An episode of Frank's Place was built around this (Reply #76)

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Mon Aug 5, 2013, 04:45 PM

KamaAina (78,249 posts)

76. An episode of Frank's Place was built around this

Frank was offered membership in the Capital C Club (for Creoles with a "Capital C"

. When he heard about the bag test (Shorty: "That's the only test I ever passed!"

, he was livid: "Goddammit, I'm not going to be the first black member of a black club!"

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93 replies	Author	Time	Post
"Brown Bagging" is now on Seattle's shitlist... [View all]	TreasonousBastard	Aug 2013	OP
Ugh..	RudynJack	Aug 2013	#1
I don't think you can say "dumb" either...	TreasonousBastard	Aug 2013	#8
Only when referring to the speechless	demwing	Aug 2013	#21
But you can't use retarded to refer to the stupid but not the handicapped.	valerief	Aug 2013	#81
I was discussing the use of the word "dumb"	demwing	Aug 2013	#86
To follow your logic, since dumb is also a medical term	valerief	Aug 2013	#90
This message was self-deleted by its author	demwing	Aug 2013	#91
Apparently the word has a racist history, which is news to most White People, me included	maxsolomon	Aug 2013	#43
Well played.	cliffordu	Aug 2013	#46
It was once used by African-American fraternities and sororities, to keep out	Common Sense Party	Aug 2013	#53
An episode of Frank's Place was built around this	KamaAina	Aug 2013	#76
I think people will eventually catch on to the misogyny in the term "sack lunch"? n/t	hughee99	Aug 2013	#67
Heh! Repubs thought Obama's package was too large!!	madinmaryland	Aug 2013	#77
Balls! nt	valerief	Aug 2013	#82
I just have two questions.	Bake	Aug 2013	#87
Sadly, it's been a long time since most grocery stores USED	SoCalDem	Aug 2013	#2
We still got brown bags up here, mostly at the liquor store	ConcernedCanuk	Aug 2013	#4
Hiya !!!	SoCalDem	Aug 2013	#15
Thanks for responding SoCal	ConcernedCanuk	Aug 2013	#19
and covering books too. there are so many uses for brown paper bags.	ejpoeta	Aug 2013	#24
We get paper bags at the store	question everything	Aug 2013	#84
Uh, oh. Trouble brewing? . . .	Journeyman	Aug 2013	#3
You could shorten it to "jour":	kentauros	Aug 2013	#51
or du jour	hfojvt	Aug 2013	#54
I'd had in mind the connotation of a traveller trudging through life when I picked it. . .	Journeyman	Aug 2013	#57
I hadn't heard Jethro Tull in years :)	kentauros	Aug 2013	#79
It seems deliberate to me	zeemike	Aug 2013	#5
+1	HiPointDem	Aug 2013	#14
Wow, just wow!	TM99	Aug 2013	#6
To be honest I actually LIKE political correctness.	alp227	Aug 2013	#45
I don't.	TM99	Aug 2013	#50
True. Keep in mind though i do NOT want to see DU fall into the right wing PC trap.	alp227	Aug 2013	#52
Political correctness is a RW invention to redirect debate from valid points. nt	valerief	Aug 2013	#83
Word police make me want to puke	Warpy	Aug 2013	#7
I watched it live on TV, but the hopefully the linked video has...	TreasonousBastard	Aug 2013	#10
I can imagine	Warpy	Aug 2013	#12
Absofuckinglutley!	zappaman	Aug 2013	#47
I had never heard of "brown bag" being used as a	LuvNewcastle	Aug 2013	#9
Beats me-- I'm guessing someone linked being broke or cheap...	TreasonousBastard	Aug 2013	#13
That's a sad story.	LuvNewcastle	Aug 2013	#16
I recently found out that Oriental, the adjective, applied to a person is offensive.	TransitJohn	Aug 2013	#23
Apparently Oriental is very offensive in the US but less so in the UK. (nt)	Nye Bevan	Aug 2013	#29
They are called East Asians-----that's what oriental means.	virgogal	Aug 2013	#78
AFAIK the term is (was?) mainly used among Blacks.	trof	Aug 2013	#32
Some years ago on the old White House parody site (whitehouse.org?) they used that reference.	Gidney N Cloyd	Aug 2013	#88
The book is "Our Kind of People". Link to exerpt:	trof	Aug 2013	#38
A shipmate from New Oreleans called herself a Creole debutante who didn't "take"-	haele	Aug 2013	#93
Citizen implies voting rights.	Downwinder	Aug 2013	#11
I, too, find this particular word choice the most troubling.	branford	Aug 2013	#18
But it may be a question of accuracy, and nothing to do with changing laws	muriel_volestrangler	Aug 2013	#20
I agree that the proper implementation of any policy is essential.	branford	Aug 2013	#22
It's too hard to tell from the story what is actually going on	muriel_volestrangler	Aug 2013	#28
Very true. Time will tell.	branford	Aug 2013	#35
I doubt it. They said "considering", for one.	Warren DeMontague	Aug 2013	#17
5 years for possession? WHere?	FrodosPet	Aug 2013	#26
Sadly, it happens all the time, all across the country.	TransitJohn	Aug 2013	#30
I think a lot of that depends on what state you're in, Frodo.	Warren DeMontague	Aug 2013	#41
No more film noir festivals either I suppose	BeyondGeography	Aug 2013	#25
PLEASE don't spell out the offensive "br*n bg" word in full.	Nye Bevan	Aug 2013	#27
If I work at it, I think I can make "sack lunch" more offensive...	Silent3	Aug 2013	#31
+1	PD Turk	Aug 2013	#59
I've always heard brown bag in relation to bringing your own lunch.	tammywammy	Aug 2013	#33
Perhaps it is not deliberate racism.	Nye Bevan	Aug 2013	#34
Same here - I thought it had a blue-collar connotation	Link Speed	Aug 2013	#39
Oh crap, my last name is bound to be on that list.	tridim	Aug 2013	#36
You'll still have your first name.	kentauros	Aug 2013	#62
#WhiteMansBurden	Capt. Obvious	Aug 2013	#37
newspeak	PowerToThePeople	Aug 2013	#40
"Shitlist" is probably on the shitlist too n/t	Fumesucker	Aug 2013	#42
Hey Seattle...you can kiss my BROWN EYE!	zappaman	Aug 2013	#44
Not all of us are in favor of this kind of ridiculous, time wasting, censorship.	liberal_at_heart	Aug 2013	#60
No kidding!	zappaman	Aug 2013	#61
Fuck that.	cliffordu	Aug 2013	#48
ALERTING FOR USING THE WORD "FUCK"! Fuckers using the word fuck is fucking fucked. FFS.	L0oniX	Aug 2013	#56
Fuckin' A, Baby!!!	cliffordu	Aug 2013	#63
Say what?	zappaman	Aug 2013	#64
Been there!!!!	cliffordu	Aug 2013	#71
How Canadians say that:	kentauros	Aug 2013	#66
fuque	kentauros	Aug 2013	#65
It's really quite a versatile word. n/t	L0oniX	Aug 2013	#68
Nice!!	cliffordu	Aug 2013	#69
They should change the name to Si'ahl then.	rug	Aug 2013	#49
So is "teabagger" off the table now? n/t	L0oniX	Aug 2013	#55
This kind of silliness is red meat for those who like to piss and moan about political correctness.	nomorenomore08	Aug 2013	#58
They should just call those RRH's anyway:	kentauros	Aug 2013	#70
No shit.	cliffordu	Aug 2013	#73
Not to mention it gives average dipshits - usually white and heterosexual - license to feel	nomorenomore08	Aug 2013	#74
How about "croaker sack"????	yellowcanine	Aug 2013	#72
In Hawai'i, a flip chart is un-PC	KamaAina	Aug 2013	#75
interesting...nt	Jesus Malverde	Aug 2013	#85
Brown bagging is racist? I thought it came from brown paper bags with sandwiches in them.	valerief	Aug 2013	#80
According to the urban dictionary, it's slang for a lewd sexual act	Revanchist	Aug 2013	#89
wow... I'm at a loss of words. what the hell is next?	GalaxyHunter	Aug 2013	#92

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