 osirisascend
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
 2844 Posts
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Friday, October 12, 2012 4:14:32 PM
Almost everyone in my family can swim. Two of my cousins competed at the collegiate level.
I live a few blocks from an olympic-sized municipal swimming pool that is primarily used by African-Americans and Puerto Ricans. I see plenty of good swimmers there... not a single white face in the bunch.
Stereotype fail. |
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 tyger9575
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
298 Posts
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Thursday, October 11, 2012 10:07:24 AM
I think YOU'RE the ignorant, small-minded, racist. Pretty sure that doesn't make a racist. It just makes you a brain-dead @sshole! Congrats, dumb$hit! |
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 ferdyfred
Male, 40-49, Europe
5554 Posts
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 11:38:09 PM
?? |
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 penguinazul
Female, 18-29, Southern US
472 Posts
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 9:13:20 PM
My thought was, "Look there's a really dark black guy amongst all the white people. Doesn't he stand out!"
Is that racist? |
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 Zed68
Male, 40-49, Europe
404 Posts
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 3:52:59 PM
"Meh ?" |
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 ssalty
Male, 60-69, Western US
100 Posts
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 3:40:19 PM
I graduated in 1966. It was a medium sized school and never segregated. There was one black guy in it. He wasn't athletically inclined because he was too cool (I said it was the mid 60's!) but we got along and two summers later he got me a job with his dad's night shift janitorial crew -- all black.
The pic is not racist. FAIL!! |
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 chuckleboy
Male, 50-59, Eastern US
125 Posts
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 1:44:56 PM
More interesting is that the chick in the second row, second from the left, is actually a dude with long hair in a woman's bathing suit. |
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jeanpaul91
Male, 18-29, Europe
128 Posts
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 1:10:41 PM
Well technically you don't do much swimming in a dive so... |
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jeremy562
Male, 30-39, Western US
53 Posts
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 9:50:24 AM
its racist to think "why is he in the swimming team if he can't swim?" ... |
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 patchgrabber
Male, 30-39, Canada
5283 Posts
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 6:52:54 AM
Am I the only one that thinks it looks like the black guy is rubbing one out? |
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 GhettoNinja
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
889 Posts
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 5:53:57 AM
@landogriffin
Agreed. This has to be among the most assinine pictures posted yet. The racism lies with the poster and their choice of tag lines.
What next? A picture of a white guy not jumping high? A jewish guy taking an economics class? Maybe an Asian person driving?
Then you can call us all racist for your posting of the picture.
It amazes me what crap will be run on here. Half of it is reposted from aeons ago and the other half is thinly veiled racism.
Should change the title of the page to "I am bored so here is a picture with racial conotations" |
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 ChainsawNbud
Male, 40-49, Southern US
714 Posts
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 5:45:56 AM
what is racist about noticing first that 'hey there's only one black person in this picture'?
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 safety_pinup
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
18 Posts
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 5:08:59 AM
I guess its true... white people do all look the same. |
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 HI-haole
Male, 18-29, Western US
535 Posts
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 1:33:14 AM
@lostinkorea...
You got my vote... I agree 100...
As for OLDA$$... I personally don't agree with about 90% of what he says on here... It tends to be either racist or misconstrued given his age and all... |
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 lostinkorea
Female, 30-39, Europe
3620 Posts
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 1:12:57 AM
I swim, deep sea dive, snorkel....
I don't get it; oh yea, more white people being racist. GOT IT. You keep being you OLDA$$, sorry, OLDOLLIE. |
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 auburnjunky
Male, 30-39, Southern US
8695 Posts
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 12:31:19 AM
"Well technically you don't do much swimming in a dive so..."
Yep. You dive in, and hope to float to the sides... |
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 LandoGriffin
Male, 30-39, Western US
4266 Posts
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Tuesday, October 09, 2012 11:54:41 PM
What is it that I was supposed to think that makes me racist? Is it that the black kid is in the corner, so he is being marginalized both literally and figuratively?
Scanning the comments to see if I can figure it out: BLACK PEOPLE CAN'T SWIM! None of you know the "black people can't swim" stereotype?
Actually, no, I did not know that stereotype. The US swim team has three outstanding black swimmers, Cullen Jones and Anthony Ervin on the men's team and Lia Neal on the women's team.
Even former pro football player Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson, an all around great athlete, says he could have gone pro in soccer or swimming, the other two sports he played in addition to football, had he focused on one of those sports instead |
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 Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
25652 Posts
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Tuesday, October 09, 2012 11:51:59 PM
Some of those girls are pretty hefty to be "athletes".
Maybe they compete in the harpooning competition? |
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jeanpaul91
Male, 18-29, Europe
128 Posts
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Tuesday, October 09, 2012 11:06:04 PM
Well technically you don't do much swimming in a dive so... |
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 mykunter
Male, 40-49, Southern US
1586 Posts
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Tuesday, October 09, 2012 7:54:15 PM
OldOllie wins!
Kids, that is how evolution works. Some day, blacks with also dominate swimming... |
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 OldOllie
Male, 50-59, Midwest US
8742 Posts
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Tuesday, October 09, 2012 7:38:27 PM
Katrina survivor. |
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 Viking864
Male, 40-49, Southern US
817 Posts
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Tuesday, October 09, 2012 7:37:15 PM
I think some people have no concept of racism. |
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 skypirate
Male, 18-29, Western US
1786 Posts
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Tuesday, October 09, 2012 7:32:25 PM
its more of a bobby hill situation. dont work hard enough and you'll be replaced. |
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 mjy34222
Male, 50-59, Southern US
24 Posts
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Tuesday, October 09, 2012 7:29:18 PM
What??? |
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Andrew155
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
1069 Posts
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Tuesday, October 09, 2012 7:27:09 PM
I was a lifeguard. The black guy who trained me to be a lifeguard said the stereotype is true, though. But it's mostly because most black people live in inner-cities where there are no good pools. He was an excellent swimmer, though. |
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