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African American

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts) Fri Mar 6, 2015, 09:46 PM Mar 2015

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My comment in an inter-racial group discussion ...

Me: I would hate to be a poor white people these days.

Other Person: Why ... We still have privilege!

Me: Yeah ... But you are a lot like dolphins in a tuna hunt. You are the unintended victims of widely cast nets.

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My comment in an inter-racial group discussion ... (Original Post) 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 OP

Not all that wonderful being a tuna either. Jackpine Radical Mar 2015 #1

something sounds fishy here guillaumeb Mar 2015 #2

Pretty sharp, there! Be careful, you might cut yourself with that rapier wit!* freshwest Mar 2015 #3

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)

1. Not all that wonderful being a tuna either.

Reply to 1StrongBlackMan (Original post)

Fri Mar 6, 2015, 10:05 PM

Mar 2015

Anyway, that "unintended" part is perhaps open to debate.

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)

2. something sounds fishy here

Reply to 1StrongBlackMan (Original post)

Fri Mar 6, 2015, 10:10 PM

Mar 2015

whale of a pun, eh?

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

3. Pretty sharp, there! Be careful, you might cut yourself with that rapier wit!*

Reply to 1StrongBlackMan (Original post)

Sat Mar 7, 2015, 02:20 PM

Mar 2015

Don't mind me, I've been waiting to use that expression for years...

*Rapier Wit:

A sharp intellect, making points so deadly they are like a french rapier sword in fencing duels.

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