African American woman vandalizes Civil War memorial

Video at the link.

Robert Gould Shaw was the Union officer portrayed by Matthew Broderick in the film Glory and the 54th Massachusetts was an all black regiment.

Apropos to nothing, but I always identify Matthew Broderick's name with "The Lion King" before any of his other roles. Probably 'cuz that was the first time I ever remember seeing him in, and I liked his voice work in it.

Also, he still looks really young for his age...seriously, the only thing that's aging him is the gray in his hair.

....sorry, I'm just trying to delay the inevitable Civil War wank that's gonna start up.

I enjoyed Glory. One of my favourite films. The end scene makes me cry.

It probably will. However, my point was not the wank, but to show what happens when you fail to teach a generation respect for history and its symbols.

Is that a typo or does her last name really have two 'c's in it?

I have no clue on the face of the Earth what this is supposed to mean.

Don't know. I copied it directly from the page.

What I want to know is who names their kid "Rosemine"?

Probably written by a journalism major.

That is the actual reason.

So the proper format for depicting them accurately is coloring them all yellow?
DAMN! I didn't know they were the only Chinese unit in The Civil War. I need to crack a book now and then.

Using Liberal logic...she must of been upset the memorial shows a bunch of Black guys following a White guy on a horse.

Ummm.....the white guy was the commander you know. Kind of how we still do things today.

Sorry lady, but in the movie Denzel Washington didn't knock Ferris Bueller the fuck out and then make him shine his shoes.

The first describes your origin, the second your citizenship today. Not seeing the problem with this.

^I'm fairly tired of the hyphenated-American trend too, Dan. But it's POLITICALLY CORRECT!!!! (reverb, reverb).

In fact, I've actually heard a politically-correct offense-fearing liberal friend call Nelson Mandella "African American."

You're a racist jingoist.

I didn't realize he was adult Simba until you posted that. The more you know...

Unless your a White person from Africa that becomes a US citizen..if you use the term African American to describe yourself there will be a shitstom about it...it happen with that White student from South Africa who became a citizen when he claimed to be African American.

A black man who is born in Chicago originates from Chicago, not Zimbabwe. He originates from America.

Since the human race itself evoved from Africa should we not all use it?

African American?
African British?
African Israeli?
African German?
African Russian?
African Iranian?
African Japanese?
African Agrentinian?
African Micronesian?

Could go on for ages.

Point is that simply because the term is currently socially acceptable and used by the community in question, it doesn't mean that, by default, it is logical or right.

He had more claim to be American American than a fifth generation black man from Louisiana IMO.

People often get confused about my ethnicity...

When people ask me where I'm from, I just tell them that I am an 'American'.

If they ask me where my ancestors come from, I tell them about 'Atlantis.'

In America's melting pot days, before the vogue of multiculturalism took over to extremes, hyphen-Americans were commonplace, and people readily understood what it meant. PC in America just continues to turn the dial up. "African-american" is particularly funny when applied in name of political correctness to spanish-speaking browns, and islanders. Heh.

Hell, once upon a time I was a greek-american. Guess that can't be true anymore since it might offend someone - like maybe the ass farmers.

Curiously, when people hold events with names like "German-American Heritage Festival," no one objects.

Why does it matter what color a criminal is?

This thread is politically correct.

I couldn't agree more and that was one of the rare times you'll ever see me use that term, and I say that as a proud Irish-Scottish-English-German-Dutch-Confederate-American.