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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: CHIZZY on June 30, 2005, 08:00:45 AM
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First the prez runnin\' he mowf off, now racially offensive postage stamps!
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/06/30/mexico.stamps.ap/index.html
That logo reminds me of a restaurant I went to as a child. It was a chain like Denny\'s, but it was called Sambo\'s! The cartoon on the sign looked like that stamp.
And people say we\'re not making progress in this country. You could never have that restaurant these days.
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I\'ve been to one of those restaurants before.
When I was only a few years old (around 1967-1969 probably), I saw a children\'s book about "Little Black Sambo." I don\'t remember if it was handed down from my grandparents, or if some cousins had it or what. I do remember the book very vividly though. I was so young I didn\'t know the racial stereotype was offensive, so other things in the book made a bigger impact on me. As I recall, Sambo is harrassed by some tigers, so he gets them to run in a circle, and the tigers turn into butter!
I\'m not making this stuff up. Anyway, my parents disappeared that book pretty shortly thereafter. Maybe I\'ll see if I can find something about it on the Internets. :)
EDIT - It\'s still in print. (Check Amazon)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Black_Sambo
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I\'ve got a copy.... I got it for xmas 3 years ago.
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Misstique is gonna laugh at this.
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/07/01/fox.stamp.ap/index.html
jeez... don\'t worry everyone! El Presidente Fox says they\'re not racist! Whew! That was a close one!
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El Presidente Fox said "Mexicans want jobs even blacks do not want."
Keep diggin yer grave, Fox.
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We should send Johnny Depp down there to eat his Chorizo and cap his ass. :)
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meh this fox character is just swoll because i was in cancun laying the pipe to his fine ass hoes down there. heh i would lie to them and tell them that i would marry them to make them citizens right before i got up in their guts :D...seriously tho this s**t is f**ked up.. what\'s more scarey is that he doesn\'t even have a clue...as much as some mexicans claim that americans are treatin them badly (illegals or otherwise)..it baffles me that they would print something like this....truly is amazing...