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  • in reply to: Americans’ view of Arabs and Egyptians. #20350

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    Where I live the overwhelming majority of people think of Arabs as crazed suicide-bombing terrorists who want to convert the infidels of the world to Islam. They are cowards who love killing innocents and 'hate peace and democracy' (to quote the President). They think "Arab" is synonomous with "Muslim" and are shocked when I tell them of Christian Arabs. 'Arab' or 'Middle Eastern' is considered their race, but more derogatory terms like raghead (the most popular), Towelhead and Sand Ni**er are always used instead. They seem to think all Mideasterners are 'Arabs,' and probably think Afghans, Indians and Pakistanis are, too, and would be surprised if I told them North Africa was not black, but Arab. They also think Arabs are dunces who never invented anything and would be living in the 'sand age' if not for the United States, whom they credit with giving the Mideast ALL of its technology and advances. I wish they would put the beer down for 2 seconds and read a book for a change, rather than wax ignorance.

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    in reply to: Whites, dogs and minorities #23117

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    In the case of Iraqis, it is the same as in Kosovo or Afghanistan or Haiti or wherever. Few Americans seem to give a damn about foreigners. They all seem to say 'Ah well, Muslims are terrorists anyway' or 'They're just Commies.' I know many in the 'bomb-a-foreigner' crowd will write in about how 'justified' the Iraq war is, but even if it is, no one gives a rat's pa-toot about some 'other' who they quickly dismiss as 'collateral damage.' If Americans can agree about the tragedy of 9/11, why can't they when bombs fall elsewhere as well?

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    in reply to: The color of ethnicity #45369

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    The main reason why 'white' is used rather than European is b/c North Africans and West Asians are meant to be included in the term, even though the typical American does not see Arabs or Turks as 'white.' 'Caucasian' comes from the old Western theory that that race developed in the Caucasus Mts. (a region that divides Europe and Asia). The original definition of Caucasian did not refer to skin color at all, only physical features. Hence South Asians (Pakistanis, Indians, etc.) are included in that term, even if not usually considered 'white.' So white and/or caucasian is meant to be a broad way of refering to the original peoples of Europe, and West and South Asia, and North Africa. (Most College forms I have seen actually explain what people are included in the racial check boxes, that is where my answer is based).

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    in reply to: Americans misuse the word ‘Asian’ #24113

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    That is b/c most people use 'Asian' to refer to those of the Orient, the so called 'Mongoloids.' Just as American/Canadian whites are not considered to be racially 'North American,' Russians (who conquered their portion of Asia failry recently) originated West of the Urals, and are not included in the term. Middle East and South Asian people are considered to be 'Caucasian.' Remember, even though the term has since come to mean 'white,' none of the original racial 'definitions' referred at all to skin tone, only physical features. Bottom line: it is very misleading to refer to some one as racially 'Asian.' I say just refer to one by their respective countries: American, Canadian, Chinese, etc.

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    in reply to: Am I a ‘white girl’ in a black girl’s body? #39718

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    You are not a sellout for simply being smart and utilizing your own potential. As far as looking 4 to 6 years older, that's no surprise; girls mature much faster than boys.

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    in reply to: Children using profanity toward parents #14377

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    Im white so i must must be an exception. Me and my brothers couldnt curse at our parents or even use 'curse' words in casual speech period. I did notice alot of my white friends using curse words casually with their parents, i always remember being surprised they didnt get slapped or yelled at.

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    in reply to: Chinese nails #41727

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    Funny, i never saw any Chinese men with long pinky nails, though i have seen men with long pinky nails. The 1st time i noticed this was in 7th grade when 2 Pakistani brothers came to my school with very noticabley lony pink nails. Years later, in 11th and 12th grade i noticed black and white (though almost exclusively those associated with the hip hop culture) doing this as well. They usually joked when asked and said it was 'to sniff crack.'

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    in reply to: Fat, how do you view me? #40017

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    Well, to be honest, it depends on how fat they are. I admit when i see some one who looks 300+ lbs i get the idea that they eat alot all the time and anything they want and may either be lazy and/or depressed or unmotivated. In your case though a size 26 is not very big at all in my opinion (though maybe women or people in general in New Zealand are a lot thinner), in America you would actually be quite average, esp for your age. I think thats a shame that so many people are so shallow and inconsiderate as to judge you b/c of your size, they are probably trying to make themselves feel better by putting you down due to their own short comings. Are the fat men treated like this too? My guess would be no. In the US, i notice its often very fat, humongous men who make fun of fat women (who are actually a heck of a lot smaller than they are). I asked a huge (over 300 lbs man) why he made fun of slightly over weight women and he said 'a man is supposed to be big; a woman should be thin.' There you have it, a double standard plain and simple. Anyway, your not fat in my opinion:)

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    in reply to: Terrorists #47749

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    If it seems that way to you, than it seems to me that you either watch too much Delta Force and Iron Eagle and/or are ignorant of world affairs/conflicts. Your question reminds me of a lady on the Laura Slesinger show the other day. She mentioned going on a trip with 2 of her kids to Nepal and said something like 'dont worry their not a Muslim country so i wont have to worry about terrorism.' The host replied that the US is not a Muslim country, yet 3,000 people were killed in 9/11 by such terrorists. She is not only naive in thinking Buddist Nepal would be imune to Al-Quada's rath simply b/c the Nepali King 'declared 9/11 as a day of national mourning' as she pointed out (as did the US...), but also very ignorant of the events of the nation she is going to visit. If she knew anything about Nepal she would know of the six-year old war between the Nepali government and Moaist guerillas, who want to replace Nepal with a communist state, that has left 1000s dead and crippled the impoverished nation's economy. Youll need to do more than watch CNN and True Lies to learn about the world.

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    in reply to: Reply To: Turkey: Are we “Teribble Turks” to Westerners? #36618

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    Actually your 'geographic ignorance' comment is incorrect. The Middle East, or Near East as it is often called, is an undefined region. It can refer to Africa as far West as Western Sahara and Asia as far east as Pakistan. Traditionally it has referred to what is now (yes) Turkey, Iran, Egypt, the Arabian peninsula and the countries in between those. Turkey is only about 3% in Europe (Balkans), the rest being in Asia (Asia Minor peninsula). Also, you are forgeting that the original Turks hailed from East Asia (what is now Mongolia), and the Turks who conquered what is now modern Turkey came from the Aral Sea region of Central Asia (Turkmenistan). Both modern Turks and Turkmens decsend from the Turkish tribe of Oghuz (of course they are mixed with others of the regions they conquered by now). Basically, geography and nationality is not as cut and dry as you make it seem

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    in reply to: Where are the Hebrews? #16659

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    Learning about the history of the Jewish Disapora will help you understand what happened to the Hebrews. As for your question, what people are 'just like' their ancient ancestors? That said, Hebrew ansectory is said to be predominant amoung Oriental Jews (those of the Middle East and Northern Africa). If you are interested in learning more about Middle Eastern Jews in modern times peep these links below. They concern an Iraqi Jewish professor who says her ansectors have been in Iraq since the Babylonian captivity. http://www.ivri-nasawi.org/arabjew.html http://www.washington-report.org/backissues/0995/9509076.htm

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    in reply to: Specific reasons for hating us. #39335

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    Osama bin Laden has stated reasons for hating the United States in various interviews and speeches that can be found with little research. The points he typically sites are:

    1) support for Israel; 2) sanctions and bombing campaigns in Iraq; 3) support for 'un-Islamic' governments such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt; 4) 'Infidel' troops stationed on sacred Arabian soil; and 5) Clinton's 1998 bombings of Sudan and Afghanistan.

    Even Muslims who despise bin Laden know he strikes a cord with points 1, 2 & 5. Also, the U.S. coups in Iran and Indonesia to install brutal dictators in the name of oil, and pumping up the Afghan Mujahadeen with weapons and CIA training to 'kill the commies' and then leaving Afghanistan to a decade of civil war are all good ways NOT to make friends.

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    in reply to: Americans’ view of Arabs and Egyptians. #16889

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    In general Americans have a vision of the crazed anti-Semitic, anti-Christian, beats-his-wife-if-she-dare-escape-his-Islamic-tyranny, and lops-off-the-head-of-every-infidel-he-meets Arab man. Arab women are seen as being horribly oppressed and beaten, forced against their will to be covered from head to toe b/c Arab men cannot control themselves, and basically in desperate need of some good ol' Western democracy; or forced to join a Harem at a young age. Americans do think Arab is synonomous to Muslim and would be shocked to hear some Arabs are Christians. They are usually classified as 'Arabs' or 'Mideastern.' Though many think they are a white-black mix. Turks, Iranians, Afghans and Pakistanis are also thought to be Arabs.

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    in reply to: Explain this! #24601

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    A previous post said the KKK believe Jesus was not a Jew, but a white man, because he was descended through Isaac and not Esau. This is totally wrong; Jews trace their anscestry directly through Jacob and Isaac to Abraham. So by KKK doctrine they are admitting Jesus was a Jew? Esau, by the way, is considered (along with Ishmael and the 6 sons of Abraham and Keturah) to be the progenitors of the Arabs, not Jews, as the previous post implied.

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    in reply to: In Paris race matters? #40918

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    Cant answer that question, but it is well know that after WWII many African-American soldiers chose to stay in France after the war rather than return home to the States, so it must have been better than the US was back then anyway.

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