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  1. wobbycarly

    White guilt and racism double-standards

    Thought you didn't "believe"? :p
  2. wobbycarly

    White guilt and racism double-standards

    Wow, you ARE asking for trouble. Look out for the Republicans!! :)
  3. wobbycarly

    White guilt and racism double-standards

    Wonderful. Now we officially have no original words. :D
  4. wobbycarly

    White guilt and racism double-standards

    Exactly! And if we removed the words with Latin (also the root of many European languages such as French, Spanish, Italian) and Greek roots, the only thing left would be things like "bludger" and other Aussie-isms. (And now you're going to tell me that bludger comes from the old Icelandic work...
  5. wobbycarly

    White guilt and racism double-standards

    We wouldn't have a language left, would we?!?
  6. wobbycarly

    White guilt and racism double-standards

    Further to this, my relatively small workplace (about 30) has a Turk, Irishman, Vietnamese, Indian, Frenchman, Philipino and a swag of 2nd generation Bosnians, Greeks and Italians. I consider us to be multi-cultural as we respect each others beliefs, customs, religions, etc, but when it comes...
  7. wobbycarly

    White guilt and racism double-standards

    I think this is a silly way to measure - would you expect to see a white girl with an Aussie accent reading the weather in English on the news in France, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, etc (anywhere that English is not the predominant language)?
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