And you gringos complain of racism....

[Sigma_Orionis]

Italian senator refuses to quit over 'orangutan' slur

[FZR1KG]

WTF?

Orangutans are reddish in colour...not only is he racist, he's a colour blind racist.

[squ1d]

In 'stralia 'rangas are people with white skin and orange hair.

[SciFiFisher]

<MOS> No. No. No. Everyone knows that the rest of the world is enlightened and fully embraces diversity. the only place with a racism problem is the U.S. <End/MOS>




*MOS = Moment of Sarcasm.

[FZR1KG]

Oh don't get me started on the racism of other countries, Japan, most of the Middle East etc

[Sigma_Orionis]

<MOS> No. No. No. Everyone knows that the rest of the world is enlightened and fully embraces diversity. the only place with a racism problem is the U.S. <End/MOS>




*MOS = Moment of Sarcasm.

You just reminded me of a racist joke I heard about 30 years ago.

"Juan Bimba" (that's Venezuelan for "John Q. Public") goes to visit the US for the first in his life, when he comes back, a friend of his asked what he thought about the US and he answers: "Pretty impressive country, but there were two things I didn like: First, the rampant racism there is in the US and second there were too many black people".

Pretty ironic, considering that at least half the population of this country is of mixed race isn't it?

[SciFiFisher]

<MOS> No. No. No. Everyone knows that the rest of the world is enlightened and fully embraces diversity. the only place with a racism problem is the U.S. <End/MOS>




*MOS = Moment of Sarcasm.

You just reminded me of a racist joke I heard about 30 years ago.

"Juan Bimba" (that's Venezuelan for "John Q. Public") goes to visit the US for the first in his life, when he comes back, a friend of his asked what he thought about the US and he answers: "Pretty impressive country, but there were two things I didn like: First, the rampant racism there is in the US and second there were too many black people".

Pretty ironic, considering that at least half the population of this country is of mixed race isn't it?

LMBO... truthfully, that isn't all that atypical. You never see the mote in your own eye.

[Thumper]

Interesting story about racism vs. racist on NPR this morning.

[FZR1KG]

Interesting story about racism vs. racist on NPR this morning.

Any links?

[Sigma_Orionis]

This one is even better

A French MP has sparked outrage and been fined, after he mocked a female colleague by clucking like a chicken in parliament.

The incident was widely denounced as sexist in a country where the word chicken is often used as a derogatory term for women.

[geonuc]

Chicken is a derogatory term in France?

[Sigma_Orionis]

Apparently, although I suspect Hen is more like it.

[SciFiFisher]

Apparently a somewhat sexist slang term for a woman in France is to call her a bird or poulet. In this case I believe the male PM was indeed calling the female PM Veronique Masson a hen.

[Sigma_Orionis]

We have a an expression down here that is extremely disparaging to women, it's: "Puta como una Gallina" and it's NOT used AT ALL in polite company, if you guys wanna know what it means, google it

[cid]

We have a an expression down here that is extremely disparaging to women, it's: "Puta como una Gallina" and it's NOT used AT ALL in polite company, if you guys wanna know what it means, google it

With my limited transliteration skills, I got the "puta" part ok...

[code monkey]

We have a an expression down here that is extremely disparaging to women, it's: "Puta como una Gallina" and it's NOT used AT ALL in polite company, if you guys wanna know what it means, google it

assuming that the amatory behavior of chickens is similar to that that of turkeys (we were shown a film in psych) makes no sense at all. please, don't try to explain.

sigma, if it's not used in polite company how do you know it?

[Sigma_Orionis]

We have a an expression down here that is extremely disparaging to women, it's: "Puta como una Gallina" and it's NOT used AT ALL in polite company, if you guys wanna know what it means, google it

assuming that the amatory behavior of chickens is similar to that that of turkeys (we were shown a film in psych) makes no sense at all. please, don't try to explain.

Nope it doesn't, and No I won't even attempt to try

sigma, if it's not used in polite company how do you know it?

My old man says it once in a while......