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81. Did this woman say "people of culture" or "people of MY culture"?

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Tue Nov 12, 2013, 05:15 PM

Nov 2013

that would be a huge difference in meaning.

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"People of Culture" [View all] Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 OP

so the "people of no culture" don't get diabetes lol nt msongs Nov 2013 #1

I was in Miami, Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #3

We're all people of culture. But also dislike the word "minorities". Some day, hopefully, we won't libdem4life Nov 2013 #2

So check beneath your fingernails, in between your toes Fumesucker Nov 2013 #4

Good one. libdem4life Nov 2013 #5

I like that... Callmecrazy Nov 2013 #6

not sure what this means, plenty of culture out there regardless of ethnic group or race loli phabay Nov 2013 #8

I can't think of anything off the top of my head... Callmecrazy Nov 2013 #9

st paddys day, for one, scottish and irish and polish and german festivals loli phabay Nov 2013 #10

All true... Callmecrazy Nov 2013 #12

i would say they are american, a lot of the festivals etc are only done in america loli phabay Nov 2013 #13

I dunno... Callmecrazy Nov 2013 #17

thanks, have a good kip loli phabay Nov 2013 #18

I grew up in suburbia. Very uniquely American. Throd Nov 2013 #15

Thanksgiving! notadmblnd Nov 2013 #77

there is no unique white american culture arely staircase Nov 2013 #174

"White Americans" are not monolithic. Throd Nov 2013 #11

Well, there's always this! dawg Nov 2013 #40

Lutefisk. Shrike47 Nov 2013 #82

I am caucasion but both sets of grandparents Drahthaardogs Nov 2013 #58

tuna noodle cassarole Bucky Nov 2013 #132

Of course it is. I was being sarcastic. Drahthaardogs Nov 2013 #172

Was that satire or actually DUs dumbest post of the week? MattBaggins Nov 2013 #70

Opinions vary. Callmecrazy Nov 2013 #74

Uh... bull Scootaloo Nov 2013 #105

You make a good point, Scootaloo... Callmecrazy Nov 2013 #110

French? Italian? Scandanavian? Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #115

Is this deliberately trolling? Bucky Nov 2013 #134

it's ignorance... Callmecrazy Nov 2013 #171

Umm... you're not so much a person of American culture WhaTHellsgoingonhere Nov 2013 #167

Errm... uriel1972 Nov 2013 #7

I don't like it either WhaTHellsgoingonhere Nov 2013 #169

just curious but....who exactly has no culture? Skittles Nov 2013 #14

Well, everyone has a heritage and a legacy, but when you hear Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #16

because it insinuates other people have no culture which is not true Skittles Nov 2013 #19

Then why aren't we making the same push against the right-wingers Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #25

I believe we do make that push MattBaggins Nov 2013 #72

Show me a link to a thread that discusses it. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #80

I'm not a star member MattBaggins Nov 2013 #86

Because white people are also people of culture. You really want to take a term and Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #22

I have no problem with your reasoning. I just wonder why no one thought to be Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #26

I think that when Inkfreak Nov 2013 #43

It's a good ramble. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #46

Heritage is also plastered around my town Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #99

There you go. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #100

Then you would have no problem with Storm Front Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #103

Our societies are getting so divided that I believe it will happen that way anyway. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #106

Kulturvolker Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #130

Self-determination is what I'm suggesting. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #133

To the exclusion of others. Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #145

Wake up. They are a minority group. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #150

Well, there's that guy who, when you say "Dylan,' thinks yer talkin' bout Dylan Thomas. Gidney N Cloyd Nov 2013 #57

People who spit. Shrike47 Nov 2013 #85

I can't tell if this is ironic or not. Brickbat Nov 2013 #20

Not ironic at all. It comes down to the theme of self-determination. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #27

everyone has a culture so it wouldn't make sense in the context people want to use it JI7 Nov 2013 #21

Follow the posts up thread where I point out that the same reasoning should be Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #28

Ummm I would bet that 99.99999% of DUers MattBaggins Nov 2013 #76

I don't recall any threads trying to take the terms back. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #79

I am fairly certain there have wither been threads or subthreads MattBaggins Nov 2013 #84

Are you sure she didn't actually say "people of color", and you misheard her? Nye Bevan Nov 2013 #23

Read your statement very carefully. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #30

I like people of color treestar Nov 2013 #24

Now that you mention it, "people of color" is pretty stupid too. Bucky Nov 2013 #139

stupid idea. every human on the planet is a "person of culture" scheming daemons Nov 2013 #29

Were you as adamant when the right-wingers began to use the terms Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #31

there is no prohibition for us to use those terms scheming daemons Nov 2013 #32

I'm not convinced it's a bad idea. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #34

it is divisive scheming daemons Nov 2013 #36

I understand your reasoning. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #37

You seem to be using them as a benchmark Union Scribe Nov 2013 #51

I don't think it's a terrible idea. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #67

Yes. Cultural DIFFERENCES! Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #101

+1 n/t tammywammy Nov 2013 #61

Thanks for the OP; I rec'd it. IrishAyes Nov 2013 #33

Thanks for the rec. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #35

Did this woman say "people of culture" or "people of MY culture"? MattBaggins Nov 2013 #81

I think it's obvious that it translated to mean "our" cultures. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #87

Words mean things. Let's take a look at what 'culture' actually means and what you are saying Bluenorthwest Nov 2013 #38

What I think is that it means something to ethnic minorities and that is not a bad Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #39

Of course they have a culture, we all do. That's the point. If they think they have a culture and Bluenorthwest Nov 2013 #41

I understand your point. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #42

But it doesn't mean anything to ethnic minorities muriel_volestrangler Nov 2013 #54

Not in such terms. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #68

Yes, but that's just part of everyone having culture muriel_volestrangler Nov 2013 #89

Truth be told, it's for them to decide how they should be addressed. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #90

No. sibelian Nov 2013 #44

Soon, a generation will have to come up with a new word, because Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #47

No. Iggo Nov 2013 #83

Well, it will no longer apply to the larger ethnic cultures. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #88

I think a lot of people ....... oldhippie Nov 2013 #45

I'm really disappointed in a lot of you, so eager to stir the pot. IrishAyes Nov 2013 #48

Thanks. I needed that today. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #50

What if I, a white woman decided to call white people Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #52

And you think that message doesn't get communicated in a number of ways? Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #69

Of course I do and it is bullshit Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #96

That is how you may view it. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #97

I'm sure it gives them some comfort to believe Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #98

First see post #33, then concentrate on #48. IrishAyes Nov 2013 #112

So are you or are you not a "person of culture". Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #125

I believe callmecrazy was the one specifically claiming lack of American originality or uniqueness. IrishAyes Nov 2013 #127

You are right. But I've yet to see the OP recognize that white people also Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #129

there was nothing wrong with the story, but he asked about replacing certain terms with others JI7 Nov 2013 #55

And what, pray tell, was so evil about the original question? NOTHING! IrishAyes Nov 2013 #113

I feel so ADMONISHED. sibelian Nov 2013 #157

I had no idea that we could, simply by looking at a face, determine a person's culture or heritage. LanternWaste Nov 2013 #49

That's missing a lot of important information that has already been relayed. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #71

Coded speech verging on meaninglessness. maxsolomon Nov 2013 #53

Statistics show that medical information is not reaching minority groups. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #73

I agree. Whatever it takes to make the patient less defensive. maxsolomon Nov 2013 #161

That was never my position. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #164

Yes I know. maxsolomon Nov 2013 #170

Thanks. I appreciate it. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #173

For all intensive purposes, you probably have something there. Dreamer Tatum Nov 2013 #56

I don't usually comment off topic like this... tammywammy Nov 2013 #59

Lol rudolph the red Nov 2013 #60

No, I got it. tammywammy Nov 2013 #64

Sorry about that rudolph the red Nov 2013 #65

Nah, it's all good. tammywammy Nov 2013 #66

You mean I misheard all those phrases I wrote? Dreamer Tatum Nov 2013 #62

.... tammywammy Nov 2013 #63

No, I don't think you do. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #78

I find it amusing you think I don't know what "culture" means. n/t tammywammy Nov 2013 #92

I think it's in poor taste to try to take a cheap shot on an issue that is very Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #94

You think the phrase "people of culture" tammywammy Nov 2013 #95

"Irregardless" is a perfectly cromulent word Blue_Tires Nov 2013 #117

Thank you. It means without irregard to something. Bucky Nov 2013 #144

I appreciate it. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #75

* Bucky Nov 2013 #142

I think "people" sounds better. nt valerief Nov 2013 #91

+1 Jamaal510 Nov 2013 #93

Could she have meant NOLALady Nov 2013 #102

Good grief, no. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #107

That assumes the rest of us don't have culture BainsBane Nov 2013 #104

I support it if it gets the necessary medical information across. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #108

Whatever a doctor wants to discuss with a patient is their business BainsBane Nov 2013 #109

I'm sorry. I forgot my place. I'll cast my eyes to the ground again. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #111

I know you're being facetious, but if you let these gauche contrarians really get to you, IrishAyes Nov 2013 #116

IrishAyes, you are a bright light in a dark room. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #119

So no culture and now not even human. Union Scribe Nov 2013 #122

Well, quite frankly, when I'm set upon by a swarm of bees, I start swatting! IrishAyes Nov 2013 #124

Dehumanizing, belittling, insulting... Union Scribe Nov 2013 #136

Come on BainsBane Nov 2013 #123

Erm, white rice is piled on in Latin American restaurants. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #126

True, but it's still healthier than the average American diet BainsBane Nov 2013 #146

There are other factors at play. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #151

It IS important - it illustrates the utility and respect of relating to a person on their own terms. IrishAyes Nov 2013 #114

+1000 Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #120

Actually, the OP has claimed that this is a title that "minorities" should Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #128

I'm trying to make this as simple as possible so you and the others can understand; IrishAyes Nov 2013 #135

Please stop referring to posters as animals. nt Union Scribe Nov 2013 #138

Actually. You've not answered the one question I have asked you.. Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #141

well, under that definition BainsBane Nov 2013 #148

"People of color" is an inaccurate term to describe Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #137

Then I guess they are not "people of culture". Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #143

Non Sequitur. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #152

I already know that. I was being sarcastic. Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #168

What guys? BainsBane Nov 2013 #147

Go for it, I think people have a right to call themselves whatever quinnox Nov 2013 #118

It feels great to hear you say that. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #121

It's bland & meaningless. Everyone has culture. Bucky Nov 2013 #131

It is a meaningful term to them. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #158

Wow, this is STILL going on? Dreamer Tatum Nov 2013 #140

At least we know what DU would be like if Emily Litella were a member. smokey nj Nov 2013 #149

I was standing right next to her. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #159

Everybody has a culture of some kind, don't they? get the red out Nov 2013 #153

Fair enough. I guess I'll be a "person of gaucheness"... sibelian Nov 2013 #154

I can be a part of a culture with minorities. NCTraveler Nov 2013 #155

A thoroughly insulting name to whites and non-whites alike... devils chaplain Nov 2013 #156

There is no copyright on the term, "culture." Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #160

Then how can it meaningfully describe any subset of humanity in separation from any other? sibelian Nov 2013 #162

Because we are already a divided society. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #163

That response may appear to you to have pertained to my question. sibelian Nov 2013 #165

I guess you'll have to make yourself more clear because I feel Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #166