YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agoVivek Ramaswamy calls Juneteenth 'useless' 2 months after posting a video celebrating itwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkVivek Ramaswamy calls Juneteenth 'useless' 2 months after posting a video celebrating itwww.nbcnews.comYoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoRamaswamy is South Asian, not black.
minus-squarequindraco@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 years agoWhat would possess you to think south Asian and black are mutually exclusive? Are you seriously suggesting Vivek would have had civil rights in Georgia in 1846? Are you seriously suggesting modern Iowans care what country your brown skin came from?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoNo, I’m suggesting he isn’t black.
minus-squarequindraco@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoAnd what color does his skin appear to you?
minus-squareEncode1307@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoBrown. Black means someone of African/African American origin
minus-squarequindraco@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoNo it doesn’t. E.g. Elon Musk is of African origin, and there are many black people of European origin. Black means someone with dark brown skin.
minus-squareEncode1307@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoYou’re really determined to keep doubling down instead of just admitting you’re wrong, aren’t you? BTW Elon is of Dutch/English origin. Not African.
minus-squaresnuffmyrooster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoThat’s right. Double down on your stupidity.
Ramaswamy is South Asian, not black.
What would possess you to think south Asian and black are mutually exclusive?
Are you seriously suggesting Vivek would have had civil rights in Georgia in 1846?
Are you seriously suggesting modern Iowans care what country your brown skin came from?
No, I’m suggesting he isn’t black.
And what color does his skin appear to you?
Brown.
Black means someone of African/African American origin
No it doesn’t. E.g. Elon Musk is of African origin, and there are many black people of European origin. Black means someone with dark brown skin.
You’re really determined to keep doubling down instead of just admitting you’re wrong, aren’t you?
BTW Elon is of Dutch/English origin. Not African.
That’s right. Double down on your stupidity.