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Jinn · 09-06-2005, 07:42 AM

its hegemony

In all seriousness I can see that being taken in two ways.. that they're "so black" as a bad thing.. or... in the context of the full paragraph:

"are so poor and they are so black, and this is going to raise lots of questions for people who are watching this story unfold."

He could've meant that the media showing ONLY black poor people could be raising questions, or that because they're so poor and black, they're not being given as much treatment as they could be. In these examples, he's actually speaking in favor of black people, whereas in the first he's a racist. It's a thin line to walk, for sure.

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Jinn Lover - Protector - Teacher Location: Seattle, WA	its hegemony In all seriousness I can see that being taken in two ways.. that they're "so black" as a bad thing.. or... in the context of the full paragraph: "are so poor and they are so black, and this is going to raise lots of questions for people who are watching this story unfold." He could've meant that the media showing ONLY black poor people could be raising questions, or that because they're so poor and black, they're not being given as much treatment as they could be. In these examples, he's actually speaking in favor of black people, whereas in the first he's a racist. It's a thin line to walk, for sure. __________________ "I'm typing on a computer of science, which is being sent by science wires to a little science server where you can access it. I'm not typing on a computer of philosophy or religion or whatever other thing you think can be used to understand the universe because they're a poor substitute in the role of understanding the universe which exists independent from ourselves." - Willravel Last edited by Jinn; 09-06-2005 at 07:45 AM..