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Wow...the ignorance in this country.
2004-01-09, 11:13 AM #1
So I am sitting at work right? My boss is walking out telling everyone to have a safe weekend and to be careful and she will see everyone on Monday. Well one of my co-workers goes: "Wait we won't be here Monday", so everyone was like "Huh, why not". He goes on to say "But wait, I thought Monday was a Black Holiday. Ok now there are two stupid things in his two phrases. First..he couldn't even get Martin Luther King Jr. Day correct. Second...he called it a black holiday. I can deal with some ignorance..but I just dont...have tolerance for that. Mind you, and anyone who is from Louisiana would know, he is some stuck up, rich, redneck wanna be white kid from Lafayette...

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2004-01-09, 11:20 AM #2
I've never heard of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, must be an american holiday...

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2004-01-09, 11:22 AM #3
Yeah, that's .. um.. pretty bad. For someone who like lives here and all...

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2004-01-09, 11:30 AM #4
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by TheJkWhoSaysNi:
I've never heard of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, must be an american holiday...

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Its understandable for you not to be very knowledgable of the holiday from being overseas. In short, Martin Luther King Jr is probably one of the most important African American figures of our time. I am not good with dates, but he was prominent during the 1960 years.


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2004-01-09, 11:58 AM #5
Doesn't really suprise me that there are people like that around.

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2004-01-09, 12:13 PM #6
I have the worst time remembering things like that. I can never remember President's Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, MLK Jr. Day, and there are probably some I'm forgetting.

I think I do well enough as it is remembering my family's birthdays, Christmas, New Year's, and 4th of July.

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2004-01-09, 12:15 PM #7
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Ubuu:

Its understandable for you not to be very knowledgable of the holiday from being overseas. In short, Martin Luther King Jr is probably one of the most important African American figures of our time. I am not good with dates, but he was prominent during the 1960 years.


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Oh I know of Martin Luther King Jr, I just wasn't aware he had his own holiday [http://forums.massassi.net/html/smile.gif]


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2004-01-09, 12:35 PM #8
Ubuu, you're the one who asked if Stalin was German. I mean.. yeah, your boss sounds like a dumbass, but ignorance is a little more common than you'd like to believe.
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2004-01-09, 1:09 PM #9
Eh, isn't Martin Luther King Jr. day a black holiday? Like the guy said above, he was a very important "african american" figure.

Atleast he has a holiday, there is no Cesear Chavez day. And even if there was, i wouldn't get all pissy about somebody calling it a mexican holiday, cuz it would be a mexican holiday.

I don't expect people of other races to really care about somebody who fought for Mexican rights, but I d4mn sure expect the Mexicans to care.

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2004-01-09, 1:20 PM #10
Ignorance is bliss. But not that kind.

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2004-01-09, 1:27 PM #11
Yeah, but why would you have MLK, Jr. Day off? I normally would because I have a federal job. Do you work in government, Ubuu?

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2004-01-09, 1:27 PM #12
if ignorance is bliss why are ppl so misurable


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2004-01-09, 2:05 PM #13
Public schools get money from the government, and colleges get money from private organizations if they take the day off. I'm sure at least some, though, take the day off in actual remembrance of the guy.

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2004-01-09, 2:10 PM #14
Its okay if he just forgot the date...but he forgot the name??!?! How can you forget Martin Luther King Jr.??

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2004-01-09, 2:13 PM #15
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Wolfy:
I'm sure at least some, though, take the day off in actual remembrance of the guy.</font>


Doubtful unless it is a business that can afford to be nonproductive.

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2004-01-09, 2:14 PM #16
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by SM_Sith_Lord:
Eh, isn't Martin Luther King Jr. day a black holiday? Like the guy said above, he was a very important "african american" figure.


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He was black, yes. But his views changed all of america (and the world), not just black people.

Too bad we don't have that holiday in canada :/

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2004-01-09, 2:17 PM #17
How come white people don't get a holiday? [http://forums.massassi.net/html/frown.gif]

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2004-01-09, 2:20 PM #18
Veteran's day, I guess? [http://forums.massassi.net/html/tongue.gif]

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2004-01-09, 2:54 PM #19
lol Correction. Its a well known fact that the US military is made up of nothing but white people.

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2004-01-09, 2:56 PM #20
Well veteran's day is as much a white people's holiday as MLK day is a black person's holiday... [http://forums.massassi.net/html/wink.gif]

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2004-01-09, 3:10 PM #21
Actually, many of the veterans we're supposedly remembering on Veteran's Day -should- be the black ones. The ones that got sent in to do the most dangerous missions back when it was okay to segregate like that.
2004-01-09, 3:10 PM #22
Yeah Vinny. Where's our WET (White Entertainment Channel) to counter the BET (Black Entertainment Channel).

J/K. Anyways, yeah, he's kinda stupid not to remember the name. I mean, I think everybody has heard of Martin Luther King Jr.

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2004-01-09, 3:25 PM #23
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by mscbuck:
Yeah Vinny. Where's our WET (White Entertainment Channel) to counter the BET (Black Entertainment Channel).

J/K. Anyways, yeah, he's kinda stupid not to remember the name. I mean, I think everybody has heard of Martin Luther King Jr.

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that would be seen as racist [http://forums.massassi.net/html/rolleyes.gif]



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2004-01-09, 3:32 PM #24
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Brian:
Actually, many of the veterans we're supposedly remembering on Veteran's Day -should- be the black ones. The ones that got sent in to do the most dangerous missions back when it was okay to segregate like that.</font>


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2004-01-09, 3:54 PM #25
So I don't have school on monday?

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2004-01-09, 3:56 PM #26
about veterans day, that's a double edged sword. Many of the African American and Japanese American soldiers in world war 2 were eager to (and even as far back as the civil war in the case of the freed slaves) volunteered to do tougher missions because they wanted to earn the respect they deserved (and eventually became the best at it). There are also some noticeable occasions during the civil war when the north lost battles because commanders feared to put the black troops out front, even though they were the best (because of political calucations and not wanted to appear to be casual about their lives).

Veterans day is about all the veterans, but minorities have often fought harder and better because they felt they needed to for whatever reasons.
2004-01-09, 3:57 PM #27
. . . why do I even try? ¬.¬

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2004-01-09, 4:06 PM #28
i guess they jsut didn't get the fact that you were saying that both holidays were non-segregated. sure, MLK Jr. was black, but we was for the civil rights movement, which encompased all of the segregated people, and while african americans are the largest part of that, there were a hell of alot more people then just them that were segregated. he fought for all of them.

Also, on veterans day, the reason that its called veteran's day and not armistace(sp?) day, as it used to, is because we celebrate all people who put thier lives on the line in order to protect our country. any person who wants to put a color to the people that should be celebrated most is being racist. you dont have to be a certain color to love and serve your contry.

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2004-01-09, 4:08 PM #29
Ok, I admit I don't keep track of Martin Luther King Jr. day. Then again, I don't know the precise date of Easter either.

Still, as I understand it, what pissed you off was that he implied it was "just a black holiday."

I don't think referring to him as "just a redneck white kid from Lafayette" elevates you above him much.
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2004-01-09, 4:37 PM #30
boo - yah!

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2004-01-09, 4:43 PM #31
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Correction:
Well veteran's day is as much a white people's holiday as MLK day is a black person's holiday... [http://forums.massassi.net/html/wink.gif]

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... You essentially just spat on every black and hispanic who died fighting for you. That's something worse than ignorance.
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2004-01-09, 4:45 PM #32
please, read my post. while i'm sure Correction is perfectly capable of defending himself, i think i already explained it, so i'll save him the trouble.

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2004-01-09, 4:53 PM #33
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Ubuu:
Mind you, and anyone who is from Louisiana would know, he is some stuck up, rich, redneck wanna be white kid from Lafayette...</font>


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2004-01-09, 4:54 PM #34
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Wolfy:

I think I do well enough as it is remembering my family's birthdays, Christmas, New Year's, and 4th of July.

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well if you can't remember when the 4th of July is then you are in trouble



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2004-01-10, 6:29 PM #35
Sine, it was a co worker, not my boss...She called him and told him to apologie

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2004-01-10, 6:36 PM #36
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">... You essentially just spat on every black and hispanic who died fighting for you. That's something worse than ignorance.


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You're one of the most level-headed people around here, but you just took him completely and entirely wrong.

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2004-01-10, 6:49 PM #37
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">You're one of the most level-headed people around here, but you just took him completely and entirely wrong.</font>


.... Veteran's Day isn't a reference to white veterans only. It's all men and women who have served our nation's military, regardless of ethnicity or race.

Ergo, Correction's the one who is horridly off base.


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2004-01-10, 6:56 PM #38
Whoa kids, time to take a step back from the thread.

I think the distint "... -wink" in corrections post indicated fairly strongy that he was being funny, aka not serious.

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2004-01-10, 7:38 PM #39
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Firefox:
.... Veteran's Day isn't a reference to white veterans only. It's all men and women who have served our nation's military, regardless of ethnicity or race.

Ergo, Correction's the one who is horridly off base.


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Wasn't it a sarcastic joke? Maybe in poor taste, but the wink didn't exactly make him seem all that serious.

Martin Luther King Jr. wasn't just a supporter of African Americans. He wanted all races to have equal rights. It's not as if he was against white people. He wanted white and black people to realize that we are on the same side. (Being humans, that is.)
2004-01-10, 7:40 PM #40
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Wasn't it a sarcastic joke? Maybe in poor taste, but the wink didn't exactly make him seem all that serious.</font>


You mean something along the lines of "Those Jews deserved to die. All of them! [http://forums.massassi.net/html/wink.gif]"

Sorry, sometimes it doesn't fly.


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