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		<title>By: wjk</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/01/11/another-setback-for-obama/#comment-130023</link>
		<dc:creator>wjk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>chinese americans are racially tolerant versus Korean Americans?

wow, what an ignorant statement to say the least.

Have you ever been to LA's Koreantown and investigated the location in geographic terms?

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>chinese americans are racially tolerant versus Korean Americans?</p>
<p>wow, what an ignorant statement to say the least.</p>
<p>Have you ever been to LA&#8217;s Koreantown and investigated the location in geographic terms?</p>
<p>what an idiot.</p>
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		<title>By: Mizar5</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/01/11/another-setback-for-obama/#comment-130011</link>
		<dc:creator>Mizar5</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>"Whatever happened to the good old days when those who thought they were racially superior where doing all the torching, killing, raping, lynching, etc? Things are all ass-backwards now."

As this is meant to be ironic, I would certainly agree. Things are better, and great progress has been achieved. 

But as globalvilliageidiot pointed out, cultural tolerance is, like marriage always "a work in progress" since relationships take work and vigilance. And nowhere on  earth has this been more worked on than in the US. 

As the white bashing here illustrates, most people throughout the world are to some extent prejudiced. However, few, have confronted the issues of a multicultural, multiracial society as in America. Criticisms may be made of America, but few nationalities are in a position to lecture the US on race relations, not having experienced such  challenges. 

So when a critic like Netizen Kim claims to "abhor phony transparent displays of political correctness," it is worthwhile to help educate such people who obstensibly do not march to the same moral imperative to at least better understand the importance of civil rights to the greater American society.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Whatever happened to the good old days when those who thought they were racially superior where doing all the torching, killing, raping, lynching, etc? Things are all ass-backwards now.&#8221;</p>
<p>As this is meant to be ironic, I would certainly agree. Things are better, and great progress has been achieved. </p>
<p>But as globalvilliageidiot pointed out, cultural tolerance is, like marriage always &#8220;a work in progress&#8221; since relationships take work and vigilance. And nowhere on  earth has this been more worked on than in the US. </p>
<p>As the white bashing here illustrates, most people throughout the world are to some extent prejudiced. However, few, have confronted the issues of a multicultural, multiracial society as in America. Criticisms may be made of America, but few nationalities are in a position to lecture the US on race relations, not having experienced such  challenges. </p>
<p>So when a critic like Netizen Kim claims to &#8220;abhor phony transparent displays of political correctness,&#8221; it is worthwhile to help educate such people who obstensibly do not march to the same moral imperative to at least better understand the importance of civil rights to the greater American society.</p>
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		<title>By: Mizar5</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/01/11/another-setback-for-obama/#comment-130008</link>
		<dc:creator>Mizar5</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>“Strange how American blacks found themselves better treated in Paris in the first half of the 20th century than at home.”

Yes, funny how history works like that in fits and  starts. 

Yes, the French can be quite tolerant when it is convenient and easy for them to be. It would be easy for Paris to show tolerance toward a US cultural icon, but the French prohibition on Moslem dress can provide some perspective about the relative commitment to civil rights. This commitment to diversity is nowhere better embodied than in the American activist legacy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“Strange how American blacks found themselves better treated in Paris in the first half of the 20th century than at home.”</p>
<p>Yes, funny how history works like that in fits and  starts. </p>
<p>Yes, the French can be quite tolerant when it is convenient and easy for them to be. It would be easy for Paris to show tolerance toward a US cultural icon, but the French prohibition on Moslem dress can provide some perspective about the relative commitment to civil rights. This commitment to diversity is nowhere better embodied than in the American activist legacy.</p>
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		<title>By: Netizen Kim</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/01/11/another-setback-for-obama/#comment-129819</link>
		<dc:creator>Netizen Kim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Can you give us a concise history African-American and Korean-American relations? We all know most of you Koreans hold 3rd World people and people of darker skin in such high regard!&lt;/i&gt;

Are you referring to the LA riots of '93? White cops beat up a black man and the blacks loot and burn Korean-owned stores. I still have trouble figuring that one out.

&lt;i&gt;Oh, I forgot about Hines Ward! He’s not Korean this year because he didn’t win the Super Bowl.&lt;/i&gt;

I freely admit that blacks are far superior to Koreans in football. You guys also dance and sing far better, have more rhythm, and have much bigger dicks. Feel better now?

&lt;i&gt;You associate yourself with MLK only when convenient.&lt;/i&gt;

Most Koreans, or KAs for that matter, don't really give much crap about MLK. I, for one, abhor, phony transparent displays of political correctness.

&lt;i&gt;There is a reason why China Town wasn’t put to the torch by African-Americans. Most, but not all Koreans think they are racially superior to others, especially people with dark skin.&lt;/i&gt;

Whatever happened to the good old days when those who thought they were racially superior where doing all the torching, killing, raping, lynching, etc? Things are all ass-backwards now.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Can you give us a concise history African-American and Korean-American relations? We all know most of you Koreans hold 3rd World people and people of darker skin in such high regard!</i></p>
<p>Are you referring to the LA riots of &#8216;93? White cops beat up a black man and the blacks loot and burn Korean-owned stores. I still have trouble figuring that one out.</p>
<p><i>Oh, I forgot about Hines Ward! He’s not Korean this year because he didn’t win the Super Bowl.</i></p>
<p>I freely admit that blacks are far superior to Koreans in football. You guys also dance and sing far better, have more rhythm, and have much bigger dicks. Feel better now?</p>
<p><i>You associate yourself with MLK only when convenient.</i></p>
<p>Most Koreans, or KAs for that matter, don&#8217;t really give much crap about MLK. I, for one, abhor, phony transparent displays of political correctness.</p>
<p><i>There is a reason why China Town wasn’t put to the torch by African-Americans. Most, but not all Koreans think they are racially superior to others, especially people with dark skin.</i></p>
<p>Whatever happened to the good old days when those who thought they were racially superior where doing all the torching, killing, raping, lynching, etc? Things are all ass-backwards now.</p>
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		<title>By: Breaktrack</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/01/11/another-setback-for-obama/#comment-129814</link>
		<dc:creator>Breaktrack</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Can you give us a concise history African-American and Korean-American relations? We all know most of you Koreans hold 3rd World people and people of darker skin in such high regard! 

Oh, I forgot about Hines Ward! He's not Korean this year because he didn't win the Super Bowl.

You associate yourself with MLK only when convenient. The rest of the time...well, again we all know how most of you feel about people with darker skin. 

Just look at the way minority kids are treated by the kind and loving people here.

http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_nation/204736.html

Yeah, the US and other places have racism problems, but Koreans also contribute to those problems. Your people aren't innocent Nutizen Kim. 

There is a reason why China Town wasn't put to the torch by African-Americans. Most, but not all Koreans think they are racially superior to others, especially people with dark skin.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can you give us a concise history African-American and Korean-American relations? We all know most of you Koreans hold 3rd World people and people of darker skin in such high regard! </p>
<p>Oh, I forgot about Hines Ward! He&#8217;s not Korean this year because he didn&#8217;t win the Super Bowl.</p>
<p>You associate yourself with MLK only when convenient. The rest of the time&#8230;well, again we all know how most of you feel about people with darker skin. </p>
<p>Just look at the way minority kids are treated by the kind and loving people here.</p>
<p><a href="http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_nation/204736.html" rel="nofollow">http://english.hani.co.kr/arti.....04736.html</a></p>
<p>Yeah, the US and other places have racism problems, but Koreans also contribute to those problems. Your people aren&#8217;t innocent Nutizen Kim. </p>
<p>There is a reason why China Town wasn&#8217;t put to the torch by African-Americans. Most, but not all Koreans think they are racially superior to others, especially people with dark skin.</p>
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		<title>By: Netizen Kim</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/01/11/another-setback-for-obama/#comment-129810</link>
		<dc:creator>Netizen Kim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A concise history of black-white relations in America:

http://bp0.blogger.com/_s3qR1IWHXYM/R306KuXv9_I/AAAAAAAAA1A/I0Ik0rdGv3I/s1600-h/concise_color.png</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A concise history of black-white relations in America:</p>
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		<title>By: Colonel Kilgore</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/01/11/another-setback-for-obama/#comment-129799</link>
		<dc:creator>Colonel Kilgore</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>"That reminds me of something I found funny a while back. Apparently, Jesse Owens was treated better in NAZI GERMANY than he was in America."

I had no idea Nazi Germany was such a wonderland for African-Americans.  Maybe the Germans were playing to the world press...you think?

"Joseph Goebbels maintained constant pressure on the city’s  (Berlin)large Jewish community, forcing them out of business and professional life and placing obstacles in the way of their being able to live normal lives, such as banning them from public transport and city facilities. There was some respite during 1936, while Berlin hosted the Olympic Games, but from 1937 the intensity of his anti-Semitic words and actions began to increase again. "The Jews must get out of Germany, indeed out of Europe altogether," he wrote in his diary in November 1937.

Of course, let's try not to be too hard on the Germans...they were only copying King Edward I of England after he abolished all Jews from England in 1290 for more than 300 years.  Yep...After he took their property, took their money, made them wear yellow patches on their clothes (Hitler the copycat!), and had killed enough...he finally sent them on their way. France would  follow not too far off.

As for Europe's racial enlightenment, I'm curious why football fans scream, "Monkey!" and throw bananas on the pitch when African players touch the ball. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwpO-nnFY9g

Yes, all of Europe is just like Paris and everybody is treated like a stripping Josephine Baker.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;That reminds me of something I found funny a while back. Apparently, Jesse Owens was treated better in NAZI GERMANY than he was in America.&#8221;</p>
<p>I had no idea Nazi Germany was such a wonderland for African-Americans.  Maybe the Germans were playing to the world press&#8230;you think?</p>
<p>&#8220;Joseph Goebbels maintained constant pressure on the city’s  (Berlin)large Jewish community, forcing them out of business and professional life and placing obstacles in the way of their being able to live normal lives, such as banning them from public transport and city facilities. There was some respite during 1936, while Berlin hosted the Olympic Games, but from 1937 the intensity of his anti-Semitic words and actions began to increase again. &#8220;The Jews must get out of Germany, indeed out of Europe altogether,&#8221; he wrote in his diary in November 1937.</p>
<p>Of course, let&#8217;s try not to be too hard on the Germans&#8230;they were only copying King Edward I of England after he abolished all Jews from England in 1290 for more than 300 years.  Yep&#8230;After he took their property, took their money, made them wear yellow patches on their clothes (Hitler the copycat!), and had killed enough&#8230;he finally sent them on their way. France would  follow not too far off.</p>
<p>As for Europe&#8217;s racial enlightenment, I&#8217;m curious why football fans scream, &#8220;Monkey!&#8221; and throw bananas on the pitch when African players touch the ball. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwpO-nnFY9g" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwpO-nnFY9g</a></p>
<p>Yes, all of Europe is just like Paris and everybody is treated like a stripping Josephine Baker.</p>
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		<title>By: Ledtim</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/01/11/another-setback-for-obama/#comment-129784</link>
		<dc:creator>Ledtim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>"Strange how American blacks found themselves better treated in Paris in the first half of the 20th century than at home."

That reminds me of something I found funny a while back. Apparently, Jesse Owens was treated better in NAZI GERMANY than he was in America.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Owens#Berlin_Olympics</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Strange how American blacks found themselves better treated in Paris in the first half of the 20th century than at home.&#8221;</p>
<p>That reminds me of something I found funny a while back. Apparently, Jesse Owens was treated better in NAZI GERMANY than he was in America.</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Owens#Berlin_Olympics" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.....n_Olympics</a></p>
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		<title>By: globalvillageidiot</title>
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		<dc:creator>globalvillageidiot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, the United States did "inherit" the slave labor tobacco industry set up in the colonial period, but deserve some "credit" for adapting the system - heck, making it their own you could argue - for cotton plantations post-indepedence.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, the United States did &#8220;inherit&#8221; the slave labor tobacco industry set up in the colonial period, but deserve some &#8220;credit&#8221; for adapting the system - heck, making it their own you could argue - for cotton plantations post-indepedence.</p>
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		<title>By: cmm</title>
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		<dc:creator>cmm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>"America inherited the racist legacy of Europe"

this strikes me as being similar to blaming Japan for [fill in the blank].</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;America inherited the racist legacy of Europe&#8221;</p>
<p>this strikes me as being similar to blaming Japan for [fill in the blank].</p>
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