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[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Unfortunately we don't have any black swankers here to comment. In fact, this whole place is suspiciously lacking in members of color.

So just go ahead and compare the next black person you speak with to Sammy Davis, Jr. and tap-dancing, and see if it's taken kindly.




Hmm, seems like the only minorities represented on the LoT are queers and jews ... and I'm both. So I can tell you outright that any comparison to a famous fag and things gays used to have to do to get in good with straights, or to a famous jew and things jews used to have to do to get in good with gentiles, and I would sure as shuck and jive take offense at it.



But don't take my word for it, Moonliner ... go and make that Sammy Davis tap-dancing crack to the next black man you encounter.

No, I see your point of view.

I see a tap dancing politician (in Joe's opinion) compared to a world class tap dancer.

What you see is a comment about race, oppression and hatred.

I guess we all bring our preconceived notions to the world we see around us.