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In reply to the discussion: If This Rich Kid Has ‘Affluenza,’ Then We’ve All Got ‘Negrobetes’ [View all]JustAnotherGen
(31,823 posts)2. I think this is the article you meant to link to . . .
http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2013/12/if_this_rich_kid_suffers_from_affluenza_we_ve_all_got_negrobetes.html
And it's funny as hell!
And it's funny as hell!
Negrobetes, a mashup of Negro and diabetes, is a disease that affects all African Americans. While it can be dormant in some and rampant in others, it runs in the blood, traced back to slavery, and cannot be transmitted from personal contact. Negrobetes is not airborne. While in very rare cases it can be deadly, it is a manageable progressive disease that, like its namesake, is categorized into two subclasses.
Type 1 sufferers of Negrobetes can manage their disease with a steady diet of highbrow literature and a solid education. In such cases, their exposure to the experiences of Type 2 Negrobetes sufferers (getting arrested at high-end department stores, random bouts of racial profiling, etc.) is rare and may be nonexistent.
For Type 2 sufferers, all cases are extremely debilitating and could result in severe injury or worse. They are usually negatively affected by a social justice system that doesn't care about their needs. They can be sensitive to a school system that is underfunded, and as a result they may have difficulties managing a working world that demands a proper education. Generally they are prescribed three to four shots of self-affirmation, positive belief and prayer. When left unmanaged, Negrobetes can be deadly.
I can hear the lawyers now: This is a clear case of Type 2 Negrobetes, your honor.
Type 1 sufferers of Negrobetes can manage their disease with a steady diet of highbrow literature and a solid education. In such cases, their exposure to the experiences of Type 2 Negrobetes sufferers (getting arrested at high-end department stores, random bouts of racial profiling, etc.) is rare and may be nonexistent.
For Type 2 sufferers, all cases are extremely debilitating and could result in severe injury or worse. They are usually negatively affected by a social justice system that doesn't care about their needs. They can be sensitive to a school system that is underfunded, and as a result they may have difficulties managing a working world that demands a proper education. Generally they are prescribed three to four shots of self-affirmation, positive belief and prayer. When left unmanaged, Negrobetes can be deadly.
I can hear the lawyers now: This is a clear case of Type 2 Negrobetes, your honor.
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If the poor want poverty to be recognized as an excuse, all they have to do
Jackpine Radical
Dec 2013
#1
Can you believe there is a comment in the reader's forum that said she did the smart thing.
Baitball Blogger
Dec 2013
#64
You can't turn an entire state upside down without the help of unethical lawyers.
Baitball Blogger
Dec 2013
#25
The judge is retiring next year. Probably to spend the payoff she got for this
CBGLuthier
Dec 2013
#16
I hope the families of the murdered victims can bring civil suit against his parents….
Tikki
Dec 2013
#46
Then this is a health crisis. We need to isolate and cure this condition immediately.
ck4829
Dec 2013
#58