Why is it always about culture?

[Atman]

This is a great read.
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https://thsppl.com/its-not-about-race-fb140bac8f1#.5152yqdvw

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"I speak with a lot of emotion,” I said, “and sometimes that emotion is anger. That should be allowed, because anger is a valid response to oppression. I’m not angry at you as an individual, but at a system of injustice.”

>snip<

Now there is a heck of a lot of subtext there, and I really want you to understand it. But I need to lay a bit of foundation. So we’re going to step back in time a bit so I can explain how a guy beating up his cousin a thousand years ago still affects how we act differently in the dining room.

A long time ago, there was this French cat named William.

One day, he jumped in a boat with a few hundred of his buddies and crossed the English Channel to pick a fight. That was when Norman France conquered Anglo-Saxon England.

Now when you conquer a people, you gotta make damn sure they know you’re in charge. One of the best ways to do that is to make them speak your language. So French became the official language in England. Royalty spoke it, lawmakers spoke it. English was even outlawed in some areas. The French said their language was refined, proper, and that Anglo-Saxon was a crude, vulgar language of the unwashed rabble.

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[annabanana]

1. "their language was refined, proper, and that Anglo-Saxon was a crude, vulgar language"

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And THAT was when four letter words became "dirty".

fornicate (French) not fuck (Anglo-Saxon)
urinate (French) not piss (Anglo-Saxon)
defecate (French) not shit (Anglo-Saxon)

etc. etc

That said, please follow the link and read the article. It is well written and to the point.

[Warren DeMontague]

4. people need to remember that the symbolic representation of the thing is not the thing itself.

rinse. repeat.

[Odin2005]

2. This is a great article!

[Atman]

3. I'm kind of surprised this sank so fast in the context of our current situations in Tulsa and NC

Just sayin'. I know it wasn't the most compelling sub line, but this really is an excellent article.

[Wounded Bear]

5. Good stuff!

Tied together well, and pretty spot on.