Denbytar64 Member Username: Denbytar64
Post Number: 34 Registered: 03-2008
| Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 6:49 pm: | |
East Side Corbett & Newport Checking in |
Bearinabox Member Username: Bearinabox
Post Number: 997 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 6:53 pm: | |
What exactly is a "White Member on Detroit?" Is there a qualifying exam? |
Ravine Member Username: Ravine
Post Number: 2864 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 10:40 pm: | |
Jeez, we just got rid of a guy who had his black member all over Detroit. |
East_detroit Member Username: East_detroit
Post Number: 2233 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 11:28 pm: | |
Member's Only jackets at Denby? |
Alley Member Username: Alley
Post Number: 740 Registered: 02-2008
| Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 2:27 am: | |
IN Detroit, or ON DetroitYes? either way, I'm white |
Billybbrew Member Username: Billybbrew
Post Number: 359 Registered: 07-2005
| Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 5:39 am: | |
White in West Village |
Ragtoplover59 Member Username: Ragtoplover59
Post Number: 381 Registered: 09-2006
| Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 5:26 pm: | |
Ok, I am here and I am white, Please don't make me check every month to see if I am still white, and report back here! Ragtoplover59's one time only, checking in White, Post |
Terryh Member Username: Terryh
Post Number: 1041 Registered: 11-2006
| Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 10:47 pm: | |
We arent really white, more of a beige sort of dont you think? |
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger
Post Number: 863 Registered: 05-2008
| Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 11:52 pm: | |
Pasty white checking in... |
Mayor_sekou Member Username: Mayor_sekou
Post Number: 2687 Registered: 09-2006
| Posted on Friday, October 31, 2008 - 12:50 am: | |
Isn't it safe to assume that every member who hasn't checked in on the black members thread is white? |
Pam Member Username: Pam
Post Number: 4809 Registered: 11-2005
| Posted on Friday, October 31, 2008 - 6:54 am: | |
quote:Isn't it safe to assume that every member who hasn't checked in on the black members thread is white? No. |
Ravine Member Username: Ravine
Post Number: 2871 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Friday, October 31, 2008 - 10:07 am: | |
Mayor, you know I am one of your most ardent supporters, but I have to tell you: that question is the dumbest thing you have ever posted here. |
Kathinozarks Member Username: Kathinozarks
Post Number: 1590 Registered: 11-2006
| Posted on Friday, October 31, 2008 - 10:36 am: | |
Mayor was up too late. |
Docterry Member Username: Docterry
Post Number: 110 Registered: 08-2008
| Posted on Friday, October 31, 2008 - 10:43 am: | |
Absolutely not a safe assumption. You won't find me checking in on either - because neither is entirely true. Strange assumption to make in a very diverse part of the world. |
Mayor_sekou Member Username: Mayor_sekou
Post Number: 2689 Registered: 09-2006
| Posted on Friday, October 31, 2008 - 2:15 pm: | |
Calm down it wasn't a serious question. |
Ravine Member Username: Ravine
Post Number: 2873 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Friday, October 31, 2008 - 3:40 pm: | |
I get that, yerronor, but it is because you are, usually, such a veritable fount of light-hearted, but incisive, wisdom that I was stunned by your ridiculous post and felt compelled to chastise you for it. And, of course, we currently have little patience for young Mayors of the Negroid persuasion. Sekou in 2013! |
Downtown_lady Member Username: Downtown_lady
Post Number: 403 Registered: 08-2008
| Posted on Friday, October 31, 2008 - 3:52 pm: | |
quote:we currently have little patience for young Mayors of the Negroid persuasion I know that was meant as a joke, but c'mon... I understand that you're referring to Sekou and tying it into Kwame, but...eh. I don't know who the "we" is in your joke. My problem with the mayor was that he was corrupt, not that he was young and of the "Negroid" persuasion. I get the joke, I understand it's supposed to be a joke. I'm sure I'll get jumped on as being a wet blanket...I just don't find racial jokes to be funny. |
Ravine Member Username: Ravine
Post Number: 2875 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Friday, October 31, 2008 - 4:03 pm: | |
Sorry, Downtown_lady, about offending you. The comment was 100% light-hearted, and was aimed at our esteemed in-house Mayor, who has repeatedly demonstrated that he has a terrific sense of humor, although he may be just young enough to not catch the Richard Pryor derivation. Sekou In 2013! |
Downtown_lady Member Username: Downtown_lady
Post Number: 404 Registered: 08-2008
| Posted on Friday, October 31, 2008 - 4:07 pm: | |
OK, Ravine...I didn't catch the Richard Pryor reference either. Please know I meant no harm. As a show of solidarity, Sekou in 2013! |
Ravine Member Username: Ravine
Post Number: 2876 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Friday, October 31, 2008 - 8:55 pm: | |
Hey, it's cool. I didn't think you were being a "wet blanket," either. My comment was a bit "out there," you weren't comfortable with it, and you said so. I kinda think this forum is actually in danger of becoming a little too polite, even if that politeness is dishonest, artificial, strained and forced, so I would be the last one to get all hyper-sensitive about a post like yours. Cripes! If I offend you, or even cause you to bristle up a bit, please don't hesitate to speak up. The "Negroid persuasion" term is just an intensely silly bit which Pryor once used, and it struck my funnybone so sharply that I never forgot it. Sekou In 2013! |
Reddog289 Member Username: Reddog289
Post Number: 674 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Saturday, November 01, 2008 - 3:16 am: | |
White Redneck from Wayne, who will have mixed Redneck Grand BABIES ONE DAY, as long as they don,t really live in my basement like there parents. |
East_detroit Member Username: East_detroit
Post Number: 2242 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Saturday, November 01, 2008 - 9:03 am: | |
I guess ignorance runs rampant. When people show Black pride, its not anti-White or about race. Its closer to someone showing Irish pride or Italian pride. Afterall, many AAs don't know what country their ancestors were from. Did I say many? I meant most. So, the knee-jerk reaction from some white people is to get defensive at Black pride and assume its an affront to their race or that it is based in race. Then again, race comes up easily to those cognitively primed for it, I suppose. If you're Italian and someone expresses Irish pride, how reactionary do you get? |
Alley Member Username: Alley
Post Number: 746 Registered: 02-2008
| Posted on Saturday, November 01, 2008 - 11:27 pm: | |
That doesn't make sense to me. Black pride is about race. So is white pride. It's not the same as being proud of what country your ancestors came from, just like there's Irish pride (for example) there is Jamaican pride (for example). I think it's stupid, but it goes both ways as far as each race "getting defensive about" [other race] pride |
East_detroit Member Username: East_detroit
Post Number: 2243 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Sunday, November 02, 2008 - 6:31 pm: | |
Its closer to someone showing Irish pride or Italian pride. If an African American could show Kenyan pride or Sierra pride, then perhaps they would (and probably surprise most Americans to find out that there is a difference)... but they can't. So, immediately assuming its about race rather than about a generalized pride in a familial/community tradition is an incorrect way to react. |