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**Gubocang** · 04-14-2012, 02:19 AM

Sometimes I get this feeling that many americans think that knowledge and culture are transmited genetically. Sort of like that Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan character who starts speaking english even when he was surrounded by chimps his whole life just cause his parents were anglo lol.

I have observed that in the US, any kind of word that denotes or hints race has to be racist no matter what.

It's not the entire US, far from it, but mainly liberals and a subset of douchy minorities who are butthurt by a sense of exclusion. As has been explained in the Latin American examples, much depends on the context. You can also see the pattern in people with mixed ancestry, picking and choosing which ones they want to claim, based on their personal and political views, or whether they feel accepted or rejected by other descendants of said ancestors. Overall anybody who is a native born or naturalized US citizen is American, no shit. People talking out of both sides of their mouths, claiming a homogenous nationality while projecting their personal insecurities into social constructs that divide people.

04-14-2012, 02:19 AM	#24
Gubocang Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 468 Senior Member	Sometimes I get this feeling that many americans think that knowledge and culture are transmited genetically. Sort of like that Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan character who starts speaking english even when he was surrounded by chimps his whole life just cause his parents were anglo lol. I have observed that in the US, any kind of word that denotes or hints race has to be racist no matter what. It's not the entire US, far from it, but mainly liberals and a subset of douchy minorities who are butthurt by a sense of exclusion. As has been explained in the Latin American examples, much depends on the context. You can also see the pattern in people with mixed ancestry, picking and choosing which ones they want to claim, based on their personal and political views, or whether they feel accepted or rejected by other descendants of said ancestors. Overall anybody who is a native born or naturalized US citizen is American, no shit. People talking out of both sides of their mouths, claiming a homogenous nationality while projecting their personal insecurities into social constructs that divide people.
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