wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Sharron Angle to Asians: I'm you
The Republican candidate for Senate in Nevada claims to be the state's first Asian American legislator. Wait, what?
blah blah blah
It's a mindboggling claim. Veteran Las Vegas political reporter Joe Ralston, who broke the story, spoke for the entire Nevada state establishment when he remarked, "That last comment, about her being called the 'first Asian legislator'? I have no idea what she is talking about." And Angle has always been publicly celebratory of her European heritage, even writing a self-published book, "Prairie Fire," about her first ancestors in this country -- German immigrants and, presumably, legal ones.
The explanation Ralston later unearthed made things clearer, if not less weird. Apparently, an unknown reporter had once told Angle that she "looked Asian." Which, by Angle's logic, was enough to support her claims of being a racial pioneer.
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Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/10/21/apop102110.DTL&ao=2#ixzz136uLuW2t
Today we are all Asian10/22/2010 1:30:53 PM |
BobbyDigital Thots and Prayers 41777 Posts user info edit post |
No, I don't drive like an idiot. 10/22/2010 1:32:04 PM |
Pikey All American 6421 Posts user info edit post |
Sometimes, I don't take my shoes off when I enter my house. 10/22/2010 1:36:02 PM |
Lumex All American 3666 Posts user info edit post |
Today we are arw Ayshan. 10/22/2010 1:37:19 PM |
jataylor All American 6652 Posts user info edit post |
my face gets red when i drink 10/22/2010 1:42:13 PM |
indy All American 3624 Posts user info edit post |
Clinton was the first black president.
also
Quote : | "The Republican candidate for Senate in Nevada claims to be the state's first Asian American legislator." |
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Quote : | "when he remarked, "That last comment, about her being called the 'first Asian legislator'?" |
[Edited on October 22, 2010 at 1:47 PM. Reason : ]10/22/2010 1:45:01 PM |
crazy_carl All American 4073 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "jimmy johnson was the first black coach at Miami" |
[Edited on October 22, 2010 at 1:54 PM. Reason : a]10/22/2010 1:53:35 PM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
^^ Wouldn't American be given since you have to be a legal citizen to be elected to office? 10/22/2010 1:56:33 PM |
BridgetSPK #1 Sir Purr Fan 31378 Posts user info edit post |
She didn't say she was Asian. She said that somebody else had called her the first Asian legislator in the Nevada state assembly.
And her reasons for making the comment are actually really, really ridiculous. She was trying to make the point to a school of Latino students that we are such a beautiful, diverse melting pot that you can't even tell people's ethnicity by looking at them (her evidence: somebody thought she was Asian). So don't worry about racism, kids...some of you don't even look Latino! 10/22/2010 2:00:06 PM |
indy All American 3624 Posts user info edit post |
^^ I was highlighting the "state's"....
also,
mosaic >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> melting pot
[Edited on October 22, 2010 at 2:03 PM. Reason : ] 10/22/2010 2:02:46 PM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
^^ Yeah, that I think is the funniest part of the whole thing. "You're not too brown so y'all aren't the ones I'm targeting in my ads, k?"
[Edited on October 22, 2010 at 2:04 PM. Reason : a] 10/22/2010 2:04:02 PM |
JTMONEYNCSU All American 24529 Posts user info edit post |
No, my penis is too big. 10/22/2010 2:06:37 PM |
BridgetSPK #1 Sir Purr Fan 31378 Posts user info edit post |
^^AHA, seriously! I can't even believe she went to go talk to the kids in the first place. Did she run any of this by somebody else first? 10/22/2010 2:14:23 PM |
Ragged All American 23473 Posts user info edit post |
I can clearly read and see therefore I do not not to squint 10/22/2010 2:18:12 PM |
sweetdi2k All American 637 Posts user info edit post |
10/22/2010 2:19:33 PM |
JBaz All American 16764 Posts user info edit post |
I'm offended of the claim she being Asian as an Asian. But honestly, you all white people look a like to me. 10/22/2010 2:20:15 PM |
justinh524 Sprots Talk Mod 27748 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "ROOK ARIKE TO ME" |
10/22/2010 2:36:18 PM |
Fermat All American 47007 Posts user info edit post |
10/22/2010 3:45:19 PM |
Spontaneous All American 27372 Posts user info edit post |
I'm CaucAsian.
IBT Cock-Asian 10/22/2010 5:18:17 PM |
toemoss All American 2950 Posts user info edit post |
To me she look asian to me
10/22/2010 5:29:19 PM |