I wanna ask a question and it may be controversial....

[Democracy White]

but I have to ask it.

I was reading a freeper site that is another one that has "DU Obsession Syndrome" a couple months ago and they were saying that most of the members on here are white, hippie types and that there are no African Americans on here. That we as liberals are hypocritical because of this.

I meant to ask about it earlier but I have been to afraid...

So if you are an African American or any other minority could you give a shout out and prove that we are all one community?

I can't find the link to the conversation so I am sorry if I can't back this up.

Dee

[mike_c]

1. middle-aged white hippie, I'm afraid....

But I'm only this way to spite the freepers....

[MrScorpio]

2. Those people are so full of shit in so many ways

Don't let them get to you

[Floogeldy]

3. Regardless of the racial makeup of this board . . .

. . . nobody is being hypocritical, since all races are allowed to register on this board.

Whoever posted that DU is hypocritical is just a fucking moron.

[Samurai_Writer]

4. Giving a shout out

I'm of mixed heritage -- Israeli, German, North African and Irish.

Peace,
Bella

[tjdee]

5. I'm black, there's an Afr. American DU group actually. We have Asians too.

Freepers are generally wrong about most things.

[redqueen]

60. "Freepers are generally wrong about most things."

You nailed it!

:bounce:

[NNadir]

6. I am a fat, bald, ugly middle aged white guy.

I guess I'm not supposed to be here, but I am.

[Spirochete]

37. So am I

but I'm here too. But out of 70,000 members or whatever it is, we can't all be just white people. The freepers are just talking out their asses, like usual.

[Dave Reynolds]

7. Don't pay them any attention,

any site whose sole existence is based on ridiculing this one is not worth the effort.

This is a big tent, we have all shapes, sizes, and colors here.

Breaking my own "pay no attention" rule, I checked out one of their picture threads. Very....aryan, if you get what I mean.

[imenja]

8. how about doing a poll?

that's a good way to find out. Post it in GD

[MrScorpio]

9. Frankly, I don't think that there's any point to a poll

We have absolutely NOTHING to prove to them at all

[imenja]

12. of course not

but just for curiosity's sake

[Misunderestimator]

57. I couldn't agree with you more!

:thumbsup:

[MrScorpio]

64. It's always good to have you on my side, Baby Cakes

:loveya:

[Misunderestimator]

67. You know... I don't let just anyone call my Baby Cakes...

:loveya:

[ET Awful]

10. Actually, a comment like that is more a sign of their own prejudice than

anything else.

My guess is that since most folks here are literate and can form a proper sentence, Freeper types assume that we are all white.

Freepers have a hard time comprehending eloquent, well-educated people that aren't white, so they immediately assume that anyone who surpasses their own limited skill with the English language HAS to be white. The thought that those who are more intelligent them are anything other than white is impossible to their way of thinking.

[AlienGirl]

16. Bingo.

Exactly so.

Tucker

[nickgutierrez]

39. Dead on.

I can read, write, and spell, therefore I must be white.

They're wrong, of course, but that's the way these people think.

[JanMichael]

11. How can people tell what our skin color is on the internet??

and what difference does it make?

[greatauntoftriplets]

14. Agreed.

Who gives a shit?

[terrya]

13. Why do you care what they think?

It's against the rules to talk about that site.

Even if it weren't...why does it matter what they think?

They're irrelevant. They're opinions are worthless...less than worthless if that's possible.

Their only reason for being is to disrupt. That's it. Their sole reason for being.

Well, fuck them. I don't give a flying fuck what they think. And neither should you.

[caty]

15. We are Americans

We are Democrates
We are one

[alittlelark]

44. "We are Democrats , we are one" ???

Uh, yeah....

Herding Dems is like herding cats... good luck!

Dem's are free-thinkers, that can be a problem....................?

[caty]

54. We are a group

of free thinkers. That is our bond.

[Forever Free]

17. Proud Vietnamese-American

But I'm not alone here on DU. We're all brothers and sisters. Cuz that's the Democratic way.

[hickman1937]

18. Why do they have to check in to prove anything?

Especially to freeper types? Fuck that mind set. No offence.:shrug:

[Skittles]

19. CATWOMAN IS A WHITE HIPPIE?

SHE LIED TO US!!!!!!!!! :D

[JohnKleeb]

21. and you will kick her ass?

[Skittles]

23. I have to see her response!

I am a FAIR ass-kicker :D

[JohnKleeb]

25. Thats good

Anyhow about what theyre saying, its bs since anyone can join and there is diversity here.

[Skittles]

27. methinks maybe they protest too much

ya know? If anyone is white bread it would be THEM. :o

[Tsiyu]

30. Where is CatWoman?

I wanna see the Skittles/CatWoman Death Match! :hi:

[RubyDuby in GA]

70. Oh Kleeb, my money is on CatWoman!

She is the man!!!! :+

[ulysses]

49. SHHHHHH!

;-)

[khashka]

20. Mostly white

But no blacks here? Who are they kidding? There are a lot of black, biracial, american native, etc. posters here. I've made friends with many of them (even though I'm mostly white), argued with them, had fun.

I'm sorry that you felt afraid to ask about this... feel free to ask about anything or just rant about anything.

Khash.

[jonolover]

22. Gaysian here.

n/t

[RPM]

24. White in skin - Black in spirit

dont waste your time with those fucking ferepwads... seriously :eyes: they blow.

[Deja Q]

26. You mean they're asking "Are there Blacks on DU?"

Just as stupid as *, it seems.

[samdogmom]

28. Ok here's me--I'm white, female, but I've never been a hippie, sorry!

I'm just not quite "free" enough to embrace the hippie culture. But I truly don't hold it against those that do. Guess what? I still have a brain and sorry--the right-wing thought processes and ideas don't cut it with me.

[BikeWriter]

29. White hippies? They're arrogant assholes, too...

I'm not a hippie. I will answer to biker, cowboy, redneck, construction worker, industrial worker, Union steward, and a number of other labels. Oh, and veteran, too, unlike lots of them.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

31. Yeah, all those people posting in the African-American Issues forum

are white hippies. :crazy:

[Redstone]

32. I'm American Indian.

Not "Native American," please.

Redstone

[alarcojon]

34. I'm Latino

Not "Hispanic", please.

Those websites are a bunch or clowns spitting out RW talking points as fast as they are provided to them. There is no point in going over there - it's not like any of them will be voting for a Democrat anytime soon.

[Redstone]

51. You're right. You can't talk to those people.

Ignorance puts up high and thick walls to keep out logic and truth.

Redstone

[WMliberal]

33. my tan is coming along

:shrug:

And uh, the hippie thing... that sorta died out 30+ years ago. Seriously. Ignore anyone who seriously worries about something that hasn't existed for decades.

Now, back to my article on the dangers of drinking Moxie... :tinfoilhat:

[Gemini Cat]

68. I couldn't agree more! nt

[HEyHEY]

35. Canadian here

:silly:

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

36. Middle aged white hippie here

who has worked with, partied with, and lived in close proximity to a wide mix of African Americans, Hispanics, Asians, and others I do not at this moment recall. Across the alley at the back of my house is a black woman who is a client of mine, and next door to her is a family of Hondurans who also use me to maintain their computers.

I've gotten drunk with people of varied ethnicity (in years gone by), gotten high with them (a bit more recently), and laughed with them (always).

I don't care WHAT their racial background is. It makes zero difference.

The freepers can bite us all.

[friesianrider]

38. I'm part American Indian, part Brazilian, part German.

Whatever kind of mutt that makes me lol ;)

[EFerrari]

41. I call it Heinz 57. I am too, but raised in a Latino family.

Viva la Raza :)

[Hardrada]

40. Nordic "aryan" male bourgeois

Logically should be a freeper but am NOT!!

[drhilarius]

42. Indian American here.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

43. Same here.

[drhilarius]

45. You must be my west coast doppelganger...

we've got the same hobbies and everything.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

46. Looks like it.

Although I will soon be moving to NYC.

Speaking of doppelgangers, I found out a guy with my (Indian) first name also lived in my building. The odds of that happening must have been a billion to one.

[NMMNG]

47. I'm white, but I don't think I'd be classified as a "hippie type"

And what the hell do freepers know about diversity? Bunch of redneck white males sitting in trailer parks or their mommy's basements. you freepers, you are the hypocrites!

[RebelOne]

48. Middle-aged white female former hippie.

[bliss_eternal]

50. They are really reaching now.

What a bunch of hypocrites. The only time the Freepers even want to associate w/people of color is come election time, for their photo opps. (i.e. the boy king and his father's need to bring 'minorities' on stage with them to show how they aren't predjudiced).

Yeah--that works. I was completely convinced he was the 'go to guy' regarding racial equality, discrimination and women's rights. :sarcasm:

Come election time, they all want to be able to say,'well, I have an Oriental friend,he's so smart' Or 'I used to work with a colored guy, he was nice to be a black guy,' or 'the guy that cuts my lawn is mexican' or my personal favorite,'I just don't see color.'

You can generally bet that if they say they 'don't see color' they see it, pander to it and capitalize on it whenever the opportunity presents itself.

:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:

How could we have active forums for African American issues, Race and equality and interracial and multicultural relationships if we didn't have blacks or minorities present on this board.

If they are going to stalk our board and obsess about our members the least they could do is get it right.

:eyes:

[peacefreak]

52. HHHHhmmmm......

more like pink, gray-haired hippie chick here! :hi:

[WCGreen]

53. I am a young black woman trapped in a

middle age (well lover middle age, maybe upperend of young guy) white guys body....

Ewwwwwwwwww

Get me Out, Get Me out..............

He eats vegetable soup all the time.....

I have to go, here he comes.....

[Dukkha]

55. you have to factor in how many African-Americans are online

http://www.entrepreneur.com/Your_Business/YB_SegArticle/0,4621,288556,00.html

As a percentage of the US online population, African-Americans are still under-represented compared to their numbers in the actual population.

[Democracy White]

56. Thanks for answering my question

I didn't know if people were going to be mad at me for posting such a thing. I don't know why it bothered me for a while bu then again it's probably the paranoia conditioning that I grew up with. I am not used to be forward with my questions and tend to hinder my thoughts and feelings. I am finding that it is getting easier to do so here on DU.

Dee

[Misunderestimator]

58. You've been here since March... you haven't encountered any minorities

here yourself? Seems if you were worried about how people would percieve this question, you could have done some research. There is an African-American forum here, you could do some reading and you'd probably get a good idea about who's what (as if it matters).

But to ask this question in a way that seems that answering it would be taking a position of defending ourselves against claims of RACISM from those idiotic RW sites? I don't think you're going to find out the real answers that way.

[Democracy White]

62. I usually don't have a lot of time

to do a lot of reading on the Internet so I haven't really been looking all over this site. Like I said I apologize if anyone is offended, I surely didn't mean for anyone to be.

Dee

[Misunderestimator]

63. S'ok... just explaining why some people may have been.

Peace

[Democracy White]

65. I am just a curious, inqusitive person and

I like to try and refute what I read on the Nets. My mother is the one that tells me that I believe everything that I read and I want to prove to her, and myself that I am capable of thinking on my own.

Dee

[I Know How To Do it]

White, and I don't do the hippy thing.

[I Know How To Do it]

59. White, and I don't do the hippy thing.

[I Know How To Do it]

66. sorry for the double posting.

[kitkatrose]

61. Since I just posted my pic, I just proved that one wrong.

I'm a black hippie in Costa Rica surrounded by other minority hippies. Have their heads exploded yet. :D

[sundog]

69. you're a beautiful hippie... you didn't mention that

:)

:hug:

[kitkatrose]

74. That I was a hippie, or beautiful?

;) :hug: to you too, babe. Is today better than the last?

[grace0418]

71. I refuse to believe a freeper would make a blanket judgment

with absolutely no basis in reality! There's just no way the "culture of life folks" would make prejudiced assumptions about anyone, is there? :sarcasm:

[bliss_eternal]

72. LOL, grace!

:rofl:

[grace0418]

73. tee-hee

thanks.