Why? Hispanic is not a nationality, it’s an ethnicity. 47 million American citizens are Hispanic. A white person can be bilingual, but I didn’t mean white people who spoke Spanish. I meant Hispanics who are trying to pull the ladder up behind them.

the real victory was the friends they made along the way

I’ve always followed the “Mike Pence Rules”, at least most of them, before I knew they were a thing simply because that’s how I was raised. I think they’re actually very good guidelines for a married man to abide by. Actions and words get misinterpreted, which can result in awkward and inappropriate situations. I…

That’s impressive. Thanks for posting that!

TheDoctor, there is no evidence that anything like you’re describing is going on in the US - and there’s strong evidence that there is not. Read this article, for example:

As someone from a continent where no-one has ever been allowed to vote in the last century or so without showing photo ID, it baffles me why this is disenfranchising?

This is a great response, but I just wanted to highlight something you said that may come off the wrong way to someone who may not be as familiar with the geography of the USA:

Yeah but, that cat is from England. They have like, metric years or whatever.

It’s the last look captured by someone’s iPhone as their vape pens all started to simultaneously explode. Guy in center right is so loaded up with beard oil he never had a chance. Everyone in this photo is dead now.

It’s no different than organized religion, because to me that is also “magical thinking.” Plenty of people believe in science AND religion...however, I live in the northeastern US where it is more Christianity-light and not so many fundies or evangelicals. YMMV. For the record, I’m agnostic and was raised with zero…

Like all mystical nonsense, this seems trivial on the surface, but it’s extremely problematic. Sure, you can chalk the experience up to some simple placebo feel goods and “what’s the harm”. The harm is a general belief in magical thinking and distrust of other methods that don’t involve hokum. If this is ok then herbs…

I’m worried how in today’s society, despite the fact that organized religions are on the decline, pseudo-spiritualistic nonsense like tarot, crystals, angels, psychics, mediums, horoscopes, etc seem to be on the increase.

God forbid a Black teenager girl exercise some autonomy over how she looks, and who the hell bans nail polish???

Fucking hell...

Gay people call each other faggot all the time afaik. Milo fucking does, that rampant piece of shit.

To start your journey of understanding, you should check out Nigger by Randall Kennedy and Nigger by Dick Gregory.

Your assumption that the word started with whites is your first problem. The “ngr” has a long history and different meanings going back to the Nile Valley people/culture first and later spreading to Asia and other parts of the world. For example the word “negus” means the sovereign king and/or title for Ethiopia.…

gay people don’t call themselves F-word, women don’t call themselves C-word, people with autism don’t call themselves R-word, etc...

While I know this is just sad trolling since the answer is actually pretty simple. What is acceptable speech and behavior for certain groups is unacceptable for people not in the group. Society has ALWAYS been like that. As a black guy I would take a friend of mine saying “What’s up, boy?” VERY differently than a…