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Post by lighthorseman on Dec 30, 2011 1:45:02 GMT -5
Is it possible to believe in heritage and racial purity without being a racist, do you think?
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Post by Shane for Wax on Dec 30, 2011 2:25:25 GMT -5
You can be proud of your heritage without being a racist.
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Post by VirtualStranger on Dec 30, 2011 3:07:32 GMT -5
Is it possible to believe in heritage and racial purity without being a racist, do you think? It is possible to believe in heritage without being a racist. It is not possible to believe in "racial purity" without being a racist, seeing as no such thing actually exists. |
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Post by Napoleon the Clown on Dec 30, 2011 3:15:48 GMT -5
Is it possible to believe in heritage and racial purity without being a racist, do you think? How is one defining heritage in this case? As to the second part: "racial purity" bullshit is racist. No way around it. This is even before going into the "race isn't a real thing, genetically speaking" issues. Saying that inter-ethnic reproduction causes impurity implies that one ethnicity is inferior to another. Really sort of bad implications. |
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Post by xaria on Dec 30, 2011 6:24:10 GMT -5
id like her (and all racists) to be genetically tested to let them see how 'pure' they are...
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Post by Doctor Fishcake on Dec 30, 2011 7:42:56 GMT -5
Pretty much on board with the prior comments, heritage is one thing, "racial purity" is another. Speaking as a Scots-Irish-Galician-Welsh mongrel, I should know this.
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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Dec 30, 2011 7:54:26 GMT -5
I am the world champion of being a mongrel. I seriously wouldn't be shocked if I had alien DNA in there somewhere.
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Post by lighthorseman on Dec 30, 2011 7:54:29 GMT -5
Pretty much on board with the prior comments, heritage is one thing, "racial purity" is another. Speaking as a Scots-Irish-Galician-Welsh mongrel, I should know this. Lotta people would call that pretty pure... Fair point. |
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Post by Shane for Wax on Dec 30, 2011 7:56:28 GMT -5
I am the world champion of being a mongrel. I seriously wouldn't be shocked if I had alien DNA in there somewhere. I only know I'm half-Ukrainian with some Scot thrown in. I could have a bit of everything for all I know. My birth dad was a mutt of the highest order. |
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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Dec 30, 2011 7:59:10 GMT -5
I don't think I have any Scottish in my bloodline. Closest is some English and Welsh.
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Post by lighthorseman on Dec 30, 2011 8:01:03 GMT -5
You can be proud of your heritage without being a racist. You'd be surprised how often people think they cross over. You'd be amazed how many skinhead hangers-on show up for mediaeval festivals. |
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Post by Shane for Wax on Dec 30, 2011 8:09:56 GMT -5
You can be proud of your heritage without being a racist. You'd be surprised how often people think they cross over. You'd be amazed how many skinhead hangers-on show up for mediaeval festivals. No, I wouldn't be. |
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Post by The_L on Dec 30, 2011 10:47:50 GMT -5
My mom's maiden name was Moore, implying some African or Arab in the bloodline from waaaaay back. She is known to have English and French blood, and possibly some Native American for all we know. Dad is Italian. I am a white mutt and proud of it. |
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Post by Vene on Dec 30, 2011 11:33:39 GMT -5
I am the world champion of being a mongrel. I seriously wouldn't be shocked if I had alien DNA in there somewhere.  |
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Post by DeadpanDoubter on Dec 30, 2011 13:12:08 GMT -5
Just found out that I have Italian mixed in there somewhere. So multiple Native American tribes, African American (the ancestor in question was a slave, so I don't know if I'll find out where her family was from, exactly), just about the whole of Europe (German, Irish, Scottish, English, Italian, French)...next thing you know, I'll find out I have ancestors from China. Or Japan. Or that crazy piece of land currently called Russia. Heinz 57 is my race, but they won't let me put that on any of the questionnaires I get.  |
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