04-15-2009, 04:12 PM
<!--quoteo(post=30477:date=Apr 15 2009, 11:25 AM:name=ruby23)-->QUOTE (ruby23 @ Apr 15 2009, 11:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=30464:date=Apr 15 2009, 12:40 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Apr 15 2009, 12:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=30457:date=Apr 15 2009, 12:24 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ Apr 15 2009, 12:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I'm just gonna throw this out there . . . since meeting my wife 7 years ago and spending alot more time in the Chicago area, I've heard some of the most ridiculously insensitive things I can imagine come from people mouths. I've heard things said by complete strangers, in public situations, that I couldn't fathom anyone saying. I may be from podunk, backwards, hillbilly Iowa, but I've never heard anything here like what I've heard in some of my trips to Chicago.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'm not really sure what this is supposed to mean.
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It means that I've heard more racist comments there than I ever could have imagined. It means that I've heard the N word and other derrogatory terms used in passing, like it's common place, far too often. It means that I think there may be some truth to what the article is saying.
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I've never been to Chicago, but going off of what rok said about Chicago being similar to other cities...I've never ever a white person say the N word with the "Er" or using it to call someone. I admit I have heard it with a "ga" at the end in a joking manner, but that's it (not that that's acceptable). Half my family is Mexican, and I've heard numerous comments of "negro" and the Spanish counterparts for the N word from my grandma. But other than her, and wannabe gangsters in high school (black and Mexican), I've never heard it said like that.
If Chicago was so racist, do you really think Obama would have so much support from Chicago? Honestly.
I'm not really sure what this is supposed to mean.
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It means that I've heard more racist comments there than I ever could have imagined. It means that I've heard the N word and other derrogatory terms used in passing, like it's common place, far too often. It means that I think there may be some truth to what the article is saying.
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I've never been to Chicago, but going off of what rok said about Chicago being similar to other cities...I've never ever a white person say the N word with the "Er" or using it to call someone. I admit I have heard it with a "ga" at the end in a joking manner, but that's it (not that that's acceptable). Half my family is Mexican, and I've heard numerous comments of "negro" and the Spanish counterparts for the N word from my grandma. But other than her, and wannabe gangsters in high school (black and Mexican), I've never heard it said like that.
If Chicago was so racist, do you really think Obama would have so much support from Chicago? Honestly.
I hate my pretentious sounding username too.