Originally posted by chillmeistergen
Apple pie, fair enough, Baseball - a glorified version of rounders which gives fat Americans another chance to eat hot dogs. Finally, jazz - which was created by African slaves shipped in by the British and Americans and derived from blues. This then reflects the negatives in American culture to more extent than the positives.
Originally posted by Blaxican
This post means sh*t, heh.I would explain to you what an electoral vote is, but I don't you would be able to handle it...
Obviously not democracy.
Originally posted by Lyna303
you know that most African-Americans are more American than many people are today right? At least the U.S. fixed its mistakes
The land of the Free?
Originally posted by Lana
Actually until January 2009, when the newly elected president will be sworn in.However, why are people paying this thread any attention? It's purpose is pretty damn clear, and you're all falling right into the trap.
Originally posted by LanaBecause it's my Constitutional right to stand up for America against Neo-Frenchies.
Actually until January 2009, when the newly elected president will be sworn in.However, why are people paying this thread any attention? It's purpose is pretty damn clear, and you're all falling right into the trap.
Originally posted by Quiero Mota
Oh yeah....America isnt the land of the free because of 5 dirty cops right?
Yes.
It's Still Giuliani Time
Meanwhile, the ruling class has not allowed this case to lessen their high regard for Mayor Giuliani. He was returned to power in New York last fall and immediately launched new campaigns against the people--including street-level police harassments over "jaywalking" and major attacks on the city college system.
The New York press has charged that Abner Louima's suffering was used unfairly to tarnish Giuliani. Abner Louima now says that the cops did not mention Giuliani's name while they were brutalizing him. The media has seized on this to argue that Giuliani and the larger power structure are not ultimately responsible for the way Abner Louima was brutalized--and that that the city's police crackdowns should continue, even while a few Brooklyn cops go on trial.
For the masses of people--especially for the Haitian immigrant community and the other Black and Latino people of New York--the issue was never what the cops said as they brutalized Abner Louima. The outrage is the way the police treat people and get away with it--like an invading army operating a free-fire zone.
Rudolph Giuliani rose to power as a hard-edged "law-and-order" mayor who called for "taking back" New York--from the poor and the oppressed. He unleashed the police for systematic harassment of the people--targeting homeless people and anyone hanging out on street corners. His return to power, now, after the intense exposures of the Louima case, reveal what the ruling class really has in store for the masses of people.
The system may be moving to defuse the anger in the streets by bringing some cops into federal court--but they have no intention of calling off the police-state campaigns they have unleashed on the people.
Originally posted by BlackSunshine
I should be closed ✅ Where's Storm when we need her?
I'd assume asleep, as she lives in Europe.
Originally posted by Blaxican
But I'm not pissed off. I find it funny. Not to mention that I had a rather crappy day at school and this is the perfect excuse to bash someone.
There's never any excuse to bash people, you should know this by now.
Originally posted by The Libertine
The original post is good natured and humorous. Read it again.
I see nothing humorous in it.
And did anyone ever tell you it's considered rude to post large images that cause the page to scroll sideways?
Originally posted by Lyna303
you know that most African-Americans are more American than many people are today right? At least the U.S. fixed its mistakes
The U.S was not the first to abolish slavery if that's what you mean by 'fixed its mistakes'. The debate is not about whether African -Americans are more or less American than anyone else but, whether that point is a valid one as to the culture of America. Jazz was created during the oppression of African-Americans not during the state of 'equality' we now all know and love.
Also surely the deepest roots of culture in the U.S is that of the native Americans, who if I remember rightly were treated pretty appallingly.
Originally posted by The LibertineWeren't there riots in France last year or something? You're complaining because Rudy Gulialini is enforcing the Jaywalking law (which is a realy law, by the way...) while Frenchies are burning cars and screaming about shit.
Yes.It's Still Giuliani Time
Meanwhile, the ruling class has not allowed this case to lessen their high regard for Mayor Giuliani. He was returned to power in New York last fall and immediately launched new campaigns against the people--including street-level police harassments over "jaywalking" and major attacks on the city college system.The New York press has charged that Abner Louima's suffering was used unfairly to tarnish Giuliani. Abner Louima now says that the cops did not mention Giuliani's name while they were brutalizing him. The media has seized on this to argue that Giuliani and the larger power structure are not ultimately responsible for the way Abner Louima was brutalized--and that that the city's police crackdowns should continue, even while a few Brooklyn cops go on trial.
For the masses of people--especially for the Haitian immigrant community and the other Black and Latino people of New York--the issue was never what the cops said as they brutalized Abner Louima. The outrage is the way the police treat people and get away with it--like an invading army operating a free-fire zone.
Rudolph Giuliani rose to power as a hard-edged "law-and-order" mayor who called for "taking back" New York--from the poor and the oppressed. He unleashed the police for systematic harassment of the people--targeting homeless people and anyone hanging out on street corners. His return to power, now, after the intense exposures of the Louima case, reveal what the ruling class really has in store for the masses of people.
The system may be moving to defuse the anger in the streets by bringing some cops into federal court--but they have no intention of calling off the police-state campaigns they have unleashed on the people.
The irony is staggering.
Originally posted by chillmeistergen
The U.S was not the first to abolish slavery if that's what you mean by 'fixed its mistakes'. The debate is not about whether African -Americans are more or less American than anyone else but, whether that point is a valid one as to the culture of America. Jazz was created during the oppression of African-Americans not during the state of 'equality' we now all know and love.
Also surely the deepest roots of culture in the U.S is that of the native Americans, who if I remember rightly were treated pretty appallingly.
We know.