Re: Gemini P3200 - * ZONES FAULTED ***

["Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

Roland Moore wrote:
> > dumber than the one where he is making fun of the way black people talk?
> I think that statement you just made is racist and unreasonable!  I don't
> know of any black folks that speak that way today. I have not ever heard any
> that I know personally to speak in such a fashion. My quote was not meant as
> a slur of any sort. It was clearly showing a simple yet profound
> understanding about life, and one that is also humorous. If you think it was
> dumb or racist, you must not have read any of Herman Melville's or Mark
> Twain's works. That remark was meant to quote from that time frame, not
> today. Being black doesn't mean you have a thin skin, only a dark one. Do
> you actually have any friends? Any that might be African-American? I thought
> not.
> Many might think I am racist for my views. Since I studied Biology for a
> time there was something I learned about race. There is not a plural when it
> comes to the human race. The is only one human race. Therefore one race can
> not be better than another. If there are subtle differences that would let
> one variety make that claim, it would be easy to parse out. To find the
> origin of a master race of anything, you simply try and find the greatest
> variation of species in the smallest geographical region. Applied to humans
> where do you suppose that would be. Let's see:
> Japan? No
> Australia? No
> India? No
> Europe? No
> Africa? Yes! As one example Zulu and Pygmy peoples live in close proximity,
> yet show a degree of variation not found amongst other human populations in
> such a close area. There is no single human trait on a genetic level that
> one cannot find represented in an African population. Much scientific
> research has been done to show that, more and more, it points to an African
> genesis for all humankind. For Africans to have suffered throughout time, to
> be held in captivity, or simply held down, as they were in this country for
> so long; and yet maintain their dignity and hope as humans shows to me that



> God knew when he made me that I was simply not good enough to be born black
> and face all that.
>
Hmmmm.

That sounds pretty racist to me.