thatcher CreekDog Jul 2013 #19

In the words of President Obama, Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #21

yes, but did you go farther in your compliments than Obama (who was acting as head of state btw) CreekDog Jul 2013 #22

I never realized you would still be steaming over this 4 months later. Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #23

Steaming? Hardly. You seem bothered by your own words of recent months. CreekDog Jul 2013 #26

Or here: Starry Messenger Jul 2013 #33

I must be missing a good thread somewhere. bunnies Jul 2013 #2

Here ya go... Pelican Jul 2013 #4

Wow. bunnies Jul 2013 #10

I don't think that's quite the idea. DirkGently Jul 2013 #13

Not a good poll JustAnotherGen Jul 2013 #3

Could you order a dump truck of snow... Pelican Jul 2013 #6

No JustAnotherGen Jul 2013 #30

Strawman poll . Starry Messenger Jul 2013 #5

+1 gollygee Jul 2013 #17

yea, I'll pass on this push poll quinnox Jul 2013 #7

I dont judge people by color GlashFordan Jul 2013 #8

Those aren't quite the choices, really. DirkGently Jul 2013 #11

Other. LWolf Jul 2013 #12

I treat nice people better than obnoxious people. Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #16

You can claim martyrdom here if you admit that it's for the cause of conservatism CreekDog Jul 2013 #20

You're being dishonest. You lamented that people aren't called "crippled" anymore. CreekDog Jul 2013 #35

Well you were pretty enthusiastic about the phrase "illegal immigrant" before it became un-PC. Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #36

I am not "enthusiastic" about that term CreekDog Jul 2013 #40

So when you used the term "illegal immigrant children" in your post in 2010, Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #42

you said I was "enthusiastic" about the term, and that is wrong CreekDog Jul 2013 #43

No, but if they were driving a Ford I would question their judgement snooper2 Jul 2013 #24

Ha! Champion Jack Jul 2013 #27

When I was in the workforce the only thing I cared about Bettie Jul 2013 #25

Yeah, that's pretty much it. Igel Jul 2013 #28

Most of the time I don't care tabbycat31 Jul 2013 #29

I think option 2 would make a lot of people uncomfortable Bradical79 Jul 2013 #31

Already happened multiple times. Don't care. Dash87 Jul 2013 #32

I've always wondered how "colorblind" some whites would continue to be.... MrScorpio Jul 2013 #34

None of that would bother me in the least. HappyMe Jul 2013 #37

Anyone who claims to be colorblind, but objects when his or her daughter dates a black guy, Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #38

The point being that people who go out of their way to proclaim being colorblind... MrScorpio Jul 2013 #41

Quite possibly one of the lamest polls I've ever seen on DU. n/t Cali_Democrat Jul 2013 #39