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Subject: Re: Institutional racism in education
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Date: 21 Dec 92 12:56:09 MST
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In article <[e-mail]>, mfriedma@uucp (Michael Friedman) writes:
> In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>>In article <[e-mail]>, mfriedma@uucp (Michael Friedman) writes:
>>> In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>>>>In article <[e-mail]>, mfriedma@uucp (Michael Friedman) writes:
>>>>> In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>>>>>>In article <[e-mail]>, mfriedma@uucp (Michael Friedman) writes:
>>>>>>> In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Hubert J Montas) writes:
>>>>>>>>In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Seth Breidbart) write
>
>>>>>>  How many foriegn blacks have come into the
>>>>>>  U.S. and made Mega bucks?
>
>>>>> Well, I don't have a count, but you have to remember - most people who
>>>>> come from foreign countries and make big bucks seem to be
>>>>> entertainers.  Most entertainers need to come from English speaking
>>>>> countries to succeed here, and English speaking in this context mean
>>>>> relatively accentless, so the Caribbean doesn't count.
>
>>>>  Does that include spanish speaking and asians too?
>
>>> What?  That they need to know English?  You bet.  How many Spanish
>>> It includes Spanish speaking.  It doesn't include Orientals, but they
>>> seem to be able to succeed anywhere.  Look at Malaysia, for an even
>>> more extreme example than the US.  I can't explain that in a
>>> politically correct way, but it's a fact.
>
>>  That's odd.  When I lived in the bay area there were oriental street signs in
>>  some areas.  Out here in the southwest there are english and spanish signs
>>  posted everywhere.  Many legal document are written in both spanish and
>>  english.  What a great nation this would be if we could have street signs and
>>  legal documents to accomodate people from all over the world with different
>>  dialects.
>
> First off, you don't seem to be responding to my post.
>
  Your post said "They need to know english?  You bet."
  Well if they need to know english why do we have spanish and chinese postings
  all over the place?
  Blacks in the U.S. lost thier native tongue, and thats be why we speaks and
  be writin so bads.

> Secondly, without a common language things woule be really tough on
> everyone.  In short, rather than being a great nation we'd be a basket
> case if everything had to be translated into every single one of the
> world's more than 3,000 living languages.
>
  I never thought of that!!!  Thanks for enlightening me.
  So if we can't translate steet signs and other documents for every language
  in the world why do we do it for some?   We are obviously on our way to
  becomming that basket case you speak of.  Good thing I don't make the rules.

>>  Orientals seem able to succeed anywhere?  I guess they're special.  You know
>>  the chosen race.  Like some type of god or something.  Besides you know how
>>  those Orientals are.
>>  "Look at Malaysia"  That is a common problem in America.  The people are
>>   always looking in everybody elses backyard except thier own.
>>   We still have that "naked aggression" in the U.S. and gas prices have'nt
>>   decreased either.
>
> Well, all I can say, Seth, is that if you aren't willing to look at
> all the other places in the world to see what's happened there and
> make predictions about what might happen here then you are a rather
> idiotic caricature of the ugly American who thinks that nothing
> that we can learn from ever happens outside the borders of the USA.
>
  Likewise, America should learn from Pompeii and the Roman Empire too!
  What did we learn from the Gulf Crises?  We still have high gas prices
  and blacks are being beaten by cops in L.A. and throughout the nation.
  By the way, my name isn't Seth.

>>>>> However, just off hand, I do know that there is a Somali super-model.
>>>>> She's done some fundraising for aid for Somaila.
>
>>>>  I have a black friend.
>>>>  I only have one friend.
>
>>> What's your point?  I don't keep a rolodex on my desk with a list of
>>> successful people in the US crossindexed by country of origin.
>
>>  Joan Rivers said, "After the first million, who's counting?"
>>  Omar Hall say's "I am."
>>  And it's approximatley 400 years.  Roughly the same amount of time the jews
>>  spent in Egypt.  Do some computing.  The hell if i'm working overtime with it
>>  not being documented in some biblical scriptures(i.e. bible).
>
> I totally fail to see your point.  What on Earth do you mean?

  It's good you don't understand.  I had some doubts about posting that one.
  I admit I spoke too much prematurely.
>
>>>>>>  In addition, why is it that so many people from
>>>>>>  all nations except Africa are in the U.S. today?
>
>>>>> You have obviously never taken a cab ride in New York or Boston.
>
>>>>  No I haven't, but New York and Boston are not representative of the nation
>>>>  as a whole either.
>
>>> True, but you don't find very many Frenchmen in any American city.
>>> Same goes for most European nationalities.
>
>>  You do find thier first, second, etc. generation offspring though.
>
> Bullshit.  You find very few first, second, etc. generation offspring
> of Frenchmen in the US.  You certainly find a lot more first, second,
> etc. generation offspring of Africans.  Maybe you should be arguing
> with ohall instead of me - he's the one who wants to talk about recent
> immigrants.
>
  I am Ohall you idiot.  I went to school with whites.  I met descendants of
  all european immigrants, including FRENCH!  I met no blacks and have yet to
  meet a black who is a descendant of an african, with the exception of slave
  descendants.

>>  How many
>>  Blacks in America do you meet who can tell you the ancestory of thier
>>  parents?
>
> Damfino.  I don't typically run arround asking people that question.
>
  I never asked any whites.  It is always a common topic of discussion of thier
  proud ancestory.

>>  Which reminds me of an event which occured in college.  I was sitting with
>>  two anglo females as they discussed thier grandparents origins.  One said my
>>  grandfather is Danish and my grandmother is Irish.  The other said my
>>  grandfather is Swedish and my grandmother is British.  Then they looked at
>>  me.
>
>>  Although I didn't say it, I was thinking my grandfather is from the Ivory
>>  Coast and my grandmother is from Zimbabwe.  But I guess I will never know.
>
> Damned if I can understand you.  Were they or weren't they?  If you
> don't know then where do you get Ivory Coast and Zimbabwe from?
>
  If I stated "I guess I will never know", then maybe you can tell me if
  I know wether or not they were from the Ivory Coast or Zimbabwe?
  Where do I get the Ivory Coast and Zimbabwe from?  Out of a hat!
> --
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> I am not an official Oracle spokesman.

  I hope you aren't an official anything, based on your postings.