"Post racial" society??? HA!
POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Thursday, October 9, 2025 16:59
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A commerical for Cheerios which features a biracial couple
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received more than 500 dislikes and a bevy of racist comments on YouTube before the comment section was closed Thursday evening. Some commenters on the cereal’s Facebook page said the ad made them “want to vomit,” and expressed “shock” that a black father would stay with his family.
Read more: http://q13fox.com/2013/06/03/raw-cheerios-commericial-of-multiracial-f
amily-draws-attention/#ixzz2WCk1nyvx
A young Hispanic-named singer dressed in a charro outfit drew racist comments after singing at the NBA finals in San Antonio. Now, I question whether being seen as Hispanic is a "race", but this is clearly prejudicial.
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Sebastien De La Cruz took the stage dressed in a charro outfit right before Game 3 of NBA Finals to sing "The Star Spangled Banner" on Tuesday night. The performance was greeted by cheers and applause inside the AT&T Center but drew racist comments on the social media network Twitter.
http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=908964#.Ubs1xlLU8xM
Dunkin Donuts employees were treated to an anti-Arab tirade. http://screen.yahoo.com/blogs/screen-blog/dunkin-donuts-employees-reco
gnized-enduring-customer-racist-rant-221004757.html
On the other hand,
Quote:Shows that "reverse racism" is alive and well too.
Jennifer Lopez says Latinos in the United States are starting to realize their power in politics and media, making the timing good for her latest undertaking: lobbying for greater diversity in TV programming.
http://news.yahoo.com/jennifer-lopez-were-realizing-power-173531445.ht
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Again, lumping race and "ethnicity" into one bag for the sake of discussion.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Again, lumping race and "ethnicity" into one bag for the sake of discussion.
And lumping bigots into society at large, and then saying all society is bigoted.
I'd say we are, by and large, a post-racial society.
Some people don't get it.
Some never will.
Most will eventually figure it out, or eventually die off and leave younger folks who'll understand.
"When your heart breaks, you choose what to fill the cracks with. Love or hate. But hate won't ever heal. Only love can do that."
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VIDEO: Houthi Drones Strike Israel near Egyptian Border Right After Trump Declares Gaza Ceasefire
https://www.oneindia.com/videos/video-houthi-drones-strike-israel-near
-egyptian-border-right-after-trump-declares-gaza-ceasefire-4267709.html
Trump notices no leader among the neo-Dems, White, White, Yellow, Brown...leaderless
and Trump: Democrats Have No Leader, "They Remind Me Of Somalia"
Yemen, Brazil, Somalia, Pakistan seem to be mixed, they have been mixing for hundreds of years
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