[Narz]

My first "best friend" is 1st grade was a black kid. His name was Curtis. He left the school in 2nd grade, I don't remember a damn thing about him now.

[I_Like_Plants]

Louis Armstrong. I consider him a saint, or an avatar (in the Buddhist sense) or something.

George Washington Carver - Everything I've heard about him, I love. The story I remember the most about him is, someone gave him a diamond ring for a gift, and when visiting him, asked where it was - Carver pointed to his collection of elements and the diamond was in the space for Carbon. The other story is his coming up with all kinds of products made out of peanuts, because the South could produce a lot of them.

Bill Cosby. The OLD Bill Cosby before he started wearing sweaters and living on pudding. I grew up watching the old Cosby Kids. I doubt they're allowed to show that now.

Muhammad Ali, Alan Keyes, yadda yadds tons.

[Plantagenet]

[Narz]

Yeah Muhammad Ali was great. Kudos to him for refusing to go to war.

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Narz', 'M')y first "best friend" is 1st grade was a black kid.

[Narz]

I never understood how people could seriously buy into that whole Jesus thing.

I mean Buddhism, sure. It's more of a friggin' self-help technique than a religion but not Christianity. I guess losing your mind helps.

[BigTex]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Narz', 'M')y first "best friend" is 1st grade was a black kid.

[emersonbiggins]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Narz', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('emersonbiggins', 'I') appreciate this man.

...chappelle pic

[I_Like_Plants]

My trumpet playing "hero" right now is a 16-year old black kid named Victor Haskins. Man, he is good!! He's "trumpetissimo" on YouTube, I think he's had some very good teachers, maybe his dad's a jazzer and got him fixed up with music early on, I say right on. There are some good programs in the Hollywood CA area where he lives, at least SOMEONE gets a good start! He can play an Arban exercise so musically you can listen all day which is what Arban had in mind. Really, if you're learning to play, look him up.

[I_Like_Plants]

Mormons.

And yeah, whites are on their own. Admire who you like of any other color, my fellow whites, but never forget, we're on our own.

[dinopello]

I appreciate them for the same reason as every other type - because variety is the spice of life.

[BigTex]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('I_Like_Plants', 'M')ormons.

And yeah, whites are on their own. Admire who you like of any other color, my fellow whites, but never forget, we're on our own.

[PenultimateManStanding]

I don't know, but I do like Will Smith. I think he is probably the most popular African-American of all. Sidney Poitier was the first, and he won an Oscar. But down here in the trenches, I notice that black kids are generally refusing to be "schoolkids." They sit in the back and throw dice. The rest of the kids just accept it as status quo, and so do the teachers. I don't think they are listening to Bill Cosby.

[BigTex]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'I') don't know, but I do like Will Smith. I think he is probably the most popular African-American of all. Sidney Poitier was the first, and he won an Oscar. But down here in the trenches, I notice that black kids are generally refusing to be "schoolkids." They sit in the back and throw dice. The rest of the kids just accept it as status quo, and so do the teachers. I don't think they are listening to Bill Cosby.

[Micki]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'S')upposed to be part Injun myself and I believe it. While the Injuns were raiding and raping, the Whites of Europe, at about the same technological level, were coming up with the Eddas, representative government, doing all kinds of neat shit. Given a random group of Injuns and a random group of Whites, you're better off with the random group of Whites - they'll feed you, look out after you, etc and if they kill you it will be for a good reason not just random "felt like it" violence.

[mmasters]

I like niggas yo!

[FreakOil]

Muhammed Ali is one of the most well-known Americans outside of the United States. My Chinese friend told me that they studied him in world history class, along with Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson.

[eastbay]

Stevie Wonder

[Zardoz]

"White", for the purpose of this lame-ass excuse for a "discussion", refers, as I'm sure most would agree, to European. A couple of contributors to this foolishness would have us believe that Europeans are a peaceable, reasonable, sweet-natured lot, as opposed to all those vicious, bloodthirsty individuals of a darker persuasion.

What a crock of stinking, steaming, runny horseshit. What a fantastic fabrication. An attempt is being made to build a Wikipedia page that chronicles the history of war in Europe. It's such a mammoth undertaking that they're soliciting help to work on it:

List of conflicts in Europe

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')his is an attempt to list of conflicts in Europe, (arranged both alphabetically and chronologically), including;

Wars between European nations
Civil Wars within European nations
Rebellions by a European nation seeking independence
Wars between a European nation and a non-European nation that took place within Europe
Global conflicts, in which Europe was a theatre of war

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

[eastbay]

This is a White appreciation thread. Take your hate elsewhere.

I can't believe such nasty stereotyping and venom. Where's rc... he often steps up when vile racist trash is tossed around... c'mon... a little help here...