Comments on: Negers, Red Injuns and political correctness http://www.thelocal.se/blogs/lagom/2009/10/31/negers-red-injuns-and-political-correctness/ Trying to see the funny side of Sweden Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:43:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: BBM http://www.thelocal.se/blogs/lagom/2009/10/31/negers-red-injuns-and-political-correctness/comment-page-1/#comment-48 BBM Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:12:54 +0000 http://www.thelocal.se/blogs/lagom/?p=747#comment-48 Just thought i would add another example to this discussion and this only goes back 11 years. The 1998 Dr Bombay with his number 1 single in Sweden "Calcutta (Taxi Taxi Taxi)". And this was considered a song for kids. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kICykjXfqTU&feature=related Just thought i would add another example to this discussion and this only goes back 11 years. The 1998 Dr Bombay with his number 1 single in Sweden “Calcutta (Taxi Taxi Taxi)”. And this was considered a song for kids. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kICykjXfqTU&feature=related

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]]> By: MisplacedAmerican http://www.thelocal.se/blogs/lagom/2009/10/31/negers-red-injuns-and-political-correctness/comment-page-1/#comment-45 MisplacedAmerican Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:38:15 +0000 http://www.thelocal.se/blogs/lagom/?p=747#comment-45 Oh, no, but I can see the misunderstanding. In America, we just pretend to be politically correct. Our government makes us pretend to be in the things we publish via the FCC, or Federal Communications Commission. We try to make things like racism illegal. It usually fails miserably. For instance, in my neighborhood I know two black fellows who, when walking outside, often have cars stop (usually younger kids, 20 years old or so) and shout "nigger!" I've even seen a few throw empty soda cans and stuff before speeding off. This is because I live near Detroit, where the city was over 90% black. The surrounding cities, where I live (the suburbs) are over 90% white. You may have heard of 8 Mile road - Eminem did a movie with the same name. 8 Mile is all black, but 9 Mile, 1 mile north, is almost all white. Or was. Due to economic reasons, some black Detroit natives are moving to the suburbs, and some white suburban people are very angry about this, often to the point of violence. I, and hopefully most people in this area think this is silly, and it's just a few blacks and a few whites in this race war giving both sides a bad name. But this is often how things go. Oh, no, but I can see the misunderstanding. In America, we just pretend to be politically correct. Our government makes us pretend to be in the things we publish via the FCC, or Federal Communications Commission.

We try to make things like racism illegal. It usually fails miserably. For instance, in my neighborhood I know two black fellows who, when walking outside, often have cars stop (usually younger kids, 20 years old or so) and shout “nigger!” I’ve even seen a few throw empty soda cans and stuff before speeding off.

This is because I live near Detroit, where the city was over 90% black. The surrounding cities, where I live (the suburbs) are over 90% white. You may have heard of 8 Mile road – Eminem did a movie with the same name. 8 Mile is all black, but 9 Mile, 1 mile north, is almost all white. Or was. Due to economic reasons, some black Detroit natives are moving to the suburbs, and some white suburban people are very angry about this, often to the point of violence.

I, and hopefully most people in this area think this is silly, and it’s just a few blacks and a few whites in this race war giving both sides a bad name. But this is often how things go.

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