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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:14 AM Original message |
"Why can we have a Miss Black America pageant and not a Miss White America pageant?" |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. And how come Miss UNIVERSE always comes from planet Earth? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. THAT I cannot help you with. |
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Love Bug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Diebold tallies the votes? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
31. Because the judges are from Earth and alien women do not conform to earth-standards |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:09 AM Response to Reply #31 |
92. DennyCrane! |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 11:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
153. Because Captain (sleep with anything) Kirk isn't a judge. |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
171. Ha, ha |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
2. Well... you answered this: |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. It isnt... |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I guess it is necessary because it was necessary |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:24 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. That's what I think, yup. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Because this is the idea of a black Miss America >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
44. According to who? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:53 AM Response to Reply #44 |
71. I thought Bluebear wrote "a black Miss America", not "a Miss Black America". |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:05 AM Response to Reply #71 |
84. Look in the mirror. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:13 AM Response to Reply #84 |
98. Not what the post you responded to said. Try to keep these things straight. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:57 AM Response to Reply #44 |
74. Well, I see now why the OP is so "unclear" to you, you are missing it completely. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. A white woman would look silly doing commercial endorsements for black women's hair care products.nt |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:25 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Yup... |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Has racism ended and oppression no longer exists? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:25 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Celebrate their selves? |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:31 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. I sense confusion |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:34 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. I think beauty pageants are stupid. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:36 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Yes, that's obviously the point of the whole thread. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:39 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Huh? |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:42 AM Response to Reply #43 |
49. I suspect what he is getting at |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:44 AM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Yeah I guess... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:47 AM Response to Reply #53 |
59. Oh dear, I'm so sorry. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:48 AM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Whatever it was... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:49 AM Response to Reply #49 |
63. Here, you are doing a better job than I am, help! >>> |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:43 AM Response to Reply #43 |
52. Because the validity of pageants is quite another topic. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:45 AM Response to Reply #52 |
56. I didn't challenge it, I was curious to hear your thoughts. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:47 AM Response to Reply #56 |
60. OK don't go off on a tear here, see above. |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:04 AM Response to Reply #56 |
82. Ok lets slow this down a bit |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:15 AM Original message |
Is this subject even worth this much discussion? |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
107. Well how one celebrates oneself |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:22 AM Response to Reply #107 |
113. Do they do that only if there's some kind of compensation involved? |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 11:04 AM Response to Reply #113 |
142. Many pageants only have honorary rewards |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 11:06 AM Response to Reply #142 |
145. Bleargh. (nt) |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 11:16 AM Response to Reply #145 |
151. I understand |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:40 AM Response to Reply #33 |
45. Ah... well that is an entirely different issue |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:12 AM Response to Reply #33 |
97. Yes, a lot do disagree |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:17 AM Response to Reply #97 |
104. Well that's the only answer there is, sadly. |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:20 AM Response to Reply #104 |
111. Hardly |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:23 AM Response to Reply #111 |
114. They're not in it to enter... |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:27 AM Response to Reply #114 |
116. The majority do not win |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:30 AM Response to Reply #116 |
117. True... I guess the ego is part of it too... |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 11:01 AM Response to Reply #117 |
141. No one said it had to make sense to us |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 11:06 AM Response to Reply #141 |
144. Well of course including women... |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:53 AM Response to Reply #29 |
70. Celebrating one's race is not the same as celebrating one's culture. |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:09 AM Response to Reply #70 |
91. When one's race is the cause of oppession |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:32 AM Response to Reply #70 |
119. you haven't given this stuff much thought, have you? |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:29 AM Response to Reply #11 |
26. Who counts as oppressed? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:31 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Deserving of what? What subgroup is being prohibited from having a pageant? |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:42 AM Response to Reply #28 |
48. The pageant issue is just a subset.. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:46 AM Response to Reply #48 |
57. Miss Redneck Pageant! |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:38 AM Response to Reply #26 |
41. Deserving? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:50 AM Response to Reply #41 |
64. I find this sort of identity politics abhorrent; I am an individual, and no "group" speaks for me |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:00 AM Response to Reply #64 |
77. I don't recall when the entire human race became enlightened |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:11 AM Response to Reply #77 |
95. Don't assume today's bigotries won't be looked upon by future generations with the same horror |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:15 AM Response to Reply #95 |
100. Could you restate that? |
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Justyce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Exactly. 1948.... nt |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:24 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. "Exactly. 1948" what? |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
120. because racism still exist? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:54 AM Response to Reply #120 |
135. I think it's more about money, myself... |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 11:08 AM Response to Reply #135 |
147. thats a different issue. beauty pageants as a whole maybe useless which is another argument for |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #147 |
157. Ow at "need"... |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
4. 1948???? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Yes, 1948. Not that long ago, is it? |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
5. How about a Miss Transgendered America? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
13. That question drives me insane |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:26 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Look upthread, the question really irritates some people at a basic level |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:26 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Again - $$. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
20. hmmmm ..... no rules about heterosexuality. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:28 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. "Contestant must be of good character" |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:42 AM Response to Reply #22 |
50. Is that what you are doing? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:44 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. "The point of your OP is completely unclear to me." - I can't help you there, sorry. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:51 AM Response to Reply #54 |
66. Funny, because I thought it was pretty clear. Looked to me like an explanation of why |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:52 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Thank you, I don't see the big mystery here. nt |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:57 AM Response to Reply #68 |
75. When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything you face looks like a nail. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:59 AM Response to Reply #75 |
76. The point that is unclear is why you write about the 1948 Miss America contest now |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:03 AM Response to Reply #76 |
81. Why does Bluebear need a reason? |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:08 AM Response to Reply #81 |
90. Why are you sticking your nose into my conversation with him? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:14 AM Response to Reply #90 |
99. If you don't understand or like how message boards function, that could be |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:26 AM Response to Reply #99 |
115. Didn't answer my question, did you? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #115 |
156. If you'd like more of an answer, try this: I'm adding to the public conversation |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:05 AM Response to Reply #76 |
86. Did you read the first sentence of the OP? |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:10 AM Response to Reply #86 |
93. Yes, and it is unclear |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:12 AM Response to Reply #93 |
96. I can't refer to it without calling out another member or breaking the rules. |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:35 AM Response to Reply #96 |
121. grind an axe. lol. nt. |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:07 AM Response to Reply #76 |
89. The 1948 rules are the reason that initiated the issue |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:28 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. That explains the dozens of lesbian Miss America winners, huh? |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:33 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. How would we know? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:34 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. How would we know about the non-white women who "passed"? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:43 AM Response to Reply #34 |
51. And back then, Irish and Jewish weren't "white" |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:49 AM Response to Reply #51 |
62. Irish was by 48? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:52 AM Response to Reply #62 |
69. Umm, this isn't an example of "people dividing themselves". It's historical fact. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:56 AM Response to Reply #69 |
73. Ummmmm, did I say it wasn't? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:03 AM Response to Reply #73 |
80. The point is, it isn't "people dividing themselves" |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:10 AM Response to Reply #80 |
94. Wow... you sure read a lot into that! |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:17 AM Response to Reply #94 |
105. The conversation about race takes place in context. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #105 |
112. Jesus Mary and Joseph! |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:37 AM Response to Reply #112 |
123. Yes. Reducing Darfur to "black people killing other blacks" is a gross oversimplification |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:41 AM Response to Reply #123 |
126. Right... it's about money... oil = money. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:02 AM Response to Reply #51 |
78. Bess Myerson, first Jewish Miss America, 1945 |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:02 AM Response to Reply #51 |
79. Actually, Bess Myerson, who is Jewish, won Miss America some time during |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #79 |
163. As were Latinos and Asian... |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:07 AM Response to Reply #51 |
88. A majority of Hispanics in America are white? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #88 |
124. Pssst. Race is a made up concept. There is no "scientific" proof of who is "white"... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:42 AM Response to Reply #124 |
127. Caucazoid, Mongoloid, Negroid. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:47 AM Response to Reply #127 |
132. I completely reject both "caucasian" and "Anglo" |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:53 AM Response to Reply #132 |
134. Such twaddle... |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 11:00 AM Response to Reply #134 |
139. what meaningless BS? nt. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 11:18 AM Response to Reply #134 |
152. I agree with you there. The greatest tragedy is people who "only date in their race" |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 03:06 PM Response to Reply #134 |
161. Well, there are *some* scientific bases for broad racial categories... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 03:31 PM Response to Reply #161 |
166. Ah yes... good point... |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 02:57 PM Response to Reply #88 |
160. Yes, by the census's demographic criteria |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #51 |
169. If you could drink from the "Whites Only" fountain, you were white.**nm |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:16 AM Response to Reply #34 |
103. That's a good question. I asked it first though. In either case, how would we know? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 11:50 AM Response to Reply #103 |
155. As to lesbians, we can know this: |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
24. more ignorant of minority issues...here or your local rotary club? nt. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:29 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Toss-up. |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
27. God...did they have separate drinking fountains in the auditorium? |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
32. How come there's a Miss Polish-American? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:35 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Are you being perfectly serious? |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:06 AM Response to Reply #35 |
87. I'm pointing out the insanity of this "having a Miss Black America is racist!" whining... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:16 AM Response to Reply #87 |
102. "Then you can compete in all the black beauty pageants you want." |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:41 AM Response to Reply #32 |
46. Most white ethnicities have their own pageants |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:45 AM Response to Reply #46 |
55. :) |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
36. How come there's a Miss German-American? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:36 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Will you be treating us to every ethnic pageant? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:51 AM Response to Reply #38 |
65. It's good for lurking freeps! |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
39. How come there's a Miss Italian-American? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:56 AM Response to Reply #39 |
72. That's because Italian women are more dangerous than shotguns. Wouldn't be fair |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
40. You could have a "Miss White America" pageant.. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
42. Because there are no black people in North Dakota |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
47. How come there's a Miss Irish Eyes? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:46 AM Response to Reply #47 |
58. Can a non-Irish person have Irish eyes? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 09:52 AM Response to Reply #58 |
67. I'm not Irish but I have Irish eyes. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
83. Reminds me of some Portland high school students who complained |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
85. whats up with having their own college fund? nt. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:15 AM Response to Reply #85 |
101. Dare you to start that as its own topic. (nt) |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:17 AM Response to Reply #101 |
106. It would get rec'd to the greatest page. nt. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:19 AM Response to Reply #106 |
108. Is it me? |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:20 AM Response to Reply #85 |
110. what's up with all the white ethnic scholarships? |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:30 AM Response to Reply #110 |
118. can I compete for all the white scholarships I want? nt |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:37 AM Response to Reply #118 |
122. oh, I'm sure they'd love to give you their money... |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:44 AM Response to Reply #122 |
131. well, I've been wrong about white people all along then. nt. |
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KingFlorez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 11:00 AM Response to Reply #85 |
138. The answer is simple |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 11:00 AM Response to Reply #138 |
140. isn't that reversism? nt. |
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KingFlorez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 11:06 AM Response to Reply #140 |
143. Reversism isn't a word |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 11:07 AM Response to Reply #143 |
146. sense when is reversism not a word? nt. |
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KingFlorez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 11:12 AM Response to Reply #146 |
148. It's not in the dictionary |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 11:16 AM Response to Reply #148 |
150. big fat deal. clouding the debate. nt. |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 11:22 AM Response to Reply #143 |
154. there's good reversism, and there's bad reversism... |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
109. "At the end of the ceremony, all most give thanks to |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
125. "7. Contestant must be in good health and of the white race." |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:43 AM Response to Reply #125 |
128. If it was, why would he go back to '48 for the example? (nt) |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:43 AM Response to Reply #125 |
129. No, thankfully |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:44 AM Response to Reply #125 |
130. no, it's not still on the books... |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
133. this thread is surreal. nt. |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
136. Why do we have to have a "Miss ANYTHING" anyways? |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #136 |
158. now that is a good point. |
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KingFlorez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
137. Good point |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
149. The second season of "In Living Color" had a "Miss Black Person USA" contest |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #149 |
172. She's black! |
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IsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
159. I don't see any harm in it, and of course, white folk were never slaves in the good old US of A. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
162. How about a Miss Average Looking America? |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
164. let's just get RID of stupid fucking beauty pageants n/t |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
165. Down with "beauty pageants!" |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
167. So, now that this contest is open to all races... |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #167 |
170. first send your complaints to all the white ethnic scholarships and pageants.... |
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metalpurist83 (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
168. i'd say because |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 07:18 PM Response to Reply #168 |
173. My 'panties' are fine, thank you. |
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