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So should "tolerant" people be tolerant of intolerance? If not, are they still tolerant? Then is anyone really tolerant? I think the motor in my brain just burned out... sorry for the rambling...
"They won't break me because the desire for freedom, and the freedom of the Irish people, is in my heart. The day will dawn when all the people of Ireland will have the desire for freedom to show. It is then that we will see the rising of the moon."
what class or race do you consider the "mud people" i know at coachella, there were a few hispanics but i did not see one black person ... sad but true ... cr*****
The type of music is really only going to draw white people. I goto a HBCU (Historically Black College/University) college, and I just can't see my roommates jumping at the bit to goto a "rock and roll concert" (as they like to call Bonnaroo).
If there was a separate Hip-hop stage you would probably see more African-Americans, but even then the "rock" part would keep them from most likely not going unless it (The Hip-Hop stage) had an all star lineup (pretty much some friends sentiments).
This was all from opinions of others. Not I.
hey, I go to an HBCU too! What school do you go to?
I'm precisely 50% Mexican and 50% German, with grandparents coming directly from each country. The German side wins for the most part (looks-wise, that is), but my heritage on both sides is still very important to me. I think this is a perfect example of how people often get too caught up in looks rather than the person, even when they're not trying to. If you were wandering Roo looking for minorities, I probably would slip right on by you, but I feel that I bring as much diversity to the crowd as anyone else there does. Besides, even if the crowd as all white, that doesn't mean that you'd be running into the same type of person all the time, even if the looks start to run together.
I don't know, I guess race has always been a fairly big issue to me due to my mixture and the two families that my parents brought together. On the outside, they couldn't be more different, but they all grew up in the same poor neighborhoods of Chicago and we might as well all be blood relatives based on how well everyone gets along. The race issue within the family gets even MORE complicated (with other marriages, kids, etc.), but I think because we're family everyone sees past it and we all get along extremely well, being one of the closest (and largest) families I know.
Take a page from our book and just have a good time.
I think theres a lot of Long island inforoosters. I'm from Port Washington, go to SUNY - Stony Brook and live in Queens now.
Anyway, interesting post. I was thinking about starting a post looking for Jewish Bonnaroo goers. But I agree that at Bonnaroo we're all just music fans. Bonnaroo-vians. Bonnaroosters. Bonnaroo-ites. Whatever, we're all the same.
I've sent in my application to the Real World. So I'm hoping to hear back from that. I'm putting A LOT of my eggs into that basket, the MTV basket. I'm also thinking about getting a gun, and dealing crack. Being a crack dealer. Not like a mean crack dealer, but like... like a nice one. Kinda friendly like, "hey, what's up guys? Want some crack?"
Post by sparklybecca on May 2, 2007 8:44:15 GMT -5
earthisbig said:
I think theres a lot of Long island inforoosters. I'm from Port Washington, go to SUNY - Stony Brook and live in Queens now.
Anyway, interesting post. I was thinking about starting a post looking for Jewish Bonnaroo goers. But I agree that at Bonnaroo we're all just music fans. Bonnaroo-vians. Bonnaroosters. Bonnaroo-ites. Whatever, we're all the same.
I've sent in my application to the Real World. So I'm hoping to hear back from that. I'm putting A LOT of my eggs into that basket, the MTV basket. I'm also thinking about getting a gun, and dealing crack. Being a crack dealer. Not like a mean crack dealer, but like... like a nice one. Kinda friendly like, "hey, what's up guys? Want some crack?"
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I'm bringing a young, black, hip-hop girl from the "hood" here in New Orleans. I am old and white. Sometimes I don't even understand what she's saying, but she is a lot of fun to hang out with. I tried to talk a couple of our rasta friends into coming, but the money and time commitment was to much for them.
My tent will be more diverse than most of Bonnaroo.
I'm bringing a young, black, hip-hop girl from the "hood" here in New Orleans. I am old and white. Sometimes I don't even understand what she's saying, but she is a lot of fun to hang out with. I tried to talk a couple of our rasta friends into coming, but the money and time commitment was to much for them.
My tent will be more diverse than most of Bonnaroo.
Post by groovelogik on May 2, 2007 15:12:28 GMT -5
I love being part of the minority, it makes me easier to spot in the crowd and people always remember me even some artists remembered me from shows and said "hello"
I think some of you are reading way too much into the racial percentages at 'Roo. It's a camping festival in the south. 99% of the people that go camping in the south are crackers. 99% of the people at any jam show are crackers. Of course roo is going to fall along those lines. I haven't witnessed any discrimination, though, most people are just there to have a good time.
I think some of you are reading way too much into the racial percentages at 'Roo. It's a camping festival in the south. 99% of the people that go camping in the south are crackers. 99% of the people at any jam show are crackers. Of course roo is going to fall along those lines. I haven't witnessed any discrimination, though, most people are just there to have a good time.
Ya know - us "crackers" mostly feel the same as African Americans feel about certain words - they are racial slurs. the easy way to discuss diversity at roo is to simply say when at Bonnaroo, we are all Bonnaroovians and some of us are Inforoosters also.
I'm white. If you get offended at the word cracker, well, good luck with whatever victimization complex you're dreaming up for yourself.
I am offended by any racial slurs against any race. It is just not right and should not be acceptable.
From Wikipedia:
Usage of the term "cracker" generally differs from "hick" and "hillbilly" because crackers reject or resist assimilation into the dominant culture, while hicks and hillbillies theoretically are isolated from the dominant culture. In this way, cracker culture is similar to redneck culture.
I live in the South, but I am not a redneck, hick or hillbilly. And I do find the term offensive.
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well thank you - but what is there now is still pretty offensive - but ya know - I can tell that I won't win the arguement with you - so I am just gonna back away.
oh cool. You guys had an amazing Quiz Bowl team this year (Yeah, I'm one of those nerds).
I played in the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge Tournament for West Virginia State Univeristy and we watched a couple of games of FAMU. They're rediculously good. Tennessee State beat them in the Championship game, but no one messes with TSU. lol
Anyone who is offended by words (WORDS, ladies and gentlmen....WORDS) are in serious need of a reality check.
Since when is the so-called "counter-culture" in need of being so politically correct anyway?
This is my issue with this - I live in the South - we are trying to heal years of racial problems. When people use these words lightly and flippantly - they do not realize the harm that is being done or the fact that they are furthering the stereotypical image of a Southerner. As I said, I am not a hick, hillbilly nor redneck. I am an intelligent, well educated person who happens to live in the South.
If it offends some people - then it should offend all people and if more people took a stand against it, it would stop.
As to the political correctness issue - for me that has nothing to do with it - it should be enough that it offends people. No different the oleander's pic being turned into Hitler - it offended her - it was removed. This offended me, dmbfanintn and oleander now - it has been removed. 'nuff said
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This may be my last post. DBMFANINTN is threatening via the mail system to ban me if I don't remove my sig about him censoring me. Which he did. And he has edited my account information twice already. So yeah. People don't like my describing MYSELF as a cracker, fine, whatever. I can deal. But strong arm tactics over it? I've taken screenshots. Is this how moderators are supposed to act?
i know at coachella, there were a few hispanics but i did not see one black person ... sad but true ... cr*****
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