Geeze Louise, I'm already hearing the latest right wing whine...

[misanthrope]

...along the lines of, "Now that a black is president, we can stop hearing about discrimination."

Yeah, I guess that's right, all prejudice disappeared overnight. Whatever... :eyes:

[Orrex]

1. Those people weren't 'hearing about discrimination' anyway

I'm sure that they plugged their ears to it a long time ago.

[Historic NY]

2. wow, My Repuke buddy said why do they call him African American..

I told him it the same as him saying he was Italian American. Man did that slap him.

[misanthrope]

4. Tell him that it's because you can't use "...of African descent"...

...since every last one of us is of African descent. That normally chafes the folks who pose similar questions to me.

[bluestateguy]

3. This line of argument will be used by forces seeking to destroy affirmative action

get ready.

[WCGreen]

5. Yea with 11.5% unemployment for black males while the rest of

the country is at about 6.0%, yea right, there ain't no discrimination...

[misanthrope]

6. Well, you know what their response to that one is, right?...

...It isn't that hard to predict.

[WCGreen]

8. I wasn't making a political statement....

I was making a statement of fact.

[misanthrope]

11. Oh, I understand...

...but the first thing it made me think of were the many times I heard that awful crack about "no one missing work" for the Million Man March. Anyone who espouses the line of thought I initially mentioned also likely believes the vast majority of African-Americans don't want to work. I've encountered it far too much to think otherwise.

[Athens30603]

7. People are going to use this during his entire presidency.

Get ready for it. It's going to happen.

[NAO]

9. When we elect a gay atheist president, I'll STFU.

...but it looks to me like Rosa Parks was just ordered to the back of the bus in FL, AZ, and CA.

[Dogmudgeon]

10. ... except for the genocide against the Christians.

:sarcasm:

--p!