Reparations

[smilesammich 10,727]

Only after she's done makin the sammiches.

[Teddy B 17,252]

Biggie size please!

[smilesammich 10,727]

Biggie size please!

well waddaya know, searched both 'middle finger fist sandwich' and 'middle finger knuckle sandwich' and i got nothin. the intranetting has failed me.

[Teddy B 17,252]

well waddaya know, searched both 'middle finger fist sandwich' and 'middle finger knuckle sandwich' and i got nothin. the intranetting has failed me.

I hope you had your settings on "safe search" mode.

[Ban Hammer 13,406]

So my company is hiring right now - we are going to hire a woman by the looks of it. I looked back at who has been hired in the past and was surprised.

When I was hired 70% of the office was woman. After I was hired they have hired one man, and 7 women.

Of the 7 women hired after me, three had immigrated from China.

I don't think the company is intentionally biased but I was surprised looking back.

PS. I am not in a woman dominated field.

sounds like you never lack for sammiches

[smilesammich 10,727]

I hope you had your settings on "safe search" mode.

naw, the IT guy hates sandwiches unless they're cached.

[Sousuke 1,214]

sounds like you never lack for sammiches

I had two of the most awesome coworkers (they both left a few years ago). I like Mexican Coke, so I came in on my Birthday and the fridge was stocked with them.

The following year the other coworker baked me coke cupcakes for my Birthday.

[Merrytooth 5,748]

I had two of the most awesome coworkers (they both left a few years ago). I like Mexican Coke, so I came in on my Birthday and the fridge was stocked with them.

The following year the other coworker baked me coke cupcakes for my Birthday.

So do you like working in mostly female environment?

[Sousuke 1,214]

So do you like working in mostly female environment?

I do. Everyone is very nice to me.

[Ban Hammer 13,406]

I had two of the most awesome coworkers (they both left a few years ago). I like Mexican Coke, so I came in on my Birthday and the fridge was stocked with them.

The following year the other coworker baked me coke cupcakes for my Birthday.

cupcakes seem a bit difficult to snort

[Sousuke 1,214]

cupcakes seem a bit difficult to snort

Certainly gives new meaning to brown nosing.

[JayJayH 546]

um, throughout world history the white male has sort of been a bummer. ain't nothing mystical about it.

If you start "world history" with Columbus' arrival in the Caribbean in 1492, and then solely focus on American history, sure.

Although I get confused, because some insist that even white Latinos are an oppressed minority in the U.S., while others like to point out their Spanish and Portuguese ancestors' conquest of the Americas as evidence of the white boogey man.

Either way, it would be incredibly Western-centric to exclude the Persian empire and its two centuries of conquest. Or the largest empire in human history - The Mongol Empire, which extended well into Europe at its height. Or millenia of Chinese hegemony in East Asia. Or the Ottoman Empire, which ruled a fairly substantial portion of Europe for centuries - Hence why Islam is widespread in southeastern Europe including Bosnia, Albania, Bulgaria and Kosovo.

You're also forgetting about most history of African slavery - You know, that pesky Arab slave trade which brought millions of African and European slaves to the Ottoman Empire, Cairo and Zanzibar for over 1,000 years, well into the 20th century - 'Trumping' the Atlantic slave trade in both scope and extent. Largely ignored in U.S. curriculum for reasons unknown. Perhaps it's more convenient to conclude that slavery on the whole was "white male oppression?" That certainly wasn't true for Portuguese, French, Scandinavian slaves sold at markets in Istanbul.

But yes, if you put America in the center, focus solely on European colonialism, disregard Turkish and Arab colonialism, and then view history within the prism of the last 120 years while ignoring the Japanese Empire, you could come to that conclusion.

Edited August 5, 2016 by JayJayH

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

I had two of the most awesome coworkers (they both left a few years ago). I like Mexican Coke, so I came in on my Birthday and the fridge was stocked with them.

The following year the other coworker baked me coke cupcakes for my Birthday.

I always liked Colombian coke back in the day

[smilesammich 10,727]

If you start "world history" with Columbus' arrival in the Caribbean in 1492, and then solely focus on American history, sure.

Although I get confused, because some insist that even white Latinos are an oppressed minority in the U.S., while others like to point out their Spanish and Portuguese ancestors' conquest of the Americas as evidence of the white boogey man.

Either way, it would be incredibly Western-centric to exclude the Persian empire and its two centuries of conquest. Or the largest empire in human history - The Mongol Empire, which extended well into Europe at its height. Or millenia of Chinese hegemony in East Asia. Or the Ottoman Empire, which ruled a fairly substantial portion of Europe for centuries - Hence why Islam is widespread in southeastern Europe including Bosnia, Albania, Bulgaria and Kosovo.

You're also forgetting about most history of African slavery - You know, that pesky Arab slave trade which brought millions of African and European slaves to the Ottoman Empire, Cairo and Zanzibar for over 1,000 years, well into the 20th century - 'Trumping' the Atlantic slave trade in both scope and extent. Largely ignored in U.S. curriculum for reasons unknown. Perhaps it's more convenient to conclude that slavery on the whole was "white male oppression?" That certainly wasn't true for Portuguese, French, Scandinavian slaves sold at markets in Istanbul.

But yes, if you put America in the center, focus solely on European colonialism, disregard Turkish and Arab colonialism, and then view history within the prism of the last 120 years while ignoring the Japanese Empire, you could come to that conclusion.

i didn't say white males were a bummer to the exclusion of all other sorts of males being a bummer.

[JayJayH 546]

i didn't say white males were a bummer to the exclusion of all other sorts of males being a bummer.

Would be a bit racist to say:

Arab males have been a bummer through most of history.

or

Asian males have been a bummer through most of history.

Wouldn't it?