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kokonut said:
Meaning?
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Meaning they weren't the ones being segregated and oppressed. They could go where they wanted, sit where they wanted, eat where they wanted, and even go to the bathroom where they wanted. They did not have rights denied to them because of the color of their skin.
 
Reba said:
Segregation and denial of civil rights is bad for everyone.
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But much worse on those being segregated and denied civil rights, wouldn't you agree? After all, they are the ones experiencing the hardship.
 
Waterboy said:
Publications stick to the accepted style for that type of publication. That is why when an article is submitted, it has to be formatted in the style the publication uses. Everything in that specific publication is written in the same format. The format that is accepted for that type of publication. Otherwise, there would not be so many different formats for different types of publications.
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Unless there is an exception for a specific reason. In those cases, you will notice a note from the editor, usually in italics at the beginning of the piece, explaining the exception.

What experience do you have working for a publication?
 
Waterboy said:
Meaning they weren't the ones being segregated and oppressed. They could go where they wanted, sit where they wanted, eat where they wanted, and even go to the bathroom where they wanted. They did not have rights denied to them because of the color of their skin.
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Doesn't make any sense with that comment back there.
 
Reba said:
Unless there is an exception for a specific reason. In those cases, you will notice a note from the editor, usually in italics at the beginning of the piece, explaining the exception.

What experience do you have working for a publication?
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Can you show me an example of where a newspaper has made that exception and explained that an article was published in say, Chicago style instead of AP?

You don't have to work for a publication to know that newspapers use AP style, medical journals use AMA style, general publications use MLA style, and so forth. And each style has its own rules about capitalization of certain things, and the way things are formatted.
 
kokonut said:
Doesn't make any sense with that comment back there.
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Makes a lot of sense. Think about who experienced the negatives. Who was the hardship forced on? Who had their rights restricted and were told where they could sit or where they could eat or where they could wash their hands?
 
Waterboy said:
Meaning they weren't the ones being segregated and oppressed. They could go where they wanted, sit where they wanted, eat where they wanted, and even go to the bathroom where they wanted. They did not have rights denied to them because of the color of their skin.
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Not exactly. White people couldn't use the restricted "colored" facilities either. They couldn't invite their black friends to places they wanted to go together.

Segregation and oppression brings no real joy to anyone.
 
Reba said:
Not exactly. White people couldn't use the restricted "colored" facilities either. They couldn't invite their black friends to places they wanted to go together.

Segregation and oppression brings no real joy to anyone.
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Totally true, my father had experience when he lived in Georgia during 1950's and 1960's.
 
Waterboy said:
But much worse on those being segregated and denied civil rights, wouldn't you agree? After all, they are the ones experiencing the hardship.
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Worse, yes. Good for anyone? No.
 
Waterboy said:
Makes a lot of sense. Think about who experienced the negatives. Who was the hardship forced on? Who had their rights restricted and were told where they could sit or where they could eat or where they could wash their hands?
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No sense at all. I know about the history but your comment back there made no iota sense.
 
Waterboy said:
Bad for those being segregated and denied their civil rights. It is where the whole concept of white privilege comes from. The fact that whites have never had to consider where they were allowed to sit or what drinking fountain they could use. They never had to worry about getting lynched because they didn't cast their eyes down when passing by a white woman. They never have to think about how they will be perceived or treated based on the color of their skin. There are still things that Black people, even successful, professional Black people living in well to do neigborhoods have to teach their children about the way American society works that white people never even think about at all. They don't think about it because they don't have to think about it.
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Neither do you.
 
Waterboy said:
But much worse on those being segregated and denied civil rights, wouldn't you agree? After all, they are the ones experiencing the hardship.
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Is this going to be your reparations argument? Me, and many folks my age, had nothing at all to do with segregation. The folks my parents age, fought against segregation. The only effective way to defeat segregation was when liberty minded folks came "together" and fought it "together".

Your arguments are very divisive and you sound like a crab.
 
Waterboy said:
Can you show me an example of where a newspaper has made that exception and explained that an article was published in say, Chicago style instead of AP?
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If I had time to waste searching newspapers on-line, sure. You've got to be kidding if you think I'm going to do that.

I've never lied about anything I've posted. I'm not about to start. If you don't want to believe me, you don't have to.

You don't have to work for a publication to know that newspapers use AP style, medical journals use AMA style, general publications use MLA style, and so forth. And each style has its own rules about capitalization of certain things, and the way things are formatted.
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Are you saying you have no personal experience with those publications? Yet we're supposed to believe that you know that none of the editors ever make exceptions for specific writers?
 
Reba said:
Not exactly. White people couldn't use the restricted "colored" facilities either. They couldn't invite their black friends to places they wanted to go together.

Segregation and oppression brings no real joy to anyone.
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That is incorrect. They could use the colored facilities. They just wouldn't. I mean, who would want to use a board with a hole in it over a ditch when they could use a toilet inside?
 
Steinhauer said:
Is this going to be your reparations argument? Me, and many folks my age, had nothing at all to do with segregation. The folks my parents age, fought against segregation. The only effective way to defeat segregation was when liberty minded folks came "together" and fought it "together".

Your arguments are very divisive and you sound like a crab.
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Actually, it was the Blacks standing up against it under leaders like MLK that ended it. Had they continued to accept their oppression, it would still be going on today. Not that institutional racism isn't still going on, and not that there aren't still hateful racist bigots out there. The KKK wouldn't still be alive if that were true. Stormfront wouldn't be growing if that were true.

I'm saying that Blacks have a different perspective on it than whites do because they were subjected to, and are still subjected to, things based on the color of their skin that whites were not subjected to and have never had to worry about being subjected to.
 
Waterboy said:
That is incorrect. They could use the colored facilities. They just wouldn't. I mean, who would want to use a board with a hole in it over a ditch when they could use a toilet inside?
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Not always.

Ex.:

"In 1890, Louisiana passed the "Separate Car Law," which purported to aid passenger comfort by creating "equal but separate" cars for Blacks and Whites. This was a ruse. No public accommodations, including railway travel, provided Blacks with equal facilities. The Louisiana law made it illegal for Blacks to sit in coach seats reserved for Whites, and Whites could not sit in seats reserved for Blacks."
http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/what.htm
 
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Waterboy said:
That is incorrect. They could use the colored facilities. They just wouldn't. I mean, who would want to use a board with a hole in it over a ditch when they could use a toilet inside?
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Never used an outhouse before?
 
Waterboy said:
Actually, it was the Blacks standing up against it under leaders like MLK that ended it. Had they continued to accept their oppression, it would still be going on today. Not that institutional racism isn't still going on, and not that there aren't still hateful racist bigots out there. The KKK wouldn't still be alive if that were true. Stormfront wouldn't be growing if that were true.

I'm saying that Blacks have a different perspective on it than whites do because they were subjected to, and are still subjected to, things based on the color of their skin that whites were not subjected to and have never had to worry about being subjected to.
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And spokespeople like you for the NBPP wouldn't exist either.
 
Steinhauer said:
Yeah ... white people live in gold houses and get everything for free :roll:

You know ..... "special privileges"
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get everything for free? are you sure you're not confused? it's other way around. they say poor people get everything for free.
 
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