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roakes10190 Donating Member (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-08-09 10:35 PM
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19. racists and entertainers
Ever heard of the Cotton Club? It was a white only club where all the entertainers were black. White racists have always allowed their entertainers to be black and athletes are noting if not entertainers.
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  -How Do The Racists Stand Watching Pro & College Sports? stopbush  Aug-08-09 09:38 PM   #0 
  - Maybe they disagree with Obama politically, not just with the color of his skin?  scrinmaster   Aug-08-09 09:39 PM   #1 
  - fat chance, that. n/t  mzteris   Aug-08-09 09:42 PM   #5 
  - The OP distinctly said racists  Hansel   Aug-08-09 09:44 PM   #7 
  - You really don't get it, do you?  MercutioATC   Aug-08-09 09:44 PM   #9 
  - Or some of the people who disagree with Obama are racist.  Hansel   Aug-08-09 09:46 PM   #11 
  - Yes, and I just edited my response to reflect that.  MercutioATC   Aug-08-09 09:48 PM   #13 
     - I see that. Thanks for pointing it out.  Hansel   Aug-08-09 09:51 PM   #14 
        - No, you posted at about the same time I edited (2 minutes after I first posted)  MercutioATC   Aug-08-09 09:53 PM   #16 
           - I'm sorry for missing it.  Hansel   Aug-08-09 10:00 PM   #18 
  - I'm not surprised that you got his point...not at all. n/t  firedupdem   Aug-08-09 11:26 PM   #24 
  - hahahahaha - good one  rurallib   Aug-08-09 09:46 PM   #10 
  - I don't really think you understand the spirit of the post.  Tim01   Aug-08-09 11:30 PM   #25 
  - No, that's just crazy  Fla_Democrat   Aug-09-09 06:16 AM   #29 
  - If his race weren't an issue, then why all the "Are we ready for a black president?" horseshit  Heidi   Aug-09-09 06:42 AM   #33 
  - I suppose that to some of them Sports is like having people dance for them.  NYC_SKP   Aug-08-09 09:41 PM   #2 
  - Precisely what I was going to say  Horse with no Name   Aug-08-09 09:41 PM   #3 
     - +1 nt  Hansel   Aug-08-09 09:43 PM   #6 
  - 'cause it's okay to be ENTERTAINED  mzteris   Aug-08-09 09:42 PM   #4 
  - They've gotten used to minorities in sports  dflprincess   Aug-08-09 09:44 PM   #8 
  - the players are not running things - they are the hired help.  rurallib   Aug-08-09 09:47 PM   #12 
  - I thought they watched NASCAR  panader0   Aug-08-09 09:52 PM   #15 
  - They're multi-tasking neanderthals. nt  Hansel   Aug-08-09 09:53 PM   #17 
  - racists and entertainers  roakes10190   Aug-08-09 10:35 PM   #19 
  - Minorities as entertainment? Yes. Minorities as authority figures? HELL NO.  CakeGrrl   Aug-08-09 11:02 PM   #21 
  - I've ALWAYS WONDERED this too! I dunno buddy!  Shagbark Hickory   Aug-08-09 10:54 PM   #20 
  - I remember one racist who said...  spin   Aug-08-09 11:13 PM   #22 
  - easy.  provis99   Aug-09-09 02:24 AM   #26 
  - Entertainment is one thing...Leadership is another. n/t  firedupdem   Aug-08-09 11:25 PM   #23 
  - They liked minstrel shows too. Entertainers are ok. They're separated  Touchdown   Aug-09-09 02:34 AM   #27 
  - For the same reason they could watch  Thothmes   Aug-09-09 06:05 AM   #28 
  - Oh.... they get VERY upset when a black man is quarterback.....  scheming daemons   Aug-09-09 06:19 AM   #30 
  - LOL. This is true.  Lilyeye   Aug-09-09 06:31 AM   #31 
  - A lot *can't*, but there's probably some "that's their proper place" attitude, too. (nt)  Posteritatis   Aug-09-09 06:39 AM   #32 
  - They'd sell their soul to associate with a winner. Some form of inferiority complex IMO.  Union Yes   Aug-09-09 06:58 AM   #34 
  - That's different, blacks ok to entertain.  JNelson6563   Aug-09-09 07:02 AM   #35 
  - They watch hockey.  Rhiannon12866   Aug-09-09 07:06 AM   #36 
  - It pseudo-fulfills their belief that "they have extra muscles in their legs".  RadiationTherapy   Aug-09-09 07:29 AM   #37 
 

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