Isn't it nice that they finally came out so you know not to associate with them any longer or let your kids play with theirs?
How does Calvert County treat minorities
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Isn't it nice that they finally came out so you know not to associate with them any longer or let your kids play with theirs?
steppinthrax
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Agree!!!!
You are correct. That is dumber than your original question.
NorthBeachPerso
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The irony of the original question is stunning.
calvcopf
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The insults that were made by those people do not represent the majority of the residents in Calvert County. If you have lived here for 4 years, then you should know that things like that are not the norm here.
steppinthrax
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NorthBeachPerso
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And you used to. All the time.
I just found your situation ironic.
http://forums.somd.com/threads/284710-Twin-Beaches-Library-The-bum-hangout
http://forums.somd.com/threads/237710-No-Home-Depot-or-Lowe-s-in-Calvert-County
http://forums.somd.com/threads/234234-Insects-very-active-here
http://forums.somd.com/threads/232962-Does-this-happen-every-year
http://forums.somd.com/threads/230512-Everything-is-far-away!!!
http://forums.somd.com/threads/296661-Why-in-Hell-were-schools-opened-today
http://forums.somd.com/threads/296519-How-many-accidents-and-deaths-before-this-bus-stop-is-moved
Some of your better ones have been consigned to the unreachable ether.
After his later thread, yes. Yes, it is.
Yea he played that race card well.. I felt bad that someone from Calvert would act like that. Turns out hes just a dick.
There are bigoted people every ware, you just have to hope that the non-raciest people outweigh the raciest ones. I never judge based on race, I judge based on a person's actions and character. If someone is a hard worker, tax payer, upstanding citizen and they are respectful and courteous to others then they are good in my book. If you are a criminal, @$$ hole, leech on society, I have no use for you. As far as I am concerned race has nothing to do with any of these qualities. As far as the OP goes it sounds to me like the guy he was arguing with ran out of intelligent points to make so he reverted to childish and hurtful name calling.
LightRoasted
If I may ...
If I may ...
No different than any other county. People are people. Something must have really pissed them off though. Was the offender the wife or husband or both? Also, any background information relating to the fracas would go pretty far in helping us to understand the entire episode, not for condoning.
No different than any other county. People are people. Something must have really pissed them off though. Was the offender the wife or husband or both? Also, any background information relating to the fracas would go pretty far in helping us to understand the entire episode, not for condoning.
St. Mary's County is one of the most religious and conservative counties in the state, and in certain areas, still cling to old mindsets where minorities are concerned. Calvert is no different. Nor is Charles County or any other. Heck, even in Annapolis where just down the street from the Governor's mansion and the legislature, in the harbor, when well over a hundred years have passed, and where slaves were sold at auction by the water's edge, time hasn't diminished the bigotry and hate.
steppinthrax
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You consider that negative.
These were questions. With maybe except the first one "bum hangout", most of these are questions regarding the bus stop situation, hardware store locations and the flooding we had years ago.....
You might want to tune down your threshold a bit.
If I hated CC I would bash it like I do Baltimore in the City Data Baltimore forum (every day).....
steppinthrax
Active Member
Enlighten me.
What are the "old mindsets where minorities are concerned" ?
It all started when her daughter was calling my daughter "pooh face" (during a sleepover). She kept calling her this (my daughter is not white). She kept calling her this, repetitive. When my wife and I indicated via email/txt that we felt this was inappropriate then she indicated back that (mother) she didn't feel anything was wrong. She indicated that she didn't feel anything was said by her daughter that was inappropriate.
At this point the mindset/moods were stable.
My wife indicated that this was more/less not good and she didn't want to continue the relationship. Her mother didn't like this and kept sending back sms after sms after sms from her company phone (harassing).
Not only harassment, but also putting down our family and indicating how superior her family is, concerning (weight, skin color, academic performance etc...)
So let me ask this question again, What are the "old mindsets where minorities are concerned" ?
From the guy who verbally assaulted a young woman on a bus even after she apologized.
Sorry, dude, I'm now of the opinion that your neighbors are not the aholes.
As I stated, if you don't like where you're at, move. It is not everyone else's problem to accommodate you. To get along, compromise has to be made by everyone involved.
mitzi
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What is a pooh face? Why is this offensive to your family?
LightRoasted
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If I may ...
As far as "pooh" face... As in Winnie the Pooh? Or feces, relating to the color of? Depending on the age of your daughter and her friend, most likely was not related to racism or bigotry at all. They are friends. Enough of friends for you to allow, and your daughter to want, the friend to sleep over. You, and/or your wife, having maybe experienced racism in the past, may have gone overboard and applied and projected your feelings to the name calling and interfered with their friendship by getting her parents involved. What may have been a simple misunderstanding between friends is now an international incident. Is what you did the correct action? It's not for me to decide. But your daughter may have something to say about it. Let your daughter decide if she wants to continue the friendship and stay out of it, but give guidance if asked.
I was referring to white folk in certain districts in St. Mary's County that still harbor ill feelings towards people of color. Call them hold outs, or whatever. That is all. Nothing sinister.
As far as "pooh" face... As in Winnie the Pooh? Or feces, relating to the color of? Depending on the age of your daughter and her friend, most likely was not related to racism or bigotry at all. They are friends. Enough of friends for you to allow, and your daughter to want, the friend to sleep over. You, and/or your wife, having maybe experienced racism in the past, may have gone overboard and applied and projected your feelings to the name calling and interfered with their friendship by getting her parents involved. What may have been a simple misunderstanding between friends is now an international incident. Is what you did the correct action? It's not for me to decide. But your daughter may have something to say about it. Let your daughter decide if she wants to continue the friendship and stay out of it, but give guidance if asked.
NorthBeachPerso
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http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pooface
I figured since we have so many rural pioneers moving down here from urban areas the Urban Dictionary would be appropriate.
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