YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoVivek Ramaswamy calls Juneteenth 'useless' 2 months after posting a video celebrating itwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1140arrow-down17
arrow-up1133arrow-down1external-linkVivek Ramaswamy calls Juneteenth 'useless' 2 months after posting a video celebrating itwww.nbcnews.comYoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square53fedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up40arrow-down1·1 year agoRamaswamy is South Asian, not black.
minus-squareToribor@corndog.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·1 year agoMost Republicans aren’t interested in the distinction.
minus-squarequindracolinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down37·edit-21 year agoWhat would possess you to think south Asian and black are mutually exclusive? Are you seriously suggesting Vivek would have had civil rights in Georgia in 1846? Are you seriously suggesting modern Iowans care what country your brown skin came from?
minus-squarefunkpandemic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up25·1 year agoThey’re suggesting that he’s not black
minus-squaresnuffmyrooster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down1·1 year agoThat’s right. Double down on your stupidity.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·1 year agoNo, I’m suggesting he isn’t black.
minus-squarequindracolinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down18·1 year agoAnd what color does his skin appear to you?
minus-squareEncode1307linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoBrown. Black means someone of African/African American origin
minus-squarequindracolinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down15·1 year agoNo it doesn’t. E.g. Elon Musk is of African origin, and there are many black people of European origin. Black means someone with dark brown skin.
minus-squareEncode1307linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoYou’re really determined to keep doubling down instead of just admitting you’re wrong, aren’t you? BTW Elon is of Dutch/English origin. Not African.
minus-squarequindracolinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·edit-21 year agoElon Musk was born in South Africa. All modern humans are ultimately of African origin. Any other “origin” choice for Elon is an arbitrary social construct without biological meaning. You’re really determined to be wrong yourself, but enjoy your racism, I guess.
minus-squarePRUSSIA_x86@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoBeing black and not having civil rights in the mid 19th century are not the same thing.
minus-squarequindracolinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down15·1 year agoYou may have lost the thread; I’m accusing Vivek of hypocrisy over Juneteenth and you’re defending him, remember?
minus-squarefunkpandemic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoNobody is defending this man in this thread, you need to touch grass bro.
Ramaswamy is South Asian, not black.
Most Republicans aren’t interested in the distinction.
Exactly.
What would possess you to think south Asian and black are mutually exclusive?
Are you seriously suggesting Vivek would have had civil rights in Georgia in 1846?
Are you seriously suggesting modern Iowans care what country your brown skin came from?
They’re suggesting that he’s not black
That’s right. Double down on your stupidity.
No, I’m suggesting he isn’t black.
And what color does his skin appear to you?
Brown.
Black means someone of African/African American origin
No it doesn’t. E.g. Elon Musk is of African origin, and there are many black people of European origin. Black means someone with dark brown skin.
You’re really determined to keep doubling down instead of just admitting you’re wrong, aren’t you?
BTW Elon is of Dutch/English origin. Not African.
Elon Musk was born in South Africa. All modern humans are ultimately of African origin. Any other “origin” choice for Elon is an arbitrary social construct without biological meaning.
You’re really determined to be wrong yourself, but enjoy your racism, I guess.
Being black and not having civil rights in the mid 19th century are not the same thing.
You may have lost the thread; I’m accusing Vivek of hypocrisy over Juneteenth and you’re defending him, remember?
Nobody is defending this man in this thread, you need to touch grass bro.
They’re suggesting you’re stupid.