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Lionessa

(3,894 posts)
12. The same way Latinos are caucasian.
Fri Dec 21, 2012, 04:15 AM
Dec 2012

Sorry you are confused, but caucasian covers a lot of folks.

Native Americans are caucasian, so the argument falls flat. Perhaps Lionessa Dec 2012 #1
Why do you say that Native Americans are Caucasian? iemitsu Dec 2012 #2
She doesn't nt. BainsBane Dec 2012 #7
The same way Latinos are caucasian. Lionessa Dec 2012 #12
Latinos aren't Caucasian either. Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #21
This is my understanding too. iemitsu Dec 2012 #54
Hispanic persons may be of any race Recursion Dec 2012 #26
Here: Oh, and it turns out I am wrong. Lionessa Dec 2012 #14
Most anthropologists don't recognize biological human races as valid concept tama Dec 2012 #33
THIS - SUPPORTED BY SCIENCE, NOT POLITICAL CORRECTNESS Democracyinkind Dec 2012 #51
Its ok to shout when you need to be heard. iemitsu Dec 2012 #55
Anthropologists may not, but other scientists do. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #60
Where do Indians (from India) fall? Mongolian? nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #59
they were not seen that way in the 1700's, nice try though CreekDog Dec 2012 #4
Their color was nonetheless entirely insignificant, we would've done the same to any color, Lionessa Dec 2012 #13
racism evolved as a justification BainsBane Dec 2012 #36
so you're saying that there wasn't racism against Native Americans back then? CreekDog Dec 2012 #47
I think the sense, back then, was more along class and culture lines than race lines. iemitsu Dec 2012 #56
Can you give an example of white populations who were wiped out and/or forced off their land ecstatic Dec 2012 #62
Your point is correct treestar Dec 2012 #27
When the native Americans started the Pequot War in 1637 by killing an Englishman who they thought AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #29
The Pilgrims were far from peaceful, and they did steal land obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #32
Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #38
whatever obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #39
From Wiki: tama Dec 2012 #40
The 2nd Amendment was written in 1791 gollygee Dec 2012 #37
That is an odd argument. ismnotwasm Dec 2012 #41
You might want to rethink your premise: friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #3
How can the 196os explain the late-colonial era and Early Republic? BainsBane Dec 2012 #8
The late-colonial and early Republic had their own racist gun control laws friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #9
Yes, that was in order to prop up slavery BainsBane Dec 2012 #11
Racists did not want *any* rights to apply to blacks. friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #46
You do realize Dredd-Scott was about slavery? BainsBane Dec 2012 #50
"I don't know why you think guns were the most important right." I don't. friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #52
In all the writings by slaves and freedmen BainsBane Dec 2012 #53
Please repost this for the Gungeon folks, they are out of the loop on this notion. CTyankee Dec 2012 #5
Who are the Gungeon folks? HoosierRadical Dec 2012 #10
For your own sanity, don't venture there BainsBane Dec 2012 #17
Perhaps some people haven't read this. I haven't. I would really like to hear the CTyankee Dec 2012 #20
post it over in RKBA BainsBane Dec 2012 #24
Thanks for the heads up HoosierRadical Dec 2012 #25
some are fine BainsBane Dec 2012 #34
Gun Control and RKBA under Justice and Public Safety. CTyankee Dec 2012 #19
public safety BainsBane Dec 2012 #35
Social control BainsBane Dec 2012 #6
And, keep in mind, whites were far outnumbered in the south bhikkhu Dec 2012 #31
hmm BainsBane Dec 2012 #42
By mid 19th century, just before the civil war bhikkhu Dec 2012 #57
This message was self-deleted by its author BainsBane Dec 2012 #58
Exactly. And the NRA cleverly got people parroting their devised "gun control is racist" line... villager Dec 2012 #15
How would you describe the Mulford and Sullivan acts hack89 Dec 2012 #22
Though gun apologists get to ignore the racist roots of gun proliferation? Or the actual politics villager Dec 2012 #43
Just how the hell is gun proliferation racist? nt hack89 Dec 2012 #44
Look at who most of the victims of gun violence -- recurring massacres aside - tend to be villager Dec 2012 #48
It is about 50 - 50 hack89 Dec 2012 #49
What about the 'well-regulated militia'? tblue Dec 2012 #16
Yes only SCOTUS ruled differently BainsBane Dec 2012 #18
The 2nd was/is not about the States. The Militias allow We the people to avoid jmg257 Dec 2012 #23
There may be many valid interpretations tama Dec 2012 #61
I'm surprised it is not about slave rebellion treestar Dec 2012 #28
I imagine that would be covered under the militia clauses... jmg257 Dec 2012 #30
I'm sure the founders knew pretty damn well that slaves could indeed rebel and CTyankee Dec 2012 #45
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