Also, Dude, don't read the Breitbart comments President Barack Obama took yet another move to divide America Friday, signing a bill that strikes outdated language like "Oriental" and "Negro" from federal laws. The bill, one of seven new laws Obama signed, was authored by Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), who issued a statement saying, “The term ‘Oriental’ has no place in federal law and at long last this insulting and outdated term will be gone for good.”
OT: I know my Prime Minister isn't perfect (he did shove a fellow female MP on camera a few days ago), but he does stuff like this to help make up for it: Canada’s PM apologies to its Sikh communities for the Komagata Maru incidenthttp://religiousreader.org/...
"Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has apologised in parliament for an incident that took place in 1914. It makes good of an eight year promise to Canada’s Sikh communities.
"The Komagata Maru incident began on May 23, 1914 when a Japanese steamship attempted to dock in Vancouver. It had departed Hong Kong a month earlier. Of the 376 passengers aboard, 340 were Sikh, 12 were Hindu and 24 Muslims from India – also subjects of the British Empire.
"A Canadian law passed in 1908 prevented the Komagata Maru from docking. Political pressure to pass this legislation came from a variety of sources. Some workers’ unions were concerned that immigration would depress wages and lower job security. Racist ideologues lobbied for a ‘whites only’ Canada. Just a year earlier, Vancouver had seen anti-Asian riots against Chinese and Japanese communities. It resulted in $36,000 in property damage.
The entire incident is a sad chapter in human history, and while this apology does nothing to right that despicable wrong, I would like to think Canada has learned from this and created one of the most diverse and strongest nations on this planet.
Who does Obama think he is, the Texas Board of Education? Now, back to my state issued textbook so I can read about the generous native Americans and happy workers from Africa who Ronnie Raygun personally saved from Russian Communists during the cold war.
In 1978, I went into the Seattle Public Library and went through their card catalogue and scratched out all the references to (Deaf) and Dumb
I could not believe that was still 'current'. I was completing training to be a sign language interpreter; to be honest, I felt like I was defacing the library but I was carrying the fight to the streets.
I don't know, personally I don't have much patience with the euphemism treadmill. I, for one, was unaware that Oriental was derogatory, but everyone used asian-american or asian when I was growing up. My SJW quotient is pretty high, but sometimes the language police can be tiresome.
Having just gotten through the airport I m feeling her call👺
Couldn't it be Orientalians?
OT: I know my Prime Minister isn't perfect (he did shove a fellow female MP on camera a few days ago), but he does stuff like this to help make up for it: Canada’s PM apologies to its Sikh communities for the Komagata Maru incidenthttp://religiousreader.org/...
"Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has apologised in parliament for an incident that took place in 1914. It makes good of an eight year promise to Canada’s Sikh communities.
"The Komagata Maru incident began on May 23, 1914 when a Japanese steamship attempted to dock in Vancouver. It had departed Hong Kong a month earlier. Of the 376 passengers aboard, 340 were Sikh, 12 were Hindu and 24 Muslims from India – also subjects of the British Empire.
"A Canadian law passed in 1908 prevented the Komagata Maru from docking. Political pressure to pass this legislation came from a variety of sources. Some workers’ unions were concerned that immigration would depress wages and lower job security. Racist ideologues lobbied for a ‘whites only’ Canada. Just a year earlier, Vancouver had seen anti-Asian riots against Chinese and Japanese communities. It resulted in $36,000 in property damage.
The entire incident is a sad chapter in human history, and while this apology does nothing to right that despicable wrong, I would like to think Canada has learned from this and created one of the most diverse and strongest nations on this planet.
deport first or wall first? He might change his mind several times that first week.
Sure, but can we at least draw lines between Mainland Chinese, Taiwanese, and Hong Kongers?
Assuming there exists access to someone with power of proofreading
Sounds like you have seen The Light. May you shine it forth.....
I'll settle for a well-executed Huracan Rana (pic not of an actual Huracan Rana, I'm aware)
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"Sincerely held beliefs", I believe is the justifier.
Nah, they just "stand their ground" like that Zimmerman bro.
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You can't prove that "the Irish thrive on abuse," because first you'd have to find a period in history when the Irish weren't abused.
Who does Obama think he is, the Texas Board of Education? Now, back to my state issued textbook so I can read about the generous native Americans and happy workers from Africa who Ronnie Raygun personally saved from Russian Communists during the cold war.
Or asshole mountain, because, Phoenix. Also tourists never bring water on that hike
In 1978, I went into the Seattle Public Library and went through their card catalogue and scratched out all the references to (Deaf) and Dumb
I could not believe that was still 'current'. I was completing training to be a sign language interpreter; to be honest, I felt like I was defacing the library but I was carrying the fight to the streets.
I don't know, personally I don't have much patience with the euphemism treadmill. I, for one, was unaware that Oriental was derogatory, but everyone used asian-american or asian when I was growing up. My SJW quotient is pretty high, but sometimes the language police can be tiresome.