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I thought racism was dead...

Postby OnlyAmbrose on Sun May 25, 2008 1:03 am

...until I parked at the movie theater tonight, got out of my car, and saw this on the license plate in front of me.

Of course I took a picture on my phone, no one would believe this kind of thing exists in SoCal without proof.

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For reals. :shock:
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Re: I thought racism was dead...

Postby static_ice on Sun May 25, 2008 1:08 am

:shock:



...Maybe his name is John? O:)
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Re: I thought racism was dead...

Postby OnlyAmbrose on Sun May 25, 2008 1:09 am

static_ice wrote::shock:



...Maybe his name is John? O:)


In that case I'm just as appalled that someone could be so ignorant as to not know the implications of his initials. ;)

Either way: :shock:
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Re: I thought racism was dead...

Postby Sargent Taylor on Sun May 25, 2008 1:14 am

I don't understand what it means. Because of J.C? I am sorry I am sure I am missing something. :?
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Re: I thought racism was dead...

Postby Neoteny on Sun May 25, 2008 1:16 am

Sargent Taylor wrote:I don't understand what it means. Because of J.C? I am sorry I am sure I am missing something. :?


Wikipedia Jim Crow.
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Re: I thought racism was dead...

Postby muy_thaiguy on Sun May 25, 2008 1:21 am

Neoteny wrote:
Sargent Taylor wrote:I don't understand what it means. Because of J.C? I am sorry I am sure I am missing something. :?


Wikipedia Jim Crow.

Jim Crow Laws.
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Re: I thought racism was dead...

Postby static_ice on Sun May 25, 2008 1:43 am

OnlyAmbrose wrote:
static_ice wrote::shock:



...Maybe his name is John? O:)


In that case I'm just as appalled that someone could be so ignorant as to not know the implications of his initials. ;)

Unless, of course, he's black, then it's okay, right? ;)
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Re: I thought racism was dead...

Postby Neoteny on Sun May 25, 2008 2:31 am

muy_thaiguy wrote:
Neoteny wrote:
Sargent Taylor wrote:I don't understand what it means. Because of J.C? I am sorry I am sure I am missing something. :?


Wikipedia Jim Crow.

Jim Crow Laws.


I assumed wikipedia was smart enough to figure that out. Turns out it's just the first choice on the disambiguation page. My bad.

Also, I like using "wikipedia" as a verb. f*ck language.
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Re: I thought racism was dead...

Postby jnd94 on Sun May 25, 2008 9:55 pm

Probably the CEO of J Crew and got license plates mixed up.........I hope...... :shock:
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Re: I thought racism was dead...

Postby InkL0sed on Sun May 25, 2008 9:57 pm

Don't get your hopes up...
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Re: I thought racism was dead...

Postby OnlyAmbrose on Mon May 26, 2008 12:18 am

jnd94 wrote:Probably the CEO of J Crew and got license plates mixed up.........I hope...... :shock:


The car was a piece of crap, so not likely :P
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Re: I thought racism was dead...

Postby spurgistan on Mon May 26, 2008 12:51 am

Even if this somehow turns out to be Josie Crow's automobile, who has an affinity for J. Crew and found J. Crow to be a pun worthy of plunking down for a vanity plate, you thought wrong.
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Re: I thought racism was dead...

Postby CoffeeCream on Mon May 26, 2008 12:59 am

:o

I wish you had enough time to hang around and get a glimpse of the person, Ambrose. It might have explained some things. As bad as our educational system is over here, people who should be offended by it might not even be aware that they need to be. Ignorance is sometimes bliss.
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Re: I thought racism was dead...

Postby t-o-m on Mon May 26, 2008 6:02 am

muy_thaiguy wrote:
Neoteny wrote:
Sargent Taylor wrote:I don't understand what it means. Because of J.C? I am sorry I am sure I am missing something. :?


Wikipedia Jim Crow.

Jim Crow Laws.

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Re: I thought racism was dead...

Postby PLAYER57832 on Mon May 26, 2008 8:37 am

California is actually a hotbed for some of the ultra-idiotic white supremists.

The danger is not so much that they exist ... some folks just WILL be jerks. The danger is that too many people think, as you do, that "racism is dead".

It can be a double-edged sword. Those who think it "cannot be" overlook too much. AND, there are also a good number of folks of color who have gigantic chips on their shoulders (for justified reasons or not) and therefore want to see EVERY small hurt they face as automatically "racist." BOTH are problems.

AND, the solution is about the same in either case. Educate our kids, teach them tolerance for ALL sorts of differences.
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Re: I thought racism was dead...

Postby firth4eva on Mon May 26, 2008 8:38 am

You are naive for thinking racism was dead.
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Re: I thought racism was dead...

Postby OnlyAmbrose on Mon May 26, 2008 9:47 am

firth4eva wrote:You are naive for thinking racism was dead.


I live in suburban paradise. That's more or less the last place I would ever expect to see racism. :P
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Re: I thought racism was dead...

Postby MeDeFe on Mon May 26, 2008 9:50 am

OnlyAmbrose wrote:
firth4eva wrote:You are naive for thinking racism was dead.

I live in suburban paradise. That's more or less the last place I would ever expect to see racism. :P

Becase everyone's a "bleeding heart liberal", as some people would put it?
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Re: I thought racism was dead...

Postby OnlyAmbrose on Mon May 26, 2008 9:53 am

MeDeFe wrote:
OnlyAmbrose wrote:
firth4eva wrote:You are naive for thinking racism was dead.

I live in suburban paradise. That's more or less the last place I would ever expect to see racism. :P

Becase everyone's a "bleeding heart liberal", as some people would put it?


Actually I live in a fairly conservative area. More because it's just never been a problem in SoCal, now or historically. Not at school, not at work, nowhere really. This was the first time I've seen anything like this.

The extent of racism here is basically just making racist jokes that everyone enjoys anyhow :P
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Re: I thought racism was dead...

Postby suggs on Mon May 26, 2008 9:58 am

Racist jokes just breed racism. So prob best if you don't post for quite a while now.
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Re: I thought racism was dead...

Postby Napoleon Ier on Mon May 26, 2008 10:22 am

There's an easy solution to the problem of racism in my country.

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That'd shut up the goddam albophiles.
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Re: I thought racism was dead...

Postby InkL0sed on Mon May 26, 2008 11:09 am

Napoleon Ier wrote:There's an easy solution to the problem of racism in my country.

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That'd shut up the goddam albophiles.


HAHA! I wonder how many people get this joke...?
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Re: I thought racism was dead...

Postby Napoleon Ier on Mon May 26, 2008 11:19 am

No, but in all seriousness, unless we elect him or someone similar, and damned soon, we are a finished country.
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Re: I thought racism was dead...

Postby OnlyAmbrose on Mon May 26, 2008 11:25 am

suggs wrote:Racist jokes just breed racism. So prob best if you don't post for quite a while now.


You think so? I think it eases it. At least, I know it does in my circle of friends.
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Re: I thought racism was dead...

Postby InkL0sed on Mon May 26, 2008 11:29 am

OnlyAmbrose wrote:
suggs wrote:Racist jokes just breed racism. So prob best if you don't post for quite a while now.


You think so? I think it eases it. At least, I know it does in my circle of friends.


I'm not sure if suggs was being sarcastic or not... I think, like everything else, it depends.
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