Whoa. Bikini Karen Loses It in Brazil.

[Stone]

It's a Hilton. I'm guessing none of them are locals. Brazil is pretty much a shithole, save for tourist destinations. Quite a few MMA fighters from Brazil speak of a horrid upbringing.

Oh oh,.........Now you have REALLY gone and done it! Dont you know you cant say that about another country anymore?! Hopefully you wont get cancelled!

[Jack]

This looks a lot newer than the one I took:

[cawacko]

I walked across a street in Rio and almost got run over by a Cab driver. Literally inches from me. I had a cigarette, and flipped it inside his car, hopefully hitting him in the face with it.

(Did you take the Trolly ride up Sugar Loaf mountain?)

I did. I'm scared of heights and my recollection is it scared the bejeezus out of me.

[Stone]

Somewhere,...a CNN anchor is softly sobbing now. Dont you feel bad?

[Jack]

I did. I'm scared of heights and my recollection is it scared the bejeezus out of me.

Yeah. I remember being a little nervous myself. It seemed a bit antique. (This was about 1970)
Great View ... Really Windy.

[cawacko]

What is the claim that institutions of higher learning are baked in system racism?

I probably pay more attention to this than I should considering I don't work in academia but here are some sample stories.


UC Berkeley black students demand fixes to 'hostile’ climate

Black students at UC Berkeley often feel isolated and even oppressed, says a campus group that wants the nation’s premier public university to step up recruitment of African American students and improve support for them.

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/artic...to-6139786.php


I believe it was Halloween 2015 at Princeton when they had the big controversy over an email a couple of professors sent out about costumes and the claim was the campus was hostile and unsafe for minorities and eventually the professors left.


Here's a recent one:

"It was never meant for us”: BIPOC students on why the Ivy League is failing them

https://www.mic.com/life/bipoc-stude...ssion-43655822


There was the controversy last year with the Georgetown Law Professor who got caught on a hot mic saying that black students consistently were in the lower percentage performance wise in her class. She wasn't saying it in a "they are inferior" type way rather more this is reality and what can we do to improve it. But being a white woman you aren't allowed to make that remark and she got fired and the professor who was on the other end of the zoom call was forced to resign for not speaking out against her when she said. It made national news and was used to show that even these elite schools are racist and hostile to P.O.C.


These are just several examples but it's quite the common theme. I'm not saying I agree with the claim but its very prevalent. Then you also have the claims that elite Universities don't do enough to nurture and promote minority professors. Again, white privilege and systemic racism at work is the argument.

[Althea]

Oh, that's less impressive.

Than swimming?

[PostmodernProphet]

I have PMP on ignore for almost a decade. I assumed he quoted me, because even though it's been years since he's gotten a response, he still quotes me.

I guess he addressed you when Grumpy made his comment.

I always quote people when they post stupid thing........the fact you have me on ignore does not mean you don't post stupid things...

[Stone]

How come nobody wants to be reminded about the whole shit hole country thing? I know I know,......because it was all just partisan political hackery BULLSHIT in the 1st place. I get it...

[Diesel]

I probably pay more attention to this than I should considering I don't work in academia but here are some sample stories.


UC Berkeley black students demand fixes to 'hostile’ climate

Black students at UC Berkeley often feel isolated and even oppressed, says a campus group that wants the nation’s premier public university to step up recruitment of African American students and improve support for them.

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/artic...to-6139786.php


I believe it was Halloween 2015 at Princeton when they had the big controversy over an email a couple of professors sent out about costumes and the claim was the campus was hostile and unsafe for minorities and eventually the professors left.


Here's a recent one:

"It was never meant for us”: BIPOC students on why the Ivy League is failing them

https://www.mic.com/life/bipoc-stude...ssion-43655822


There was the controversy last year with the Georgetown Law Professor who got caught on a hot mic saying that black students consistently were in the lower percentage performance wise in her class. She wasn't saying it in a "they are inferior" type way rather more this is reality and what can we do to improve it. But being a white woman you aren't allowed to make that remark and she got fired and the professor who was on the other end of the zoom call was forced to resign for not speaking out against her when she said. It made national news and was used to show that even these elite schools are racist and hostile to P.O.C.


These are just several examples but it's quite the common theme. I'm not saying I agree with the claim but its very prevalent. Then you also have the claims that elite Universities don't do enough to nurture and promote minority professors. Again, white privilege and systemic racism at work is the argument.

Well, white privilege and systemic racism are undoubtable. As far as universities being baked in systemic racism, mine wasn't. I can't speak for the others. I just know that racism is a part of daily life for minorities.

[Diesel]

Than swimming?

I meant that having big swimming teammates is more impressive than having big billiards teammates. I was picturing tall, ripped men, but now I'm picturing "large", bearded men.

[Althea]

I meant that having big swimming teammates is more impressive than having big billiards teammates. I was picturing tall, ripped men, but now I'm picturing "large", bearded men.

LOL. Minnesota Fats was my protege when I was a kid, but I've got less than 5% body fat.

I do have a beard, though.

And yea, we do have a few heavyweights.

[Diesel]

LOL. Minnesota Fats was my protege when I was a kid, but I've got less than 5% body fat.

I do have a beard, though.

And yea, we do have a few heavyweights.

I actually love playing pool. I'm not very good at it, but it's hard to beat a night around the table with good beers and good friends. Also, you inadvertently inspired me to swim this morning. Felt great.

[Matt Dillon]

Agreed. While we've all felt the presence of bigots and other assorted assholes, no matter how slight, there should be no question that the major portion of racism in America is Euros against Africans by sheer numbers.

What Africans? I know some African-Americans. They speak Afrikaans.

A mutated Dutch, from what I understand. What do you know about that?

[Matt Dillon]

Somewhere,...a CNN anchor is softly sobbing now. Dont you feel bad?

That fat black woman deserves a serious drama award of some sort.

We have to look at the facts: People that are American and black, probably have ancestors that have been here for 100s of years and supported everything the Founding Fathers were about.

Africa was a long time ago, we've all been Americans together here for centuries. Black Americans have already far surpassed Africans in just about everything.

Africa is a shithole, America is not.

Now there are some wonderful tribes in Africa, but a lot of it is a shithole.