Poll of the Day > Old Joe Biden just keeps on being racist.

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Zeus posted...

Kinda doubling down on your ignorance and playing it as a strength. Actually, the remark is so stupid that I'm not sure what the implication is. Just to be clear: Are you trying to suggest that blacks come from more countries or that latinos come from more countries?

I'm asking a straightforward question, how is there any implication? do you know the answer to my question? or are you calling me ignorant without any more knowledge than I have?

xjayguyx posted...

Please give 3-4 examples of something racist Trump did in the last 7 days please.

how about JUST the number of times he used term Kung flu

or is that too easy?

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Biden says some stupid shit but its nothing compared to Trumps history of blatant and overt racism

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/06/trump-racism-comments/588067/

you rarely see that kind of over the top racism except maybe in the south, very rural america, or films that try to teach people that racists are bad but the screenwriters werent super creative so the whole thing came off as really two dimensional

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captpackrat posted...

Joe Biden is 77.
Donald Trump is 74

this november

battle of the undead

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Aculo posted...

No, he heavily insinuated minorities, but since Republicans have now collectively all become MLK all of a sudden, I can see why you would think otherwise, ok?

lol, you are always dropping your wisdom on this unworthy board, thank you, ok?

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he and trump are two white racist men calling each other racist........

Lol at people thinking Mead is far left.
You guys know that Democrats are slightly right of center on the world stage, right? Actual leftists have no chance in American politics.

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Zareth posted...

Lol at people thinking Mead is far left.
You guys know that Democrats are slightly right of center on the world stage, right? Actual leftists have no chance in American politics.

Bernie is not right of center and many people here say he doesn't go far enough. Biden is very much in the center though yes. The far left is dumb enough to vote for anyone with a D next to their name though because never trump or whatever

Fam_Fam posted...

I'm asking a straightforward question, how is there any implication? do you know the answer to my question? or are you calling me ignorant without any more knowledge than I have?

Because questions on the internet are largely rhetorical and suggestive. And, more importantly, countries and cultures are very different things so even the premise is stupid. In short, it's not a very productive question in the first place, particularly considering that both groups can come from any number of nations, even ones where they aren't the majority.

Then there's the whole matter of immigration. While some people's family may be from a culturally-distinct region with strong traditions, it might be the grandparents, great-grandparents, or older who came from that nation. Unless you have an ethnic block (Italians and Greeks are great examples, because even when their grandparents (or older) immigrated, they often grow up speaking their family's native language and using it in their community), that culture is less likely to be carried on. By contrast, Latinos are far more likely to be immigrants or first-generation Americans than other groups and thus bring more of that culture with them.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/4621/majority-americans-identify-themselves-third-generation-americans.aspx

The same national survey found that 75% of blacks self-ID'd as 3rd gen or older. That's higher than any other group. (Which is the result of less black immigration, both from a means perspective (ie, are less able to immigrate) and probably also from discriminatory practices.)

Zareth posted...

Lol at people thinking Mead is far left.
You guys know that Democrats are slightly right of center on the world stage, right? Actual leftists have no chance in American politics.

He is far left. He frequently talked about Bernie Sanders not going far enough despite Bernie proposing things that aren't even done in far-left nations. And on a world scale, America is pretty far to the left on most issues. And some issues where it varies compared to the rest of the world aren't strictly left/right issues.


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Proof that Biden isn't racist contained here.
If he was, Trumpers would love and worship him, as well.
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They're both horrible candidates, just like in 2016. We are so boned...

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So whats up with him delaying his VP pick again?

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Sadly, a lot of American politicians especially the old guard White males are racist but they pretend not to be.

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OhhhJa posted...

The far right is dumb enough to vote for anyone with a R next to their name though because trump or whatever

so true, ok?

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Kyuubi4269 posted...

That's not really wrong though.

I see black people aligning with people because they share the same race more than any other race. I don't see black people dividing themselves by national boundaries and so there's more homogeneity. Mexicans don't hang out with Brazilians because they're both Latino and the English quite happily ostracize the other three nations on the isles and even gleefully mock the next county over.

Eh, it is and it isn't. Africa is incredibly culturally diverse, so to suggest that every black American has the same background and belongs to the same community is foolish and ignorant. On the other hand, the cultural background of "African-American" that arose on American soil as a consequence of the slave trade is fairly uniform, and that culture is generally more dominant among black Americans than any immigrant African culture is. That dominance has informed outsiders' perceptions of black culture, which in turn encourages African immigrants to assimilate into it.

There's room to argue that it's accurate, and there's room to argue that it's a gross oversimplifcation. I don't think it's something anyone should really be saying, because it's just tasteless and rude, but dismissing it outright as being hatefully racist also isn't quite right. The situation is more nuanced than any blanket statement can adequately cover.