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[Conan]

  I know plenty of hard working, successful black people who don't use their race as an excuse to explain why they can't get ahead.

That's a pretty contraversial statement seeing how no one has brought that up or insinuated it.

[12th Doctor]

  I know plenty of hard working, successful black people who don't use their race as an excuse to explain why they can't get ahead.

That's a pretty contraversial statement seeing how no one has brought that up or insinuated it.

Except for certain groups of Democrats who insinuate that all of the time.  That was my point.

[SPC]

  I know plenty of hard working, successful black people who don't use their race as an excuse to explain why they can't get ahead.

That's a pretty contraversial statement seeing how no one has brought that up or insinuated it.

Except for certain groups of Democrats who insinuate that all of the time.  That was my point.

And look what happened to Bill Cosby when he said the opposite. Apperently, because Conan is black, he has the amazaing superpower to determine what is offensive and what is not. [/sarcasm]

[12th Doctor]

  I know plenty of hard working, successful black people who don't use their race as an excuse to explain why they can't get ahead.

That's a pretty contraversial statement seeing how no one has brought that up or insinuated it.

Except for certain groups of Democrats who insinuate that all of the time.  That was my point.

And look what happened to Bill Cosby when he said the opposite. Apperently, because Conan is black, he has the amazaing superpower to determine what is offensive and what is not. [/sarcasm]

What are you talking about?  Cosby is white.  Being "black" isn't about heritage or ethnicity... it is about having the "right" politics and state-of-mind.

[Sam Spade]

This thread, having gone fatally off-topic, is locked.  It wasn't that important of a new story, anyway...