The thing that confuses me is that Irish Americans have similar stereotype plus "drunkards", but they are not "ethnic"
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sophia Brooks - Feb 02, 2010 3:32:32 pm PST #5767 of 30001
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javachik - Feb 02, 2010 3:34:09 pm PST #5768 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
"Ethnic" according to answers.com, is anyone who isn't Christian or Jewish.
Jesse - Feb 02, 2010 3:34:13 pm PST #5769 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It's because they're whiter.
Steph L. - Feb 02, 2010 3:35:53 pm PST #5770 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
"drunkards",
I originally read this as "drunkTards," and thought, dang, that's harsh.
Yes, I get paid to edit.
Hil R. - Feb 02, 2010 3:37:08 pm PST #5771 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
"Ethnic" according to answers.com, is anyone who isn't Christian or Jewish.
I don't think I've ever heard that definition before.
Daisy Jane - Feb 02, 2010 3:41:00 pm PST #5772 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Me either, considering the term "ethnic Jew."
Jesse - Feb 02, 2010 3:41:51 pm PST #5773 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Reading that page, it looks like a former usage.
Trudy Booth - Feb 02, 2010 3:45:56 pm PST #5774 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
The thing that confuses me is that Irish Americans have similar stereotype plus "drunkards", but they are not "ethnic"
It's because they're whiter.
See also German Americans and Polish Americans.
Hil R. - Feb 02, 2010 3:46:25 pm PST #5775 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
At the math conference last month, I went to a talk about the Algebra Project [link] . One of the teachers brought in a few students to talk and answer questions about how they learned and what they liked about the program. Someone in the audience raised his hand and asked why, if this program was supposed to be for underprivileged kids, why was there only one black student in that group? The teacher had to explain that two Asian students, two Latino students, and one black student was a reasonable cross-section of a San Francisco public school classroom in a low-income neighborhood.
javachik - Feb 02, 2010 3:46:51 pm PST #5776 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Yeah, I don't necessarily think Answers.com is the Last Word.