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"English" is a race?

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Re: "English" is a race?

Post by Jason » Tue Apr 30, 2013 1:18 am

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Re: "English" is a race?

Post by JimC » Tue Apr 30, 2013 1:23 am

It's a race to the finish!

Beat those sheep-shaggers!

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Post by FBM » Tue Apr 30, 2013 1:25 am

Who's winning?
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Re: "English" is a race?

Post by SteveB » Tue Apr 30, 2013 2:24 am

Yah, that's racist. Mildly racist. Just because it's a, historically speaking, "privileged" race does not make it not racist.
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Re: "English" is a race?

Post by rachelbean » Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:02 am

No, but either is "black"...
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:04 am

SteveB wrote:Yah, that's racist. Mildly racist. Just because it's a, historically speaking, "privileged" race does not make it not racist.
I disagree. "English" is a nationality. (Okay, and an aberration.)
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Post by Clinton Huxley » Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:06 am

English is not a race, its the finishing line.
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Re: "English" is a race?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:07 am

Clinton Huxley wrote:English is not a race, its the finishing line.
I agree with the finished part. :coffee:
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Post by En_Route » Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:29 am

The court was clearly correct in its finding that the term English constitutes a grievous insult.
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Re: "English" is a race?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:31 am

En_Route wrote:The court was clearly correct in its finding that the term English constitutes a grievous insult.
Well, yeah.
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Re: "English" is a race?

Post by Rum » Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:41 am

This isn't a black and white issue..
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Re: "English" is a race?

Post by PsychoSerenity » Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:47 am

Clinton Huxley wrote:English is not a race, its the finishing line.
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Re: "English" is a race?

Post by Svartalf » Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:52 am

Clinton Huxley wrote:English is not a race, its the finishing line.
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Re: "English" is a race?

Post by Audley Strange » Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:37 am

I thought it was a language.
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