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GameDude
08-21-2004, 11:14 PM
Why are "white" and "black" accepted in society, but not "yellow"?
I don't know how accurate this is, but according to my African-American studies professor, there are 3 races: caucasian, negroid, and mongoloid. So everyone can trace their roots to one of the three, no matter what ethnicity you consider yourself.
Lootr2Core
08-21-2004, 11:16 PM
what the O*#$%)*$ you mean no yellow?
Lootr2Core
08-21-2004, 11:17 PM
That is why I hate society and I will not stop until it is all under my control! SMITHERS.. prepare to release the hounds
deathcabforcutie
08-21-2004, 11:20 PM
haha, classic
eldad9
08-21-2004, 11:21 PM
So everyone can trace their roots to one of the three, no matter what ethnicity you consider yourself.
or two of the three, or all three.
evilpenguin9000
08-21-2004, 11:31 PM
He wore a hat and he had a job and he brought home the bacon so that no one knew.....hewas a mongoloid, a mongoloid.
Sorry Devo moment.
Graystone
08-21-2004, 11:35 PM
it is one of those things that will never be understood and you could agrue it until the end of time. you can take this all the way back to basic psychology.
WarrenGekko
08-21-2004, 11:37 PM
So what
Lootr2Core
08-21-2004, 11:47 PM
Why are "white" and "black" accepted in society, but not "yellow"?
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cause Michael Jackson sang a song about black and white (and not yellow?) back in the 90's ... oh wait bad example.
dafoomie
08-21-2004, 11:52 PM
If you want yellow then you should also throw brown in there.
And I hope you meant Catholicism and not Cathloic people in your previous thread. Saying you hate Catholics is like saying you hate Jews.
Xevious
08-21-2004, 11:53 PM
I thought "Yellow Man" was a slang term for Asians. I heard it in a Bruce Springsteen song (Born in the USA) as well as some movies.
Lootr2Core
08-22-2004, 12:24 AM
I thought "Yellow Man" was a slang term for Asians. I heard it in a Bruce Springsteen song (Born in the USA) as well as some movies.
Release the hounds on Xevious..do I look asian?
xzafixz
08-22-2004, 12:29 AM
Why are "white" and "black" accepted in society, but not "yellow"?
I don't know how accurate this is, but according to my African-American studies professor, there are 3 races: caucasian, negroid, and mongoloid. So everyone can trace their roots to one of the three, no matter what ethnicity you consider yourself.
Why the hell did you even make this post? Honestly.
Lootr2Core
08-22-2004, 12:32 AM
"tune of Theme from rawhide"
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keep them flames a rolling
Gamedude wants to troll you troll on.
All topics will be open
your ass it will trolling
gamedude is simply trolling troll on.
Troll em on, flame em out
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Troller
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Xevious
08-22-2004, 01:25 AM
I thought "Yellow Man" was a slang term for Asians. I heard it in a Bruce Springsteen song (Born in the USA) as well as some movies.
Release the hounds on Xevious..do I look asian?
You should release the hounds on Bruce Springsteen:
Born down in a dead man’s town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
You end up like a dog that’s been beat too much
Till you spend half your life just covering up
Born in the u.s.a., I was born in the u.s.a.
I was born in the u.s.a., born in the u.s.a.
Got in a little hometown jam
So they put a rifle in my hand
Sent me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man
Born in the u.s..a....
Come back home to the refinery
Hiring man said son if it was up to me
Went down to see my v.a. man
He said son, don’t you understand
I had a brother at khe sahn
Fighting off the viet cong
They’re still there, he’s all gone
He had a woman he loved in saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms now
Down in the shadow of the penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
I’m ten years burning down the road
Nowhere to run ain’t got nowhere to go
Born in the u.s.a., I was born in the u.s.a.
Born in the u.s.a., I’m a long gone daddy in the u.s.a.
Born in the u.s.a., born in the u.s.a.
Born in the u.s.a., I’m a cool rocking daddy in the u.s.a.
Tromack
08-22-2004, 01:34 AM
If you want yellow then you should also throw brown in there.
And I hope you meant Catholicism and not Cathloic people in your previous thread. Saying you hate Catholics is like saying you hate Jews.
No it isn't. Being a Jew can mean either being of the Jewish religion or race. There is no Catholic race. And I don't need Rome telling me what to think.
epobirs
08-22-2004, 01:39 AM
If you want yellow then you should also throw brown in there.
And I hope you meant Catholicism and not Cathloic people in your previous thread. Saying you hate Catholics is like saying you hate Jews.
No it isn't. Being a Jew can mean either being of the Jewish religion or race. There is no Catholic race. And I don't need Rome telling me what to think.
There is no Jewish race either. A set of beliefs isn't a genetic trait.
JSweeney
08-22-2004, 01:44 AM
If you want yellow then you should also throw brown in there.
And I hope you meant Catholicism and not Cathloic people in your previous thread. Saying you hate Catholics is like saying you hate Jews.
No it isn't. Being a Jew can mean either being of the Jewish religion or race. There is no Catholic race. And I don't need Rome telling me what to think.
I'm sorry you feel that way. It's a pity.
Of course, it's rather intolerant and shows a decent amount of ignorance to hate all practicioners of a specific religion.
Well, I guess Tromack hates me.
Good luck there, Tromack, and may God protect and keep you.
If you want yellow then you should also throw brown in there.
And I hope you meant Catholicism and not Cathloic people in your previous thread. Saying you hate Catholics is like saying you hate Jews.
No it isn't. Being a Jew can mean either being of the Jewish religion or race. There is no Catholic race. And I don't need Rome telling me what to think.
There is no Jewish race either. A set of beliefs isn't a genetic trait.
That's only sort of right. There's Jewish to mean followers of Judaism and Jewish to mean Israelites. They shouldn't really get lumped into the same word, but do.
epobirs
08-22-2004, 02:29 AM
If you want yellow then you should also throw brown in there.
And I hope you meant Catholicism and not Cathloic people in your previous thread. Saying you hate Catholics is like saying you hate Jews.
No it isn't. Being a Jew can mean either being of the Jewish religion or race. There is no Catholic race. And I don't need Rome telling me what to think.
There is no Jewish race either. A set of beliefs isn't a genetic trait.
That's only sort of right. There's Jewish to mean followers of Judaism and Jewish to mean Israelites. They shouldn't really get lumped into the same word, but do.
The earliest practitioners of a wide-spread religion are not any determinant of their race. The vast majority of modern day Catholics are no more descended from Romans who comprised the early Roman Church any more than the majority of Jews today are directly descended from ancient Semites. Likewise, Islam spread far beyond its initial Arab tribal practitioners centuries ago.
Unless a religion is found only in a single geographic region you cannot draw a correlation to race after millenia of interaction with other regions. Only dead or nearly dead religions can be readily tied to a specific ethnic group.
Moxio
08-22-2004, 02:48 AM
Oh boy, flame wars.
I guess that would make me a "Mongoloid".
ValkyrieVF-1S
08-22-2004, 03:38 AM
I think I am going to stick with being called asian...
Zenithian Legend
08-22-2004, 04:50 AM
Why are "white" and "black" accepted in society, but not "yellow"?
I don't know how accurate this is, but according to my African-American studies professor, there are 3 races: caucasian, negroid, and mongoloid. So everyone can trace their roots to one of the three, no matter what ethnicity you consider yourself.
Why the hell did you even make this post? Honestly.
Seriously indeed, what the fuck is wrong with you?
Why are "white" and "black" accepted in society, but not "yellow"?
I don't know how accurate this is, but according to my African-American studies professor, there are 3 races: caucasian, negroid, and mongoloid. So everyone can trace their roots to one of the three, no matter what ethnicity you consider yourself.
This is no joke, but if you take a really good sociology class, you learn there is one race, the human race. Color DOES NOT DETERMINE RACE.
GameDude
08-22-2004, 10:26 AM
I think I am going to stick with being called asian...
I'm not trying to be racist or anything. But do you call other people "white" or "black"? If so, would it be okay to call you "yellow"? If not, then why?
If you want yellow then you should also throw brown in there.
And I hope you meant Catholicism and not Cathloic people in your previous thread. Saying you hate Catholics is like saying you hate Jews.
No it isn't. Being a Jew can mean either being of the Jewish religion or race. There is no Catholic race. And I don't need Rome telling me what to think.
There is no Jewish race either. A set of beliefs isn't a genetic trait.
That's only sort of right. There's Jewish to mean followers of Judaism and Jewish to mean Israelites. They shouldn't really get lumped into the same word, but do.
The earliest practitioners of a wide-spread religion are not any determinant of their race. The vast majority of modern day Catholics are no more descended from Romans who comprised the early Roman Church any more than the majority of Jews today are directly descended from ancient Semites. Likewise, Islam spread far beyond its initial Arab tribal practitioners centuries ago.
"Descended from Abraham" would be more accurate than "from Semites" if you're describing what the Jewish race is, if there is such a thing anymore. Semite just refers to someone who speaks a branch of the Semitic language. There are plenty non Jewish Semites.
I think I am going to stick with being called asian...
I'm not trying to be racist or anything. But do you call other people "white" or "black"? If so, would it be okay to call you "yellow"? If not, then why?
Seems to me it would be easier to just call him or anybody else by THEIR NAME.
GameDude
08-22-2004, 11:13 AM
I think I am going to stick with being called asian...
I'm not trying to be racist or anything. But do you call other people "white" or "black"? If so, would it be okay to call you "yellow"? If not, then why?
Seems to me it would be easier to just call him or anybody else by THEIR NAME.
Not if you don't know it. :wink:
I think I am going to stick with being called asian...
I'm not trying to be racist or anything. But do you call other people "white" or "black"? If so, would it be okay to call you "yellow"? If not, then why?
Seems to me it would be easier to just call him or anybody else by THEIR NAME.
Not if you don't know it. :wink:
Yeah...yeah. *sigh* If only there was a way to find out their name...some way...what? What is it, mouth? You're trying to tell me something? YOU have a way to find out someone's name? I find that highly unlikely. You're just a head hole capable of producing sounds for communication. Huh? That's how you can get someone's name? By "asking?" Outrageous!
GameDude
08-22-2004, 11:42 AM
I think I am going to stick with being called asian...
I'm not trying to be racist or anything. But do you call other people "white" or "black"? If so, would it be okay to call you "yellow"? If not, then why?
Seems to me it would be easier to just call him or anybody else by THEIR NAME.
Not if you don't know it. :wink:
Yeah...yeah. *sigh* If only there was a way to find out their name...some way...what? What is it, mouth? You're trying to tell me something? YOU have a way to find out someone's name? I find that highly unlikely. You're just a head hole capable of producing sounds for communication. Huh? That's how you can get someone's name? By "asking?" Outrageous!
The person's name has NOTHING to do with my question. I simply wanted to know why it is acceptable to say white or black, but not yellow. Of course, no one can answer it.
The person's name has NOTHING to do with my question. I simply wanted to know why it is acceptable to say white or black, but not yellow. Of course, no one can answer it.
Of course it has something to do with it. The answer is: you shouldn't say any of them; if for no other reason than skin color on it's own is a terrible descriptor.
WildWop
08-22-2004, 12:22 PM
If you want yellow then you should also throw brown in there.
And I hope you meant Catholicism and not Cathloic people in your previous thread. Saying you hate Catholics is like saying you hate Jews.
No it isn't. Being a Jew can mean either being of the Jewish religion or race. There is no Catholic race. And I don't need Rome telling me what to think.
There is no Jewish race either. A set of beliefs isn't a genetic trait.
That's only sort of right. There's Jewish to mean followers of Judaism and Jewish to mean Israelites. They shouldn't really get lumped into the same word, but do.
The earliest practitioners of a wide-spread religion are not any determinant of their race. The vast majority of modern day Catholics are no more descended from Romans who comprised the early Roman Church any more than the majority of Jews today are directly descended from ancient Semites. Likewise, Islam spread far beyond its initial Arab tribal practitioners centuries ago.
"Descended from Abraham" would be more accurate than "from Semites" if you're describing what the Jewish race is, if there is such a thing anymore. Semite just refers to someone who speaks a branch of the Semitic language. There are plenty non Jewish Semites.
In a pure historical sense, you can't put delimiters on a race of people using religious texts. Saying they are "Descended from Abraham" is buying into the text of the Old Testament being a legitimate historical record. Most religious texts are not.
On a side note, much of the early Jewish religion was just a ripoff of the Babylonian stories anyway. Interesting that Ba'al and Yahweh were both "rider of the clouds" who had battles with the raging seas. The only difference in that particular story is that the Ba'al battle manifested itself as a giant sea cow called Tiamat, while Yahweh's battle was more with nature.
On another side note, wasn't mongoloid a slang term for the mentally challenged back in the 50's?
WhipSmartBanky
08-22-2004, 12:26 PM
If you want yellow then you should also throw brown in there.
And I hope you meant Catholicism and not Cathloic people in your previous thread. Saying you hate Catholics is like saying you hate Jews.
No it isn't. Being a Jew can mean either being of the Jewish religion or race. There is no Catholic race. And I don't need Rome telling me what to think.
There is no Jewish race either. A set of beliefs isn't a genetic trait.
That's only sort of right. There's Jewish to mean followers of Judaism and Jewish to mean Israelites. They shouldn't really get lumped into the same word, but do.
The earliest practitioners of a wide-spread religion are not any determinant of their race. The vast majority of modern day Catholics are no more descended from Romans who comprised the early Roman Church any more than the majority of Jews today are directly descended from ancient Semites. Likewise, Islam spread far beyond its initial Arab tribal practitioners centuries ago.
"Descended from Abraham" would be more accurate than "from Semites" if you're describing what the Jewish race is, if there is such a thing anymore. Semite just refers to someone who speaks a branch of the Semitic language. There are plenty non Jewish Semites.
In a pure historical sense, you can't put delimiters on a race of people using religious texts. Saying they are "Descended from Abraham" is buying into the text of the Old Testament being a legitimate historical record. Most religious texts are not.
On a side note, much of the early Jewish religion was just a ripoff of the Babylonian stories anyway. Interesting that Ba'al and Yahweh were both "rider of the clouds" who had battles with the raging seas. The only difference in that particular story is that the Ba'al battle manifested itself as a giant sea cow called Tiamat, while Yahweh's battle was more with nature.
On another side note, wasn't mongoloid a slang term for the mentally challenged back in the 50's?
That's the first thing I thought of when I saw that.
On a side note, much of the early Jewish religion was just a ripoff of the Babylonian stories anyway. Interesting that Ba'al and Yahweh were both "rider of the clouds" who had battles with the raging seas. The only difference in that particular story is that the Ba'al battle manifested itself as a giant sea cow called Tiamat, while Yahweh's battle was more with nature.
Is Ba'al interchangable with Marduk? He's the only guy I remember fighting with Tiamat from Babylonian/Sumerian mythology.
GameDude
08-22-2004, 12:59 PM
The person's name has NOTHING to do with my question. I simply wanted to know why it is acceptable to say white or black, but not yellow. Of course, no one can answer it.
Of course it has something to do with it. The answer is: you shouldn't say any of them; if for no other reason than skin color on it's own is a terrible descriptor.
And we shouldn't do a lot of things, but people do. So why isn't it acceptable in society? That's my question.
The person's name has NOTHING to do with my question. I simply wanted to know why it is acceptable to say white or black, but not yellow. Of course, no one can answer it.
Of course it has something to do with it. The answer is: you shouldn't say any of them; if for no other reason than skin color on it's own is a terrible descriptor.
And we shouldn't do a lot of things, but people do. So why isn't it acceptable in society? That's my question.
Because it's had a previously negative connotation. It's like still saying "negro."
XboxMaster
08-22-2004, 02:33 PM
All I know about Catholics is that I didn't like attending mass for an hour each morning when I went to a Catholic school. I wasn't Catholic, so they wouldn't let me have a sip of the wine or a little bread thingy. Then we left when they start raising the prices for non-Catholics. Douche-bags...
mario23air
08-22-2004, 02:48 PM
Why are "white" and "black" accepted in society, but not "yellow"?
I don't know how accurate this is, but according to my African-American studies professor, there are 3 races: caucasian, negroid, and mongoloid. So everyone can trace their roots to one of the three, no matter what ethnicity you consider yourself.
It's actaully "caucazoid", negroid, and mongoloid
x0thedeadzone0x
08-22-2004, 02:50 PM
I'm white.
Really? I'm purple.
Danro
08-22-2004, 02:56 PM
Im almond in places. and tan in others..... :D
JSweeney
08-22-2004, 03:07 PM
All I know about Catholics is that I didn't like attending mass for an hour each morning when I went to a Catholic school.
That's understandable, since you aren't Catholic. Of course, since you were going to a private school, its all part of the cost of playing poker.
I wasn't Catholic, so they wouldn't let me have a sip of the wine or a little bread thingy.
That's really offensive.
bmulligan
08-22-2004, 03:20 PM
Did you hear about the girl who had her confirmation ruled invalid by the Catholic church? Apparantly she is intolerant, or allergic, I believe to wheat products. Anyway she can't eat anything with gluten which is the protein in wheat and communion wafers are made from wheat. The church says any other wafer made without wheat is not truly valid as part of the sacrament because Jesus ate unleavened wheat at the last supper. So she isn't really confirmed becauseshe never ate the wheat wafer. How dumb is this ?
My question is this: when the priest blesses the sacrament, it technically doesn't become food anymore, but it becomes the 'body' of Christ so why should it matter if it's made from wheat or not. Seems like a stupid thing to burn in hell over, doesn't it?
MrBadExample
08-25-2004, 04:33 PM
Seems like a stupid thing to burn in hell over, doesn't it?
If you mean religion in general, I agree.
Zenithian Legend
08-25-2004, 04:38 PM
why didn't you just let this die... (yes I understand that i'm preventing the death of this topic as well, but it's a 3 minute bump, not 3 days)
Backlash
08-25-2004, 04:40 PM
Shouldn't this be moved to the vs mode forum?
MrBadExample
08-25-2004, 04:47 PM
why didn't you just let this die... (yes I understand that i'm preventing the death of this topic as well, but it's a 3 minute bump, not 3 days)
Because I can rarely pass up a chance to make a snarky comment. (Oops, bumped again)
JSweeney
08-25-2004, 06:56 PM
why didn't you just let this die... (yes I understand that i'm preventing the death of this topic as well, but it's a 3 minute bump, not 3 days)
Because I can rarely pass up a chance to make a snarky comment. (Oops, bumped again)
Well, he is Mr. Bad Example.
He's the prototypical "Don't be that guy".