Who would have guessed?

It is a bit like: gambling in a casino? ~nt~, posted on March 8, 2021 at 16:01:03
Sondek Audiophile Posts: 9621 Location: Fort Worth Joined: May 17, 2000 Contributor Since: April 5, 2002

I doubt seriously that racism was / is the issue... THIS seems MORE likely...., posted on March 8, 2021 at 17:03:25

TWB
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Kanye said it best!

Seems right., posted on March 8, 2021 at 17:26:47
srdavis2000 Audiophile Posts: 10699 Location: Deep South Joined: January 11, 2003 Contributor Since: December 16, 2004	You can't have a brown prince for Gods sake. It doesn't matter really does it? Who really cares?

How very white of them...N/T, posted on March 8, 2021 at 22:47:54
musetap Audiophile Posts: 31872 Location: San Francisco Joined: July 8, 2003 Contributor Since: January 28, 2004	n "Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination"-Michael McClure

The most clueless take on this I've heard ...............nt, posted on March 9, 2021 at 04:46:21
Cut-Throat Audiophile Posts: 18285 Location: Minneapolis - St.Paul Area Joined: September 2, 2000 Contributor Since: May 16, 2021	nt

+1. nt, posted on March 9, 2021 at 06:52:38
tinear Audiophile Posts: 65782 Location: Kansas City, KS Joined: April 9, 2006	d

+2, but considering the source, not surprising. /n, posted on March 9, 2021 at 07:41:12
Ivan303 Audiophile Posts: 48887 Location: Cadiere d'azur FRANCE - Santa Fe, NM Joined: February 26, 2001	n First they came for the dumb-asses And I did not speak out Because I was not a dumb-ass

An Irish perspective..., posted on March 9, 2021 at 07:44:29
Ivan303 Audiophile Posts: 48887 Location: Cadiere d'azur FRANCE - Santa Fe, NM Joined: February 26, 2001	. First they came for the dumb-asses And I did not speak out Because I was not a dumb-ass

Proud to have had an Irish grandfather. Thanks for this! nt, posted on March 9, 2021 at 08:12:35
tinear Audiophile Posts: 65782 Location: Kansas City, KS Joined: April 9, 2006	d

I couldn't agree more....-t, posted on March 9, 2021 at 08:41:32
John_the_Scot Audiophile Posts: 2706 Location: Strathclyde Joined: August 21, 2003	.

Irish Times article link, posted on March 9, 2021 at 08:44:55

vacuous
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Worth reading the whole thing!

They've been trained over generations to feel superior, posted on March 9, 2021 at 08:48:28
John_the_Scot Audiophile Posts: 2706 Location: Strathclyde Joined: August 21, 2003	The fact she's "common blood" and "new world" (A common American) is probably much more unpalatable than her colour. Inbreeding with your own kind is much preferable.

Are their any blacks in England that AREN'T "commoners"? nt, posted on March 9, 2021 at 09:09:14
Rick W	nt

Perhaps, but in this case, they were speculating on the color of the Baby's skin ........, posted on March 9, 2021 at 09:45:00
Cut-Throat Audiophile Posts: 18285 Location: Minneapolis - St.Paul Area Joined: September 2, 2000 Contributor Since: May 16, 2021	If that isn't racism, I don't know what is!

RE: Are their any blacks in England that AREN'T "commoners"? nt, posted on March 9, 2021 at 10:11:14

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Emma Thynn, Marchioness of Bath.

LOL +1 nt, posted on March 9, 2021 at 10:29:39
dancingseamonkey Audiophile Posts: 3455 Location: New Orleans, birth place of jazz. Joined: May 1, 2006 Contributor Since: November 24, 2009	ny "Trying is the first step towards failure." Homer Simpson

LOL, one? And daughter of a billionairre. nt, posted on March 9, 2021 at 10:33:57
Rick W	nt

In that perspective, everybody except them is Irish. I'm good with it. nt, posted on March 9, 2021 at 12:52:03
free.ranger Audiophile Posts: 16951 Location: Santa Fe, NM Joined: April 8, 2004 Contributor Since: January 7, 2005

Yep, pretty pish poor situation IMO., posted on March 9, 2021 at 13:40:21
b.l.zeebub Audiophile Posts: 9361 Location: 52deg 28'N,1deg56'W Joined: April 17, 2006	And guess what the parents of the current Marquess of Bath boycotted his marriage to her. One wonders why...or probably not.

Uh, the "royal" entourage inquired whether there was concern about the color. John, , posted on March 9, 2021 at 13:43:53
tinear Audiophile Posts: 65782 Location: Kansas City, KS Joined: April 9, 2006	it doesn't take a cross and a robe to show racism.

800 years of fookin' clowns... 800 years... N/T, posted on March 9, 2021 at 23:29:23
musetap Audiophile Posts: 31872 Location: San Francisco Joined: July 8, 2003 Contributor Since: January 28, 2004	n "Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination"-Michael McClure

Yes, I fully agree, posted on March 10, 2021 at 00:48:46
John_the_Scot Audiophile Posts: 2706 Location: Strathclyde Joined: August 21, 2003	I wonder if who said it will eventually come out?

I didn't mean it wasn't racist, posted on March 10, 2021 at 00:50:24
John_the_Scot Audiophile Posts: 2706 Location: Strathclyde Joined: August 21, 2003	just that their sense of superiority covers all of us, not just by race.

RE: Yes, I fully agree, posted on March 10, 2021 at 04:18:55
Cut-Throat Audiophile Posts: 18285 Location: Minneapolis - St.Paul Area Joined: September 2, 2000 Contributor Since: May 16, 2021	My guess, is that it was more than one person...

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