What is your Race?

Thanks I don't have any photos of the girls on ipad , They are 20 and 23 years old
The boys are both under Two years old
 
Lon said:
No obsession CRUNCH

I just like to know what and why people feel the way they do about a number of issues and that includes people from minority groups and unfortunately it appears that this forum has little or no minority representation and makes me wonder why. Living in Ohio I suspect has some influence on your thinking. Now have I justified my OBSESSION? Let's recruit some minorities to join Senior Forums.
Surely minorities become Seniors at some point.

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Lon....I have an idea. Let's let things take their natural course and enjoy everybody based on what they post not what their ethnicity is.
 

Kadee46 said:
Thanks I don't have any photos of the girls on ipad , They are 20 and 23 years old
The boys are both under Two years old
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I took a photo of a photo of the girls when they were little they were about 4 and I when taken hope this one doesn't show up upside down ....
 
Glinda said:
Brilliant, Jim!!!
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I concur, I know it doesn't matter since I'm just another white person, ;), obviously, (must be the screen resolution,) I want to keep things as is, people come in of their on will, no need to go on a hunting spree, that didn't turn out so well for a spell. :lofl:I kill me.
 
Hey. Lon........you're gonna find out very fast that there are certain topics/threads that just shouldn't be put on this forum! The question doesn't bother me, but then I'm the curious type as seems you are also. But, some folks take that "curiosity" thing as offensive.

But, like it or not, the questions/discussions about race will continue on for different reasons.

BTW, this is one of those threads that there will be a lot of "views", but not nearly as many replies. Some will absolutely refuse to reply to this thread for whatever reasons.
 
ClassicRockr said:
Hey. Lon........you're gonna find out very fast that there are certain topics/threads that just shouldn't be put on this forum! The question doesn't bother me, but then I'm the curious type as seems you are also. But, some folks take that "curiosity" thing as offensive.

But, like it or not, the questions/discussions about race will continue on for different reasons.

BTW, this is one of those threads that there will be a lot of "views", but not nearly as many replies. Some will absolutely refuse to reply to this thread for whatever reasons.
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I have been on enough forums over the years to understand what you are saying. Some folks mental capacities are limited to playing games and will avoid participating in any form of discussion that they deem controversial. They are usually people that are too chicken to put any thing on their profile.
 
LOL, Seems some people mental capacities are too limited to realize people can distinguish genuine curiosity and just asinine goading and trying to stir the pot topped off with simple stupidity. And it's always the same ones doing it who have no purpose but to stir things up or have no concern for open communication, but, just wanting to vent their racist, homophobic or misogynistic or other types of views.

If you wanted real conversation, about differences, you would have had the decency to have responded to me when I extended an olive leaf to you and also pm'd you instead of tucking tail and making a whole other thread trying to create more mayhem. But, good for you, show the people you have real strength in character and keep creating these kinds of threads. Go on, if this gives your life meaning, really, who am I to interfere with your fun. :)
 
AprilT said:
LOL, Seems some people mental capacities are too limited to realize people can distinguish genuine curiosity and just asinine goading and trying to stir the pot topped off with simple stupidity. And it's always the same ones doing it who have no purpose but to stir things up or have no concern for open communication, but, just wanting to vent their racist, homophobic or misogynistic or other types of views.

If you wanted real conversation, about differences, you have had the decency to have responded to me when I extended an olive leaf to you and also pm'd you instead of tucking tail and making a whole other thread trying to create more mayhem. But good for you, show the people you have real strength in character and keep creating these kinds of threads. But go on, if this gives your life meaning, really, who am I to interfere with you fun. :)
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Lon said:
I have been on enough forums over the years to understand what you are saying. Some folks mental capacities are limited to playing games and will avoid participating in any form of discussion that they deem controversial. They are usually people that are too chicken to put any thing on their profile.
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Oh, my goodness! I just realized I haven't responded as Lon intended. God forbid he should think I'm "chicken"!! Here you go, Lon:

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April, you rock. You replied with far more grace than I ever would have. But then, I too am chicken? I think it is sad when people care far more for being right and saving face than actually learning a new perspective. News flash, my Caucasian friends, think you completely escaped prejudice? I doubt it, it was so pervasive through much of our lives. Ok. We find these pesky bits of crap, bring them out into the open, acknowledge our mistakes and learn. I think it's called growth. For some of us, we need to let Cleopatra sail her own *** boat down Denial, just saying.
 
Shalimar said:
April, you rock. You replied with far more grace than I ever would have. But then, I too am chicken? I think it is sad when people care far more for being right and saving face than actually learning a new perspective. News flash, my Caucasian friends, think you completely escaped prejudice? I doubt it, it was so pervasive through much of our lives. Ok. We find these pesky bits of crap, bring them out into the open, acknowledge our mistakes and learn. I think it's called growth. For some of us, we need to let Cleopatra sail her own *** boat down Denial, just saying.
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I can't speak for all the people of the world, but me personally, no, it didn't bypass me, I just didn't allow what encounters I did have to rule or hinder my life or judge an entire planet of people by what I saw some do or say in any group of people. We can all be arse oles. Just because I don't spend my days living and experiencing the world as some people think I should, considering my experiences and I mean, I've experienced way more things that would put some of these pansies trying to ruffle feathers down and out, a much longer time ago. If it happened in some way on the news to someone you may have known, I can tell you theres been some horrific thing in life I have, for sure, experienced to some degree. Do pardon me, if I choose not to feel the need to come on a forum and spend my days crying about all the things that have puzzled me in life, that's because, I went through it enough to not have to ponder such questions anymore and really just would like to spend more time not finding reasons to get under someone elses skin because I don't feel I have enough going on in my own life. As Mary J says, no more drama, thank you very much.

Now this isn't to say, I've had to deal with the most horrific racial strifes of some, but, I've been called the N word a time or two, I've lived in a county in the 80's where they were still burning crosses on people's lawns, had to tell a boyfriend to tell his neighbors to say I was the help once if we got stopped driving to his home. Been ostracized, been called white girl, been called all kinds of things., had to comfort my daughter , who was so distraught when she was told by her playmate's grandmother that the two of them shouldn't be friends because they were of different ethnicities and shouldn't ever play together again. My daughter has taken a long time to get over that incident even though, I experienced something similar when I was around 11 playing in the city village I lived in in Bedford Hills NY, when someone told my best friend and I we shouldn't be friends. She was of mixed race, they thought she was white, she had curly blond hair, we were both shocked, because these people new her, but never questioned her ethnicity and she never thought bring it up, but she fully and completely identified as black, if anything, she emphatically claimed she was more black than I. LOL. Wasn't funny back then to me though, the more black than me :(. I can laugh now, somewhat.

As I've said in the past, I never had issues with people of any group, wasn't brought up to think that way, no matter how others chose to live and think, that was on them to find ways to separate people according to the color of skin, not my job, not my cause. Do I like being who I am, darn skippy, I love my skin, my color, my badunkadunk and wouldn't want to change being who I am, not trying to be anyone else, I've always been an outsider, no matter the color of my skin or where I am, I'm still going to be a little different and I've learned to embrace that. Only types of people I don't much care for are the ignorant ones that hasn't any ethnic makeup, though I'm sure someone would like to start a thread on that as well to debate the issue. Nothing anyone here can say on the subject of race I haven't seen or sometimes discussed on numerous boards. This has been very tame. I've been on sites we've even had discussions about can black people swim. Was told due to muscle mass, at least with males, no, they sink. :laugh:

I have full knowledge of what's going on in and around me in the world, I choose when and where I want to have discussion on the matter and this place, I chose to join for lighter fare as many others did, there are numerous places on the net, including for seniors to go if one isn't getting their daily dose of hate speech and moaning and fighting and arguing, there's very little out there for people who just want to kick back, plus, there's room on here for serious sensible discussions, when one isn't trying to provoke and be dense about it.
 
Shalimar said:
Yikes, April, I hope I did not upset you. The prejudice I referred to was dished out by Caucasians, not suffered by them.
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No, no, no, Miscommunication at it's best. Not meant at you or anyone else when I went into depth, just explaining that, I'm not all lodida about it all, I realize how the world is and understand discussion is important, just, was saying because I don't bring the issues up on here, except maybe in a joking way, it doesn't mean I'm not concerned or aware. Not meant at you at all.

So sorry
 
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