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Post by tarpontrackfootbal on Jul 10, 2008 7:35:09 GMT -6
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Post by EagleMaximus24 on Jul 10, 2008 8:16:13 GMT -6
you know if the tables were turned we as Mexican Americans would get offended also, but i honestly dont see anything wrong with it. those people who are mad are just taking this overboard.
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Post by RPM on Jul 10, 2008 8:35:12 GMT -6
lol blown overboard....
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Post by R A I D E N on Jul 10, 2008 8:41:58 GMT -6
It's been out for more than 60 yrs. Now, 1 person gets offended, so it's racists now? lmao No tienen mas que hacer!
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Post by tarpontrackfootbal on Jul 10, 2008 9:27:01 GMT -6
What was she doing in that book section anyways, its not like she can read anyways. I wonder why a Curious George book never offended her? Or the Deputy dog cartoon? Maybe Grape Ape should also offend her. Maybe Mickey Mouse and all his friends along with all the Disney movies should offend us all.
She just has nothing better to do than to complain. And QX has nothing else to do. I wonder why QX has not been out spoken about the atrocities that are occurring in the immigrant community?
If anything about this story were racist it would be these comments by Shawnedra:
"They offended the African-American community, and they did not acknowledge that and apologize to African-Americans," she said. "It's not Mexico's fault. They can have the magazine if you go to Mexico."
She is basically saying go back to Mexico. That would be like telling a black person who wears African Tribal dress (like the one Jim Brown wears on his head) not to buy it here and if do want to buy one go to Africa to get it.
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Post by tarpontrackfootbal on Jul 10, 2008 9:27:33 GMT -6
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Post by OlympFan on Jul 10, 2008 9:38:53 GMT -6
I remember as a little kid on one of the syrup bottles, there was an Aunt Jamima character on the bottle. She looked almost like the mother in the Memin comics. Later the head cover was removed. Basically some black activists had them change that (they made her look less like a slave mammy after that). I hadn't thought there was anything wrong with it then, but then I had to step back and think, well of course not. I was seeing it through a Hispanic-American perspective... Before:  Later:  |
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Post by Redfish on Jul 10, 2008 10:08:23 GMT -6
I remember as a little kid on one of the syrup bottles, there was an Aunt Jamima character on the bottle. She looked almost like the mother in the Memin comics. Later the head cover was removed. Basically some black activists had them change that (they made her look less like a slave mammy after that). I hadn't thought there was anything wrong with it then, but then I had to step back and think, well of course not. I was seeing it through a Hispanic-American perspective... Before: Later: I thought there was something different about aunt J. She's much thinner now. I guess she started using their "Light Syrup." ;D |
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Post by RGVF Moderator on Jul 10, 2008 11:26:21 GMT -6
If there are any comics that negatively stereotype hispanics at wal mart, now is the time to bring it up.
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Post by YellowJacketMania on Jul 10, 2008 11:32:05 GMT -6
What a buch of malarky. Those people need to get real jobs.
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Post by EagleMaximus24 on Jul 10, 2008 12:31:26 GMT -6
didnt they get mad a while back cause of the same character that was on a postage stamp.
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Post by Ol' Buzzard on Jul 10, 2008 15:15:06 GMT -6
I'm OFFENDED by how she found that character offensive... DON'T I HAVE ANY RIGHTS?
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Post by RGVF Moderator on Jul 10, 2008 15:17:38 GMT -6
Don't even get me started on BET channel.
Why not:
HET...Hispanic Entertainment channel
AET...Anglo entertainment channel
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Post by RGVF Moderator on Jul 10, 2008 15:18:12 GMT -6
I'm OFFENDED by how she found that character offensive... DON'T I HAVE ANY RIGHTS? We are the silent majority, and the squeeky wheel gets the grease. |
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Post by wp2003 on Jul 10, 2008 15:24:58 GMT -6
they got mad because he had ethnic lips and features. i know some pretty dark mexicans that have thicker lips and more ethnic "features" than any black person i've ever met. like they're the only one's that can have it. this is one of the reason's i'm glad i don't live in houston anymore. too many people crying and whining about how they are oppressed because the gov. lowered their welfare check by 20 dollars. this is stupid, wal-mart should make a stand. i promise no other black person is gonna care about these books because THEY DON'T BUY THEM. what was she doing in an aisle that had the word "libros" in it anyway? she can't read spanish.
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Post by Ol' Buzzard on Jul 10, 2008 15:57:24 GMT -6
I'm OFFENDED by how she found that character offensive... DON'T I HAVE ANY RIGHTS? We are the silent majority, and the squeeky wheel gets the grease. Yeah, but this a direct result of decades and decades of real injustices that have led to these premature cries of wolf. (and you're right on the money with the silent majority part. Is it part of our culture to not question the jefe? |
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Post by willthebuilder on Jul 10, 2008 16:46:54 GMT -6
its always gotta go racial. what a shame.
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Post by hunterbunter on Jul 10, 2008 19:46:55 GMT -6
Don't even get me started on BET channel. Why not: HET...Hispanic Entertainment channel AET...Anglo entertainment channel HET = Univision AET = ABC |
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Post by Ol' Buzzard on Jul 10, 2008 22:34:25 GMT -6
Don't even get me started on BET channel. Why not: HET...Hispanic Entertainment channel AET...Anglo entertainment channel HET = Univision AET = ABC BET is for Black Americans, not necessarily Africans. Univsion is for Latinos, not necessarily Mexican Americans |
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Post by wp2003 on Jul 10, 2008 22:51:51 GMT -6
i know some african american's from south africa that would've found it to be funny.
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