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  1. Poor Colonel Sanders never knew he was going to be made into an icon of racism.

    Monday, 29-Apr-13 12:33:54 UTC from web
    1. @fabio I never understood that stereotype. Like, why is it associated with black people. I mean, I like fried chicken and orange soda and I'm the pastiest kid you'll ever meet!

      Monday, 29-Apr-13 12:38:58 UTC from StatusNet Android
      1. @redenchilada I wouldn't know. I'm just a gringo who looks at the whole issue and laughs at it. I don't get half the stereotypes and customs of black north american people, but I do find it all amusing.

        Monday, 29-Apr-13 12:41:52 UTC from web
        1. @fabio That one video floating around the internet is pretty funny.

          Monday, 29-Apr-13 12:45:32 UTC from StatusNet Android
          1. @redenchilada This one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsTvImY4Hgw&list=FLIJpguJJKTRFTyFnybvZs_w&index=8 #

            Monday, 29-Apr-13 12:51:15 UTC from web
            1. @fabio Yeah.

              Monday, 29-Apr-13 12:55:45 UTC from StatusNet Android
              1. @redenchilada I laughed so hard at it. And the song. Man that song. I have to set it as my cellphone alarm.

                Monday, 29-Apr-13 12:57:01 UTC from web
                1. @fabio kiwiR doleR cherriesR applesR bananasR doleR bananasR I'M 100% mangoesR (I hope to god the filter catches that word)

                  Monday, 29-Apr-13 13:01:16 UTC from StatusNet Android
                  1. @redenchilada apples cherries apples papayas mangoes mangoes papayas, I'M 200% cherries

                    Monday, 29-Apr-13 13:04:36 UTC from web
                  2. @redenchilada Never saw what the big deal with that word though.

                    Monday, 29-Apr-13 13:05:03 UTC from web
                    1. @fabio *word was

                      Monday, 29-Apr-13 13:05:40 UTC from web
                    2. @fabio It's a cultural thing. Considered a slur because of how it was used back in the day. A lot like calling someone with a developmental disorder "retarded" is (so don't do it kids #)

                      Monday, 29-Apr-13 13:07:37 UTC from StatusNet Android
                      1. @redenchilada Yeah, but it kind of loses it's offensive value when they use it to reffer to themselves. How can it be bad to call someone what he himself does?

                        Monday, 29-Apr-13 13:09:44 UTC from web
                        1. @fabio It's stupid, really. They use it all the time, but if a white guy says it its suddenly racist.

                          Monday, 29-Apr-13 13:10:43 UTC from web
                          1. @zeldatra Exactly. It's stupid therefore it's not offensive. If they take offense to it, then it's their problem, not mine. They're being racist by being offended by it undoer those specific conditions.

                            Monday, 29-Apr-13 13:12:02 UTC from web
                          2. @zeldatra Well, it'd be offensive for someone to call a white person a cracker too so. (Is that right? I'm not very well versed in the field of racial slurs.)

                            Monday, 29-Apr-13 13:12:41 UTC from StatusNet Android
                            1. @redenchilada But white people don't call each other crackers.

                              Monday, 29-Apr-13 13:13:22 UTC from web
                              1. @zeldatra @redenchilada It'd be offensive to call a white master race. (>inb4 someone takes it seriously and I laugh for half an hour)

                                Monday, 29-Apr-13 13:14:40 UTC from web
                  3. @redenchilada Fun fact: I was banned for this exact post. I mean, they gave me a warning first, but still...

                    Monday, 29-Apr-13 13:09:00 UTC from web
                    1. @zeldatra sorry :c

                      Monday, 29-Apr-13 13:10:00 UTC from StatusNet Android
                    2. @zeldatra But you're among cool guys now. Nothing to worry about.

                      Monday, 29-Apr-13 13:10:51 UTC from web
      2. @redenchilada I always thought it was a southern stereotype, and it just happens that a lot of black people live in the south. /shrug

        Monday, 29-Apr-13 12:55:50 UTC from MuSTArDroid
        1. @scribus Nah, the South stereotype is driving your pickup truck into the side of the Budweiser factory with Toby Keith blaring on the radio while T-bone steaks fly out of the trunk

          Monday, 29-Apr-13 12:58:39 UTC from StatusNet Android
          1. @redenchilada I pictured that as more southwest. Man, my geographic stereotyping is all skewed!

            Monday, 29-Apr-13 13:00:12 UTC from MuSTArDroid