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In reply to the discussion: Who are we, really? [View all]

Quayblue

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12. K&R
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 08:47 PM
Mar 2016

A colleague of mine made a nasty joke at my previous job when the Ebola crisis was occurring. A client of his had given him a model Senegalese fishing boat, and he was giggling, saying he should perhaps throw it away. I flat out told him, "It's not funny, and it goes to show hardly anyone gives a shit about Africans."

Probably why they booted my ass on outta there.

Africa is ignored, unless there's some resources someone can go in and pillage. From humans to jewels...

Who are we, really? [View all] MrScorpio Mar 2016 OP
Excellent point. xfundy Mar 2016 #1
When the victims are white Coolest Ranger Mar 2016 #2
+1 YoungDemCA Mar 2016 #11
K&R Scuba Mar 2016 #3
K&R ismnotwasm Mar 2016 #4
Yup. Digital Puppy Mar 2016 #5
Millions have died in the eastern Congo .... kwassa Mar 2016 #6
You tell no lies JustAnotherGen Mar 2016 #8
K&R brer cat Mar 2016 #7
Word. n/t Kind of Blue Mar 2016 #9
The direct consequence of seeing black and brown people as less than human YoungDemCA Mar 2016 #10
Human Hierarchy of Value... OneGrassRoot Mar 2016 #17
K&R Quayblue Mar 2016 #12
I can do one better. A woman, white, late 40s, in my office was laughing at the "joke" her 13-year Number23 Mar 2016 #14
unfortunately, you did me one better smh Quayblue Mar 2016 #15
Our language reinforces this absurd indifference toward the lives of non whites. Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #16
What a horrible thing to say. wildeyed Mar 2016 #18
TELL IT. I have been saying the same thing for as long as I can remember Number23 Mar 2016 #13
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