The Truth About The Buffalo Soldiers
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- čas přidán 29. 06. 2024
- “Buffalo soldier, dreadlock Rasta,” are the opening lyrics to one of reggae superstar Bob Marley’s biggest hits song, “Buffalo Soldier.” The catchy reggae tune is actually about one of the most decorated soldiers in American military history.
Buffalo soldiers were African American soldiers who served on the western frontier after the American Civil War. Their main objective was to help control Native Americans in the plains and protect settlers, stagecoaches, wagon trails, and railroad crews in the western front. The history of the Buffalo soldiers was subdued for a long time because of racism, so here are more facts and truths about the Buffalo soldiers. “If you know your history then you would know where you coming from.”
#BuffaloSoldiers #History #Military
In the beginning… | 0:00
Noble men, not noble work | 1:23
What's in a name? | 2:29
Racism from their own government | 3:30
More disciplined than white regiments | 4:39
They received medals of honor | 5:56
Henry O. Flipper | 7:02
America's first park rangers | 8:10
Most gallant and soldierly | 9:25
World War 1 and Buffalo Soldiers | 10:29
World War 2 and Buffalo Soldiers | 11:31
End of the Buffalo Soldiers | 12:33
Buffalo soldiers - Not just men | 13:45
The last Buffalo Soldier | 15:07
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What's a little known history fact you can impart on us?
Mexican caballeros (cowboys) taught American cowboys how to be cowboys. To this day there is a vast difference between a Mexican rodeo and and an American rodeo. I grew up in ranch country and from time to time I would encounter a black cowboy. I gave them vast respect like other cowboys because they are expert fighters and seemingly "made of steel".
"Ecclesiastes chapter 8 verse 9: All of this I have seen, and I applied my heart to every work that has been done under the sun, during the time that man has dominated man to his harm. " thank you for this history lesson. Good work😔.
Native Americans owned black slaves... On the trail of tears natives had around 1600 captive slaves
Possibility #3 as to why they are called Buffalo Soldiers; because they were tasked with eliminating all the buffalo to starve the Indigenous tribes of the West.
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It's unfair that black soldiers were used against native Americans. It's sad that black troops got the worst weapons and good.
My great-uncle fought in Korea with the 24th infantry Regimental Combat Team. He won the Silver Star and a Bronze Star. Plus a Purple Heart. Rest in Power ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 Uncle Bro aka Corporal James Houston.
Good. But N Koreans aren't exactly N Americans. Talking 1800s, not 1900s
My grand uncle fought in the Korean War, my paternal grandfather served during WW2..They are the reason why I serve
What’s that have to do with Buffalo Soldiers? 🙄
@@alan30189 Yeah this was about Buffalo Soldiers 🤷🏽♀️
Thank him for his service! That's so inspiring, thank you
I was with the 9th Cavalry as a scout and that's the old Buffalo Soldiers this is back in the '80s and '90s I take pride in this!
I was just literally in the library looking for books on the Buffalo Soldiers! Cool!
Be careful, you're not going to get the whole truth in our current political climate.
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Scott Ferguson Explain a little bit on that ?
@@briankelly5432 they took part in the genocide of the native Americans
That’s because google was listening to you via your phone, then suggested this video to you. It happens all the time. Do an experiment....talk to your friends about commercial airplanes....you tube will start suggesting them to you.
"As many time this nation has spit on us, yet still we serve in honor" - anonymous
And what did you do to the indians
@@rudywardtowboatnuggets4191What did the Indians do to us prior?
My late father was the last of the Buffalo solidiers a segregated unit in WW2 in Palermo Italy I am so proud of Him
What did he say he did as a soldier
Not for killing natives?
Man, what a unique history.
It hurts to know that we could fight for our oppressor to subjugate and oppress others instead of fighting for our on freedom
my point...its also called courage lacking, psychological self doubt....these guys needed the money/salary but were 2nd class soldiers who needed self respect
Indians and Black people are so beautiful, smart and strong. I thank all people who paved the way for me and my family to be able to serve in the military. Thanks for this information sir.💞
Thank you for your service!. MY OLDER sister was a WAC who served there until WACS were phased out in the mid seventies. She later went on to earn her PHd in education and got married to another professor (head of her dept)
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This was indeed a well made video.
Are you proud that your family allowed themselves to become killing machines for this racist country? 😒
@@Jevezy take a self righteousness and shove it up your ass.
There were also Buffalo Soldiers who fought and were highly decorated in the Korean War.
You are correct I was station in Korea 1-72nd Armor their were a company call the buffalo soliders.
But was they taking from there main land and bought to America?
how could they? they were disbanded in 1951...correction
They also like to kill Native Americans.
They like Killing Native Americans.
Thanks for this video!
Thanks for covering this topic.
Truman has been truly under rated for all his accomplishments.
Cj My grandfather's name was George Lasley,Sr.He passed away in 1929.He would roll over in his grave if he knows I am helping you all to honor them,I do believe.Very proud of you all for recognizing them.
I live in near Fort Huachuca. Buffalo Soldiers are a huge part of the culture of the town I live in, there's even a statue of a Buffalo Soldier outside of the gate.
Place of Thunder. Home of Ak-Chin, Havasupai and Cocopah peoples. Do they disdain the trophies as many disdain the statues for Confederate war heroes?
Ummm the natives didn't respect men who called them "red ni**ers" and were actively engaged in atroticites against them and taking their land.
We need a proper tv Show about the Buffalo Solders and what their lives was like.
Yes and show their cruelty to the native Americans
@@yeeessimusprime3422 Exactly
“…were like.”
there is one i think
Red Natives were enslaving and murdering Aboriginals with invaders so save your chastisement.
That explained my great grandfather charging up Kettle Hill (San Juan Hill in 1898 with Teddy and the 111th Regiment. Our first relative in uniform.
Wow my great great father was only 12 years old in 1898
Kool video, I only have one issue. Saying how they got their name is “a theory or something that was pulled out of a rear end”
You make the mistake by separating the two reasons. In fact the buffalo soldiers did encounter many different tribes of natives and more than a few called them Buffalo Soldiers due to their hair and how brave they fought. You have to know how Native Americans gave names to things - it was a mix of appearance, ones actions, or other spiritual reasons. There were Native American elders that had fought and attested to this. Please don’t allow your dislike of how they got their name to change something that was not disrespectful in the first place.
They protected the thieves from taking bison. who were the thieves? The colonist not the natives of the land.
Excellent, educational video!! Thanks!!
They we're called "Buffalo Soldiers" because of their Wooly hair the Bear skin Coats they wore and they were "Fierce and Brave" just like the Buffalo.
those coats were actually buffalo hides and they werent exclusively worn by black soldiers. buffalo refers to their hair texture
@@lol-un6nl exactly
They were deployed to kill Native Americans. Is it brave to commit genocide?
@@gustavmeyrink_2.0 They were just following orders, it wasn't anything personal. They were soldiers and they had a job to do. No different than the native Americans who fought in the civil war on the side of the confederacy to keep black people enslaved.
I am a descendant of two buffalo soldiers my grandfather and my uncle were buffalo soldiers and they are both deceased now they were never given the recognition that they deserved!!!!! He was in the 9th and 10th calvary i wish a real movie will be made about them
Fort Huachuca Arizona home of the Buffalo Soldiers those guys were pretty awesome
I retired there with 20 years of service. I was not a Buffalo Soldier, they were phased out by approx. 1975
all who fought for us were treated badly when they got home BUT what happened to the Buffalo Soldiers was a shame because of past ignorant beliefs :(
Bob Marley even wrote a song about them this is some great knowledge something I didn't learn in college
Buffaloe soldiers were used to mainly kill all the buffaloe why no one talking about it
My grandpa was not a buffalo soldier but was in WW1. We didn't find out till he died. We can only imagine what he went Thur. So I say a prayer to all the black men that suffer terrible treatment for working for a better world ❤️
A very noble man, no doubt. He must have been a great man. My great grandfather was in WW1, I pray for not just the blacks but for my white ancestors.
Indeed. But who else was victimized?
@@scott6504 Love has no color distinction.
@@teecarter4900 Love is most important. 👍
It's such a sad historical fact that African American Solders had more rights, and were treated better serving in Europe than in their own American soil, it also must have been shocking for Black solders to know they have better rights and treatments in post Nazi Germany than in their own country.
Sadly, if you read what happened in Britain after the war, they regressed into racism too. The Empire Windrush black immigrants got shockingly bad treatment after they came to the isles for a better life from the colonies. Sammy Davis Jr. even got slurs yelled at him in the UK IIRC over his interracial marriage. Unthinkable after being polite to African American servicemen that they would sink so low...unless it was because our soldiers were merely guests in their country, not going to live amongst them.
Thanks man 💯
The lineage of the the 9th and 10th calvary continues. 9th cavalry regiment is part of the 2nd and 3rd brigades of the 1st cav division and the 10th is part of the 2nd brigade 4th ID.
💣Knowledge bomb,thanx!
Cj Hooray! My grandfather was a Buffalo Soldier.He helped train the regiment of Buffalo Soldiers in Brownsville,Texas before it was all shot up due to a racial uproar; there was an article about this in EBONY magazine back in the 1970's. My grandfather even helped fight the Kkk & got them pretty much under control right here in South Texas.
Cj Thank You ! I am George Lasley,Sr., 75 year old granddaughter here in Corpus Christi,Texas.
Cj May my former Buffalo Soldier grandfather RIP along with his former Buffalo Soldier Brothers & Sisters who served also.❤️💗💗❤️ 💯💯👍👍
Good one
Cj Yes! Custer thought they would run but the Buffalo Soldiers were some of the bravest men there were.
Wish Hollywood company make a movie, about plight of buffalo soldiers dispatch in the frontiers of Philippines, an epic story of Sir David Fagen & his regement 🇵🇭🙏
It should be noted that Buffalo Soldiers, under General Persing, were the ones who took San Juan hill. And saved Teddy Rosevelt and the rough riders on Kettle Hill
WOW I DIDN'T KNOW THAT 😳😱
LMAO The American forces, outnumbering the Spanish defenders 16-to-1 in that battle. It’s pretty hard to lose a battle like that lol 😂
And they killed natives
The Buffalo Soldiers served the racist agenda of the US government. They were racist murderers, targeting Native Americans who were protecting their homes and families against invasion and aggression by multiple foreigners. The Buffalo Soldiers judged who they would kill and attack solely by their Native appearance. This was not the only path as other Black people chose to instead separate from the slave-holding Whites and join the Native people (see the Seminoles and many others in the US South). Ask yourself, if there was a Native American tribe that was documented as having targeted and murdered thousands of Black people in their homes, would you really think that those Native troops should be regarded as some of your modern-day heroes? This overly-simplistic binary (black/white) view of American history is so tired and ignores the millions of atrocities committed upon all of the people jammed, screwed and ignored in between.
Here it Comes. Think about this, the movie Glory was based on the letters that Col. Robert Goul wrote his parents. Are you aware that his training Sergent called the black regiment "dumb mexicans?" Also, Native Americans hild buffalos so sacred, if the so-called african americans were beating up on Natives, why would they give them the name buffalo soldiers? Why? You are the replacement. You come from Siberia travelling the land strait, You are not the original people of the Americas.
Look at the movie, "Glory" you will here the Sgt. call the black men he is training" a bunch of dumb mexicans." You have to start reading ancient books. We changed the script
The American indians named them buffalo soldiers because their afro hair reminded them of the buffaloes front hair coat.
I heard that one as well.
How degrading and racist!
@@Jevezy How is that Racist? Wtf
@@jamesbond8348 Since you have chosen to ask me such a stupid question, my knowledge will be wasted on you. I have nothing else to say on this subject.
@@Jevezy You said you were gonna waste your bs knowledge? Where it's at? Exactly bye clown
Nice
Amen
Wasn’t respect. It was that they killed buffalo also. A main task. Starve other people by removing their food.
Mistaken impression; they were called Buffalo Soldiers by the indigenous people for the texture of their hair
Source?
Can tell this comment is from a white dude lol
@@michaelbelt8768 and because of their strength and stamina.
True
Bob Marley. Sang buffalo soldier Free at last. Free at last. I have a soft spot for the oppressed.
DGraySon77 Nope. Its worse than you thought It's shoot. Or be shot.
So you have a soft spot for all mankind
Divisions beget divisions
The Buffalo Soldiers Museum in Houston is awesome!! An awsome movie on these men is Sgt. Rutlige !!!
Buffaload or/& pistol whipped the hair of a African person defined history from Louisiana to the Dakota plains.
If you know your history, then you would know where you're coming from- Bob Marley
bob if he ever could disengage himself from the ghonja was black and white blooded. what part needs eploring
My 2nd great grandfather was a buffalo soldier private apart of the original 10th stationed at ft sill Indian territory
Is he proud of killing natives on their own land?
Why do you guys keep forgetting about the 93rd in the Pacific fighting the Japanese
DIDN'T KNOW THAT 😱 DAMM I THINK I NEED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL🤔☺️
You can see a time-traveling Tom Cruise on the left of screen at 3:52
There's a town in Arizona filled with annals of history where Apache and buffalo soldiers coexisted in quarters that is currently for sell
San Carlos and Southern Tonto Apache First Semi-band here, bro where and where can I find the history of it? I'm doing research for a graphic novel I'm putting together, I'd love to read more about it
Lies the buffalo killed Indians
Well The Buffalo Soldiers were still overall favored over most Native Americans
Yes. My great great grandmother was rapped by several Honorable Buffalo Soldiers and she was forced to walk miles at gunpoint to a forced encampment. She recalled how she was forced while holding her younger brother's hand to walk on the body of an elder who was shot by A Honorable Buffalo Soldiers during said walk.
"The soldiers fought courageously and fiercely, so they named them after the Buffalo..." right, because Buffalo are known for their courage and fierceness while hunting wolves on the plains, lol. Most Native Americans used names as descriptors so that a person, place or things name could be known just by looking... So the first theory is more likely even if it's not pc today....
David Junto you’re right. Natives never had words for different races because we never encountered Africans, anglos or Asians
They were called Buffalo Soldiers for the texture of their hair.
Both are true. The spirit, skin tone and hair
this is bs. they were name due to their hair texture. The NA hated them
They were called buffalo soldiers because they WERE THE NATIVES. Most the natives were dark black or ruddy or tan. The hollywood geronimo looking ones were actually a minority race and theres a ton of history upon this that was lied about in school. They dont want you to know who your really are.
"If you knew your history, then you would know where your coming from. Then you wouldn't have to ask me, who the hell do I think I am."
You want more proof I got you all day.
And Check out kurimeo ahau on youtube too hes got the drop on this.
Regarding the nickname Buffalo Soldier two things could be true it could be because of how they looked and how courageous they were, remember two things to be true
Seen.
Dude. The Ute people were the 1st to call them that, because of their hair. I should know it was told to me by Ute person 🙂🙂🙂🙂 !
Pfft. Okay....... you must be from towaoc or southern Utah.Their aren’t much Buffalos that came through here plus the Calvary came from east. You speak non-facts with no evidence
The presenter sounds Australian how about you do a story on Aboriginal people and armed forces, they too had a similar struggle because of racism. Starting during the ww1 with the Australian lighthorse Aboriginals were incredible bushman, horseman and great shots which made them excellent soldiers.
There are bushman and then there's mick dundee
bravo. what a beautiful story
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I think because the buffalo was a staple in America...so they couldn't call them Indian soldiers, for obvious and maybe not so obvious reasons, then through relativity they where dubbed "The Buffalo Soldiers"... jmo...These folks didn't come from Africa, these ppl are not the same, they came from the same plains and prairies as the American Buffalo...💪🏾😁🤜🏾
When truth starts to show itself, don’t worry they’ll throw another blanket of lies over it.
Seeing eye Buffalo, cutting the chains
Screenshot Buffalo looks like that Reading Rainbow/Roots/Star Trek guy.
His name is LeVar Burton. A national treasure.
Insecure people project their insecurities on to the people they are most insecure about. 💪🏾
They hunted native Americans for sport, something they won't tell you in history.
Lol yea we were hunting our own people for benefit of United States Corporation status illegally established on our land. Not you five dollar-proxy frauds
To oppressed people trying to survive in the world of the white man. I noticed in the southern part of the states blacks and natives fought together. There’s still traditions from black southerners honoring the natives. But out west it was different. Blacks trying to escape slave conditions signing up for the military and tracking natives . Sad world we live in.
Who ever wrote this video needs a serious education in history because damn they're so astoundingly incorrect about most of what was spoken about in the video
What is the name of the film he referred to, and can I get it
It is called "Glory." Denzel won a best support actors award that year.
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Hey its dash star
Cj ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Dreadlock Rasta
I’m the great great great grandchild of a buffalo soldier and a Mescalero woman
Needed them after all🤔
Cj 👍👍👍👍
Who's over here after listening to Bob Marley's song "Buffalo Soldier"?
They were protecting our land
I thought it was called buffallo Soulja
Soulja? You got that pronunciation from listening to the Bob Marley song.
what’s movies are those clips from?
Maybe the natives named them buffalo soldiers 4 both reasons
The whole truth is not here given about the Buffalo Soldiers.... But the Buffalo Soldiers Were Ungratefully expelled from The USA and discarded to The Philippines, Jamaica and The Vast Majority of them were Abandoned for dead in Trinidad and Tobago on the Coastlines of Manzanilla and Moruga.. To this day the communities of Moruga are named after the Individual Companys.
There is a Movie don't on The history of the Buffalo Soldiers Jointly by The Governments of The USA, Canada and Trinidad and Tobago....
I heard they hunted Native Americans for sport
I don't understand why we haven't destroyed Buffalo Soldier monuments..
They killed Native Indians and there's no excuse for that..
Cj They killed the Native American under the order of the white military men at that time;but with every chance they got they helped save many of them; when the white military did not know about it.
Sorry dude you are wrong Dr. Wilbert Wilson, is a Black Buffalo Soldier who died in 2007 in Tulsa Oklahoma look him up, he is my dad. And he is One of the last of the Original Buffalo Soldiers. 1941 to 1945 in 1945 they disbanded. Oh and they were called buffalo soldiers because the Indians said that they were fierce fig hters and their hair resembled the hair of a buffalo. My dad and others were stationed at the Mexican border to keep the Japanese from entering into America.
Wow glad to hear this my grandfather was in the same calvary but was stationed in texas on fort clark we still have property on the fort as well. My grandmother was a black Seminole that grew up in bracketville texas they are both deceased but i try to share their unique history with everyone. They have a memorial in the Smithsonian in Washington D.C.. They i am extremely proud of!!!!
I like how this video glorifies the buffalo soldiers but yet says so little about the people that they killed.
Exactly because the Buffalo Soldiers hunted and killed Native Americans. Look up red lives matter
Very true. Disgusting to see so many people derive pride from this. They helped genocide the Native American people.
That’s what happens when some groups win. They get to tell their side . That’s what history is. The story of the winner. Unfortunately you had two groups of oppressed people and the ones who helped the oppressors win get to look good in history.
I'm mixed, black and white and I have noticed the incredible sense of unity is lost on white people. I live in San Francisco and even in the Tenderloin, around drugs, poverty, etc. I feel much more love from my black people. It's horrible. I'm just waiting on all of us coming together, idk, I might be waiting awhile!
Probably… sadly
"No one knows where the term Buffalo Soldiers comes from" is untrue. What you mean is; "No White Scholar from Havard has bothered to go talk to the Native American Historians about it." Since academia does not acknowledge Native Americans kept their history, how can they confirm anything from it? LOL. Bit of a pickle for them, I'd say. Oh by the way, I'm going to help you find a simile for the word "crappy," how about inadequate, scant, or subpar. You're probably trying to make your video more "accessible" by using slang, but once is enough. If you want to find out from Native American historians about the term Buffalo Soldier, Jamie Sams is a good source. Thank You. I enjoyed this, even through its prejudicial slants.
Now don't forget the Buffalo Solider bicycle corp. Yes the first mountain bikers. Using the bicycle as a war machine. Lol
Why so many clips of GLORY? The 54th Massachusetts.
How come we dont hear about them in history books
RACISM. DUH???
There was also the 93rd infantry Division in wwii, in the pacific theater as well. All black.
Buffalo stance
Ayye Buffalo soldiers X apaches scout 🔥🔥
I realize this is not politically correct, but my great grandfather was Lakota. He was born in 1870. He stated they used the name " Buffalo Soldier" to identify the soldiers with brown skin and curly black hair from the wasecu. There is no historical evidence that the African-American soldiers ever referred to themselves as Buffalo Soldiers . Oh, and " Glory" was a good movie, but flogging was outlawed in the army in 1861. Denzel Washington would have probably been branded on his forehead with a d for desertion. If he had deserted under-fire he would have been shot.
But we also know that black regiments during the Civil War were treated very harshly when it came down to discipline. And just because the Army outlaw flogging in 1861 doesn't mean that commanders still didn't use it. And no matter how they got the name Buffalo Soldier it's stuck.
@@grapeshot indeed.
You dont have to be PC. Just be true to yourself. The Black Hills deal is atrocious. I am saddened by this history. The video actually said some wore a buffalo patch.
5 Native tribes owned slaves out of 100s, google is free, so no plains indians didn't do shit to deserve this treatment from these american soldiers who helped further our genocide. We're not a monolith; we're multiple peoples with with different rich cultures.
I agree but you have to consider their options.The power was with the white man and the black man didn’t have any. Either I do something or continue living like a slave. It’s extremely sad that they did what they did but I understand their situation.
Um, NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS were the FIRST SLAVES HERE, go do some research before you open your mouth
And African Americans are NOT native American Indians.
THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD AND ALWAYS HAD THIS STUPID RACISM PROBLEM......WHATTA SHAME .....WHATTA SHAME....
An important fact about the buffalo soldier is the reason these brave men acquired the name. The Native Americans considered their physical appearance. To the "Indians," they bore a physical similarity to the buffalo; i.e. close curly hair and broad noses coupled with courageous behavior. Of course, the p.c. agenda will distort everything. Let's not forget the "director" who wrote brought the film "Glory."
What are you talkin about PC. Glory was written by a white boy oh I know. Especially that BULLSHIT part about white soldiers going off to fight to free black people. Besides a few of the New England regiments. The majority of the white soldiers in the Union Army when it came down to black people range from indifference to outright hatred. Especially the regiments from the Midwest and those that had a lot of Irish soldiers in their regiments.
I love you drag king!!! Thank goodness women are treated equally. PLEASE don't dress like a man!!! A woman is a person, just like a man. We're equal, and women should be treated equal.
What’s the name of that Denzel Washington Film?
Glory
How could you not know that one. Turn in your black card. Will return in 6 weeks.
bomgodd Sorry. I live in Europe/ Germany in a small town for many years. These films were never shown on Tv. It was difficult to get hold of films like these.
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#TheHarderTheyFall #FirstCowboys #BlackHeroes
13:55 false. Harriet Tubman was in the Union army
She was an informate for the union.....difference.....
Mike Walker and a field scout.....which made her part of the Union army so.......
Simon Hill ,
Not false but incorrect. Tubman was a scout which technically made her a solder in the union Army.
Funny how a female ex-slave wold become a very important asset to the union. Along with all the colored troops. Yet isn’t brought up in conversations with the first female soldiers or one of first black successful black leaders.
So she wasn't a successful train conductor like Trump said a few years ago. Shows to how much he knows about American BLACK history.
Slavic people were the first slaves that's where the word came from😮
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I wonder if these Black soldiers would regret fighting against Native Indians today. In retrospect, they might've joined them to fight against the White invasion of North America.
What's the best movie about the Buffalo Soldiers? If there isn't a good one Hollywood is missing the boat, their stories are as American as blue jeans and would be an inspiration if black and white Anericans both!
Danny Glover movie
Can you imagine the US military today without black officers and enlisted personnel?
Democracy depends on them and they're still not treated equally in American society.
Respect. ✊🏿
@Overby's Raiders Actually my DNA test confirms I'm so white it's embarrassing. I'm straight too. So just call me a libertarian bleeding heart traitor.
Bernie! Bernie! Bernie! Burnie!
@Kev Cthulu Now Kevin, you must accept that you're the victim in all of this. Denial isn't a river in Egypt you know.
Us white guys run everything as you know, so if we tell you you're a victim then you'd better be a victim or else we'll call you a Goddam Liberal, just to piss you off. Commie bastard!
Why? I dunno exactly it just feels white. Like it's the white thing to do. (I really must do something about my lisp. It sounds so silly when I talk about the wadical white wing and how wacist they are).