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I'm a percentage white! Are you?!
Someone posted this survey on myspace. I'm not saying there aren't equivalent examples for mexicans/blacks/etc... but I happened to stumble on this one and it irritated me. I'm tired of people trying to pin me into a box because I'm white. I've already posted an article on this a long time ago titled "Don't Call Me White". So feel free to leave thoughts and whatnot.*
**this was just tagged on at the end, I don't care if people actually take the survey. 10 comments from 8 users
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posted by
GayinOh8
on May 12, 2008 at 11:21 AM
[X] You went to a private school But only for a couple years. Does that count? [] You watch/watched the show Laguna Beach Ew! [] You watch/watched the show American Idol (first season only) Ew! [] You watch/watched the show OC Ew! [X] You know what a poncho is What self-respecting fag doesn’t? [] You have listened to a band called Fuel Who? [] You've shopped at American Eagle, Aeropostale, Hollister, Abercrombie &Fitch, Krew, OR Hot Topic I thought those stores were only for the Oildale Clones. [X] You have/had a dog that is NOT a pit bull [X] You bend the bill of your hat Guilty. [] You own a pair of dc's/converse/etnies/vans [] You/Your parent(s) drive cars with leather seats [X] Your main language is English Only language, thank you very much. [X] You say the word DUDE a lot Guilty. It drives my partner crazy. [] You think cops are awesome [X] You have absolutely no idea what twista is saying when he raps Who? [X] You listen to rock [X] You know who Willie Nelson is [X] your parents give you money when you ask [] Your parents just hand you money for no reason at all [] You wear flip flops with a lot of your clothes Ew! [X] You know what meatloaf tastes like When made with free-range ground turkey. [] You have said awesome more than 100 times in a week *My addition [ ] You base your assumptions about white people on show like Laguna Beach, The OC and just as distant of a social relationship as white people do with minorities, while simultaneously disregarding significant minority achievements over the years as 'flukes' or as 'selling out to whitey' So I'm somewhere in the 55% category. posted by
sistersheree
on May 12, 2008 at 11:53 AM
I crochet poncho's and own two terriers. I like Waylon, Willie and the boys and old rock suites me just fine. I sing songs from Bat out of hell while in the shower. I only dig cops who actually honor their badge and uphold statures of the law without a racist overview of the law. If you ask an upper class Englishman no one in America speaks proper English. I have no idea who Twista even is. Guess I'm only 35% white but my DNA test suggests otherwise. posted by
Kindra79
on May 12, 2008 at 12:34 PM
[X] You went to a private school [] You watch/watched the show Laguna Beach [] You watch/watched the show OC [X] You/Your parent(s) drive cars with leather seats [X] You know what meatloaf tastes like
I'm like totally 60% white ... pretty accurate - now where is the test for my 5% black and 35% American Indian? posted by
Brentcbrown
on May 12, 2008 at 01:28 PM
What a load of crap! Its because of things like this we still have segregation. We are all one...one energy...one love...one earth. Lets think about our planet for awhile as one race. who cares if someone knows what meatloaf is and another doesn't. come on people! posted by
AnnieLWhite
on May 12, 2008 at 01:32 PM
[] You went to a private school
[X] You/Your parent(s) drive cars with leather seats
Im 65% white. but actually im 100% posted by
SamG
on May 12, 2008 at 11:15 PM
Ha, I read this when you posted it on Myspace... I have no interest in filling out the survey, but I think (hope) the general consensus here is that it's RIDICULOUS posted by
an1ok1joe
on May 13, 2008 at 01:12 AM
posted by
GayinOh8
on May 13, 2008 at 08:00 AM
It may be ridiculous, but silly polls like this are certainly not the cause of nor do they perpetuate segregation. People do that, not polls. Seriously. The things that get people all bent outta shape....
posted by
Chase
on May 13, 2008 at 10:44 AM
People set the public consciousness... the culture, which these things are part of. I'm not suggesting that these stupid polls are the cause of anything, but they are a symptom. I get more upset because I have to hear repeatedly about how minorites are kept down and how all white people have it so good, but among the rush to label white people as rich, evil, and whatever else might be a negative 'white' trait, people forget that minorities can be just as racist with no cause, and also that 'white' people are actually a diverse group of people themselves. The only difference is, in this country in recent history, a group of white people have done some messed up things. This is part of a bigger picture to me. But every race is guilty of doing something to some other group of people. Nobody is clean. posted by
Brentcbrown
on May 13, 2008 at 03:53 PM
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