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bravenak

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29. That is exactly why I stayed the fuck out of that shit!!

Reply to JustAnotherGen (Reply #28)

Sun Dec 28, 2014, 02:07 PM

Dec 2014

My husband would have the same problem as Elvis. Passability.

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Regarding Race and Ethnicity in the USA [View all] Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2014 OP

I have no idea. bravenak Dec 2014 #1

There was a couple of intersting points brought up that I would like to pursue but, I can't see Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2014 #4

They do make sense but they minimize the damage to the non dominant populations. bravenak Dec 2014 #16

I think the crux of misunderstanding is the way POWER plays into it and seems some Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2014 #17

I read it and I am also confused. bravenak Dec 2014 #18

I think I come here looking for affirmation/confirmation/validation about my own Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2014 #19

We all do that. bravenak Dec 2014 #20

I think the term "appropriation" is being misused in those threads ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #32

interesting point and I think it is why I related to the comment about Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2014 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author Behind the Aegis Dec 2014 #6

Yes, divide and conquer is what I witnessed today. Thank you. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2014 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author Behind the Aegis Dec 2014 #9

check your PM. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2014 #11

I haven't seen that. marym625 Dec 2014 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Behind the Aegis Dec 2014 #3

I never said Race was the ONLY culture. n/t Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2014 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Behind the Aegis Dec 2014 #7

a false question, I have never heard of such a thing. Please enlighten me. And, I can not Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2014 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author Behind the Aegis Dec 2014 #12

discussing it is one thing but using it to make light of another's appropriation is what I don't Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2014 #13

Interesting....because it seems to be a "dimmisive" attitude I see in your OP. Behind the Aegis Dec 2014 #14

again, the mentioning of it WITH the attitude of the posters in regards to the subject matter. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2014 #15

I was trying to figure out what you are saying marym625 Dec 2014 #21

I would have to see JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #22

That was the thread. bravenak Dec 2014 #25

Wait - Elvis? JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #26

Aw man!! bravenak Dec 2014 #27

Jokes on them! JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #28

That is exactly why I stayed the fuck out of that shit!! bravenak Dec 2014 #29

I just bumped up a Carolina thread JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #30

I'll check it out. bravenak Dec 2014 #31

I'm learning more about Melungeons by the week Number23 Dec 2014 #40

A DUer wrote a book about the Melungeons. Have you read it yet? Hekate Jan 2015 #41

And Regarding Working Class White Men . . . JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #23

That is one of my favorite people on DU. He is a Treasure. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2014 #24

I'll try. LWolf Dec 2014 #34

my problem/issue with all this Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2014 #35

How many things LWolf Dec 2014 #36

and how tolerant should DU3, be as a whole, when we see this happen = Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2014 #37

DU3 tolerates many things that I don't. LWolf Dec 2014 #38

I am particularly fond of the posters that barge into every race thread to talk about how if xx was Number23 Dec 2014 #39