Careful Girls Your Hooped Earnings Are Now Deemed Racist.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.eutimes.net/2017/10/leftists-now-say-hoop-earrings-are-cultural-appropriation/

/// Hoop earrings now join an ever-expanding list of everyday items deemed racist or offensive by the so-called “progressive” left. ///

[sp1814]

Ellipsis

Haven’t read all the posts on this thread...however, now thinking about it, I’ve got a feeling that this was the site that AOG posted a link to, when there was a discussion about the abilities of different races.

If I recall correctly, there was an article on the EU site that stated something to do with black people having smaller brains or something.

Or was it eugenics?

For the life of me, I can’t remember the specifics.

[Ellipsis]

One of these three, perhaps ...

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1498301.html

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1497584.html

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1497583.html

[Old_Geezer]

"Cultural appropriation". What a ridiculous concept. Ideas are to be shared.

[sp1814]

Spot on O_G. I think that sharing cultural signifiers is more an act of appreciation than appropriation.

When Elvis, the Rolling Stones and the Beatles played R&B, they weren't stealing it or appropriating it. They were honouring it.

Ellipsis...it wasn't one of those posts, but I can see that I used the same method for assessing sites linked to on AB (always type 'Jew' into the search box to see what kind of people are writing for the site - always works).

[anotheoldgit]

/// But, in America, the style has often been adopted by women of color in an effort to reclaim their culture and celebrate their
history. ///

Rather strange that is, when some of us in this country make an effort to try and reclaim our culture or celebrate our history, we are called racist, nationalist, and also accused of patriotism.

[anotheoldgit]

sp1814
/// (always type 'Jew' into the search box to see what kind of people are writing for the site - always works). ///

Be careful sp, one can also come up with the Labour Party.

For the record, I have nothing against Jews, I am old enough to know what they went through during WW2, and not from what I have read in the history books.

[anotheoldgit]

Ellipsis

This from the 3rd link that you supplied:

andy-hughes

Islay - //Anotheroldgit is headline grabbing again!! He is hoping that no one will read the story and find out that the unfortunate was suffering mental health problems but instead start ranting about those blooming Muslim's again!! //

In AOG's defence, he has a long and sustained history as an AB'er of highlighting news stories without comment and watching the debate unfold - and this is a further example of that way or posting.

I don't think it equates with 'headline grabbing' - merely offering a debate subject, to be taken up or not as AB'ers see fit.

[anotheoldgit]

sp1814

/// For the life of me, I can’t remember the specifics. ///

Then why bother posting accusations that you cannot even remember?

To save any false impressions of me, I would be obliged if you can come up with definite proof of what was actually said and in what context, because for the life of me I myself cannot remember making any comments regarding black people having smaller brains.

[sp1814]

AOG

This is the story you linked to:

http://www.eutimes.net/2007/08/race-the-reality-of-human-differences-book-review/

Remember it now?

You used it to justify your position that black people are intellectually inferior to white people.

I’m sure you will remember my response.

[sp1814]

General point - what do you make of the EU Times’ hatred of Jews?

[Kromovaracun]

God, four people had a pointless whinge that nobody listened to.

What a non-story.

[anotheoldgit]

sp1814

No I still don't remember, all you have supplied me with is EUTimes text from a book written by
Authors Vincent Sarich, emeritus professor of anthropology at Berkeley and Frank Miele, senior editor of Skeptic magazine.

You still have not provided me with any proof where I have said that blacks have smaller brains than whites, I leave such controversial discoveries to the experts.

[anotheoldgit]

sp1814

/// General point - what do you make of the EU Times’ hatred of Jews? ///

Not being an avid reader of the EU Times, I would not know.

But seeing that you are, or you would not know about their hatred towards Jews, then perhaps you would care to start up a thread of your own on the subject, it could prove interesting.

[sp1814]

AOG

The only time I’ve read anything on the EU Times is when you’ve posted links to it.

I don’t particularly like anti-Jewish sentiments.

[sp1814]

I’m beginning to remember the thread you posted.

You did nothing t say that black people had smaller brains (that’s alluded to in the link you provided).

No - you said that different races had different qualities and that black people Harv lower IQs than white people and were intellectually inferior, but physically superior.

Then you posted the link.

[anotheoldgit]

sp1814

We still only have your word for it, I ask you again please supply the proof and the context in which I am accused of saying it?

Or perhaps you could start a thread on it's own regarding the differences between different races?

[Ellipsis]

> I don't think it equates with 'headline grabbing' - merely offering a debate subject, to be taken up or not as AB'ers see fit.

AOG, I think it's good how you pick headlines out of papers like the DM (even though I don't particularly like the DM) and create a discussion around it.

However, the EU Times is not really suitable material for discussing. It's not biased like the DM or the (opposite way) Guardian. It's biased more like Mein Kampf, and linking to it is not in anybody's interests really, including yours.