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Since europeans got here, and then got all slavery excited and what not and started bringing in africans, north america has ALWAYS been mixed, people. really and truly. there was just this whole thing about people being invested in ignoring it.
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But anyway, the dutch people called the africans ''nikker'', which in the dutch language means black, and so, that's what they called us, and that's what blacks learned to call themselves.
Boondocks: Dr. King Would Blast Niggers, Relocate to Canada. Nathaniel Livingston 2006
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That's what the Portugese called the africans, and the word continued so even during and after slavery by them, and blacks have continued to call themselves this ''N'' word, negro.
Boondocks: Dr. King Would Blast Niggers, Relocate to Canada. Nathaniel Livingston 2006
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African americans and latinos are woth about a 20th of a white (not 3/5ths), ... rich asians are worht only slightly less than a white, poor asians are worth as much as latinamericans or africans, that is, shite.
Balloon Juice 2009
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Poster saying we already have africans in the zoo, why the white house?
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They hate anyone that is not white, that includes greeks, italians, jews, latinos, polish, arabs, africans, asians and all of you that are not white.
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December 30th, 2009 6: 44 pm ET so this idiot thinks we should racially profile all arabs, africans and asians. good luck with that. time to shut up, pal. azezel
Gingrich: 'Time to Know, to Profile, and to Discriminate' 2009
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Sometimes measuring differences are a bit more objective, such as noting that east africans seem to do particularly well at running 26 miles very fast.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Judging a Person Based on a Single Forwarded Personal E-Mail 2010
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Open borders are open invites for anyone wishing to do us harm. if i were a terrorist wanting to bring nuclear devices into this country i would come in via Mexico. we must keep illegals out whether they be asians, hiispanics or africans.
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What proportion of the slaves loaded onto ships off west africa were east africans?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Be Careful. Trust No-One. Shut Up. 2010
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