http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/28/science/african-american-dna.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur
end of the article
Dr. Burchard of U.C. San Francisco said that a better understanding of African-American genetics could also lead to discoveries that could benefit all people. Scientists found a rare genetic mutation in an African-American woman, for example, that lowered her cholesterol levels. That discovery led to a promising drug for heart disease.“Lo and behold, it was relevant to all populations, regardless of race,” said Dr. Burchard. “It’s relevant if you’re European, if you’re African, if you’re Asian, if you’re pink, white, blue or green.”
“Lo and behold, it was relevant to all populations, regardless of race,” said Dr. Burchard. “It’s relevant if you’re European, if you’re African, if you’re Asian, if you’re pink, white, blue or green.”
― j., Saturday, 28 May 2016 02:16 (seven years ago) link
yes, but what if you are purple?
― it's sort of a layered stunt (sheesh), Saturday, 28 May 2016 02:24 (seven years ago) link
Then your blood pressure is really high. You need this more than ever.
― Treeship, Saturday, 28 May 2016 02:27 (seven years ago) link
'00s Eminem is so fucking corny (but it's cool that he apparently reads this thread):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y1CfNSItqw
Now whether you're black, white or purpleIf you're misunderstoodBut you don't give a fuckYou ain't doin' shit that you shouldLong as you know you're up to evilAnd you're no damn goodGet on the floor, man, and rep your 'hood
― small doug yule carnival club (unregistered), Saturday, 28 May 2016 02:40 (seven years ago) link
MARIA BARTIROMO (HOST): Dr. Gorka, how do you see it now after that briefing where we now know that 50 people are dead, 53 others are in the hospital and this was an act of terrorism?SEBASTIAN GORKA: Maria, we need to stop using words like shocking. Nobody should be shocked. This is what they have been planning to do after Paris, after Brussels. Nobody should be surprised. Likewise, this isn't to be called a tragedy. This isn't an Amtrak train being derailed. This is part of the global jihadi strategy. It's not an accident. It is war against America. And lastly, please, please, I beg my colleagues in the U.S. government, we have to stop talking about this maybe being a hate crime. It's not a hate crime. It is part of an ideological military assault on the United States of America. We have arrested 101 people linked to ISIS on U.S. soil since the caliphate was declared. This attack in part was facilitated by the policies of this administration, President Obama and Secretary Clinton, that have allowed political correctness into the threat assessment. Today I beg the White House, stop with the political correctness. We need to destroy this enemy before more innocent people, gay, straight, black, white, brown, yellow are murdered on U.S. soil.
SEBASTIAN GORKA: Maria, we need to stop using words like shocking. Nobody should be shocked. This is what they have been planning to do after Paris, after Brussels. Nobody should be surprised. Likewise, this isn't to be called a tragedy. This isn't an Amtrak train being derailed. This is part of the global jihadi strategy. It's not an accident. It is war against America. And lastly, please, please, I beg my colleagues in the U.S. government, we have to stop talking about this maybe being a hate crime. It's not a hate crime. It is part of an ideological military assault on the United States of America. We have arrested 101 people linked to ISIS on U.S. soil since the caliphate was declared. This attack in part was facilitated by the policies of this administration, President Obama and Secretary Clinton, that have allowed political correctness into the threat assessment. Today I beg the White House, stop with the political correctness. We need to destroy this enemy before more innocent people, gay, straight, black, white, brown, yellow are murdered on U.S. soil.
http://mediamatters.org/video/2016/06/12/fox-guest-blames-obama-clinton-and-political-correctness-orlando-shooting/210877
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Sunday, 12 June 2016 20:29 (seven years ago) link
http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2016/06/14/why_you_should_care_if_you_don_t_care_whether_someone_is_black_white_green.html
― lettered and hapful (symsymsym), Wednesday, 15 June 2016 04:42 (seven years ago) link
"I don't care if a boy's skin is black, yellow or purple!" - principal in "Blackboard Jungle", airing on TCM just now
― SPACE IS FAKE make no mistake! (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 19 July 2016 01:05 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtXoKOwTo2M
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 19 July 2016 01:10 (seven years ago) link
No results found for "I don't care if you're black or white, but I do care if you're purple".
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Tuesday, 19 July 2016 01:15 (seven years ago) link
oh no, somebody else remembers that frightening BNL video!
― Nhex, Tuesday, 19 July 2016 01:58 (seven years ago) link
elliot gould guest starring as an accountant with a shotgun on l&o:
'i'm no racist… brown, black, purple, people gotta have their taxes done'
― j., Saturday, June 29, 2013 1:07 AM (1 year ago)
― j., Saturday, February 14, 2015 1:19 AM (8 months ago)
― j., Sunday, October 25, 2015 9:08 PM (8 months ago)
― j., Sunday, 24 July 2016 05:36 (seven years ago) link
http://deadspin.com/tomi-lahren-is-a-facebook-meme-come-to-life-and-america-1786062538?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_facebook&utm_source=deadspin_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
― how's life, Friday, 2 September 2016 15:13 (seven years ago) link
^ok, her whole rant is way the hell more overboard than just the "b,w,p" that gets deployed at the beginning there.
― how's life, Friday, 2 September 2016 15:29 (seven years ago) link
could have been blue—I wouldn’t have cared one lick,” Marvel TV chief Jeph Loeb says of hiring Cheo Hodari Coker, the African-American show-runner of Netflix’s latest superhero show, Luke Cage.
― sarahell, Monday, 3 October 2016 01:40 (seven years ago) link
That's a particularly egregious example, because no way could that show be the way it is if it was written by someone who's not a black American.
― Tuomas, Monday, 3 October 2016 08:40 (seven years ago) link
http://www.thestranger.com/features/2017/04/19/25082450/the-heart-of-whiteness-ijeoma-oluo-interviews-rachel-dolezal-the-white-woman-who-identifies-as-black
We visit Dolezal's studio. She is, in all honesty, a very talented painter. The majority of her paintings feature black people. Other than the paintings of her children, most of the black people depicted appear to be dressed as slaves or tribespeople. Breaking this pattern was a series of portraits hanging on the wall of Dolezal herself. They were done Warhol style, each painting duplicated in a different color. Dolezal explains them to me: "You know, people are always saying to me, 'Rachel, I don't care if you are red, green, blue, or purple,' so I decided to paint myself as red, green, blue, or purple."Dolezal chuckles as she says this, as if it is the most clever and original idea anybody has ever had. I don't know how many times a white person has told me that they don't care if I'm "red, green, blue, or purple" when they are trying to explain to me just how "not racist" they are—I've lost count. I do know that I've rolled my eyes every time. As my brother Ahamefule said to me once, "They may not care if I'm red or green or blue or purple—but they sure as hell care that I'm black."
Dolezal chuckles as she says this, as if it is the most clever and original idea anybody has ever had. I don't know how many times a white person has told me that they don't care if I'm "red, green, blue, or purple" when they are trying to explain to me just how "not racist" they are—I've lost count. I do know that I've rolled my eyes every time. As my brother Ahamefule said to me once, "They may not care if I'm red or green or blue or purple—but they sure as hell care that I'm black."
― j., Wednesday, 19 April 2017 15:53 (seven years ago) link
yeeeeshthat piece is pretty good if you can avoid all the parts where dolezal talks
― The Jams Manager (1992, Brickster) (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 21:26 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ppAVYSV.jpg
― he not like the banana (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 18:00 (six years ago) link
for reference:
https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/6/20/15821858/gay-pride-flag-philadelphia-fight-explained
― he not like the banana (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 18:03 (six years ago) link
Sesame Street is proud to support families of all shapes, sizes, and colors. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/H3uzD5XwUu— Sesame Street (@sesamestreet) June 23, 2017
― j., Saturday, 24 June 2017 21:09 (six years ago) link
That they're in order of the rainbow elevates it from the rest of the comments in this thread.
When a D-II coach says he'll recruit any linebacker - black, white or purple - I don't think he's also got gay rights on his mind.
― pplains, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 01:17 (six years ago) link
“I’m not crying; I’m fucking mad with the lies,” she said. “I’m mad that you put shit on me because I have a fucking vagina and I’m white or I’m black or I’m yellow or I’m purple. Fuck off. All of us want to say it. I just do.”
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 2 February 2018 21:52 (six years ago) link
did Angela Smith on live BBC TV just now *actually*, when talking about BME people, say "it's not just about being black or a funny tinge"?!?!??!?!!?? jesus fucking christpic.twitter.com/WKFwST0V9N— Michael Segalov (@MikeSegalov) February 18, 2019
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 18 February 2019 14:14 (five years ago) link
fucking hell I didn’t realise she said that to Ash Sarkar 😬😬😬😬😬
― gyac, Monday, 18 February 2019 14:17 (five years ago) link
One of the beneficiaries of Robinson’s groundbreaking efforts in baseball was professional basketball. The National Basketball Association was only in its second year when Robinson debuted and a culture of segregation had not yet hardened. But there were still no African-American players in the league when the owners convened for a player draft on April 25, 1950. In the second round, with the 14th pick of the draft, Boston Celtics owner Walter Brown picked Chuck Cooper who had earned All-American honors at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. Startled, a fellow owner blurted out, “Walter, don’t you know he’s a colored boy?” Brown responded, “I don’t care if he’s striped, plaid or polka dot."
― calumy (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 13:52 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/3VP9uXE.jpg
― Mordy, Tuesday, 4 June 2019 13:26 (four years ago) link
honestly i dont care if youre white, brown or black. just as long as youre not some unnatural color like purple or green. if that were the case it would be very easy to convince me we need a caste system where those people are forced to live in the sewer— Diane317565710 (@Lowenaffchen) July 11, 2019
― With an Extreme Burning (aka The Tormentor) (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 11 July 2019 10:30 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/XHaVEgg.png
― pplains, Thursday, 11 July 2019 12:09 (four years ago) link
Even Dre’s judgment was suspect when he signed Em to his Interscope imprint, Aftermath. “I got a couple of questions from people around me,” he says. “You know, ‘He’s got blue eyes, he’s a white kid.’ But I don’t give a fuck if you’re purple: If you can kick it, I’m working with you.”
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/eminem-blows-up-91979/
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Sunday, 4 August 2019 10:44 (four years ago) link
that purple kick in fullhttps://media1.tenor.com/images/1c1fe064a9297f57ddaf28663510e97e/tenor.gif
― Criss Angel Raw: The Mindfreak Unplugged (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 4 August 2019 10:49 (four years ago) link
...but nothing compares to these blue and yellow purple kicks
― Good morning, how are you, I'm (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 4 August 2019 17:10 (four years ago) link
reminder that when asked about the teletubby tinky winky having a purse BBC just responded with the wildest sentence on earth pic.twitter.com/RiUqf08DEz— the sexy glitter cat from the cats (2019) trailer (@kittynouveau) August 11, 2019
― j., Monday, 12 August 2019 02:20 (four years ago) link
11 years, 2 months, 18 days and 485 posts, but it was all worth it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hywcq4KTJAQ
― breastcrawl, Friday, 23 August 2019 23:42 (four years ago) link
People love to say “I don’t care if you’re black, white, purple” but I absolutely do care if you’re purple. I very much would care if a fuckin purple couple moved in next door. Like what would they do if they saw me eating a plum?— maple cocaine (@maplecocaine) September 7, 2019
Ok who is maple cocaine
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Saturday, 7 September 2019 02:01 (four years ago) link
"I don't care if you're white, black, green or gold - I'm still gonna treat you with respect."
- a very nice black police officer in the doctor's office with me yesterday.
― ☮ (peace, man), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 14:49 (four years ago) link
Wonder if they just watched the Avengers
― Evan, Wednesday, 18 September 2019 14:55 (four years ago) link
Shit, now have lyrics for Karma Chameleon as a brain worm. Thanks, Officer!
― coup de twat (suzy), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 14:58 (four years ago) link
Try this extremely on-topic earworm instead:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZF6R0ylG74
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 18 September 2019 16:07 (four years ago) link
xps: was that an Avengers quote?
― ☮ (peace, man), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 18:33 (four years ago) link
Nah I was just imagining the officer thinking of specific characters in regards to the unique "green or gold" variation
― Evan, Wednesday, 18 September 2019 20:41 (four years ago) link
listen i dont care if youre white, black, blue, or green. youre all famous albums— "big spaghetti" (@marx_knopfler) September 21, 2019
― With an Extreme Burning (aka The Tormentor) (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 21 September 2019 14:59 (four years ago) link
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/11/why-dont-i-see-you-anymore/598336/
Just under a century ago, the Soviet Union embarked on one of the strangest attempts to reshape the common calendar that has ever been undertaken. As Joseph Stalin raced to turn an agricultural backwater into an industrialized nation, his government downsized the week from seven to five days. Saturday and Sunday were abolished.In place of the weekend, a new system of respite was introduced in 1929. The government divided workers into five groups, and assigned each to a different day off. On any given day, four-fifths of the proletariat would show up to their factories and work while the other fifth rested. Each laborer received a colored slip of paper—yellow, orange, red, purple, or green—that signified his or her group. The staggered schedule was known as nepreryvka, or the “continuous workweek,” since production never stopped.Socially, the nepreryvka was a disaster. People had no time to see friends; instead they associated by color: purple people with purple people, orange with orange, and so on.
In place of the weekend, a new system of respite was introduced in 1929. The government divided workers into five groups, and assigned each to a different day off. On any given day, four-fifths of the proletariat would show up to their factories and work while the other fifth rested. Each laborer received a colored slip of paper—yellow, orange, red, purple, or green—that signified his or her group. The staggered schedule was known as nepreryvka, or the “continuous workweek,” since production never stopped.
Socially, the nepreryvka was a disaster. People had no time to see friends; instead they associated by color: purple people with purple people, orange with orange, and so on.
― j., Monday, 14 October 2019 17:33 (four years ago) link
this is the funniest thing I've read...ALL DAY pic.twitter.com/8Tmqpwsieo— Spooky Witch Fall 🎃🍂🕷 (@biancaxunise) October 22, 2019
― marcos, Wednesday, 23 October 2019 14:24 (four years ago) link
What the fuck?
― ☮ (peace, man), Wednesday, 23 October 2019 14:36 (four years ago) link
Further discussion on Beer in the new era
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Wednesday, 23 October 2019 16:16 (four years ago) link
irl lol
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 23 October 2019 16:19 (four years ago) link
Today, Anderson said, the racial makeup of the team means nothing to him because he gets along with everyone. (“I’d be around purple people and I’d fit in,” he said.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/09/sports/baseball/tim-anderson-chicago-white-sox.html
― na (NA), Monday, 9 March 2020 20:07 (four years ago) link
BS. I heard Anderson was a purple people eater.
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 9 March 2020 20:35 (four years ago) link
oh no
Kristen Bell has written her first children's book 'The World Needs More Purple People' about a purple person, who looks for similarities before differences. pic.twitter.com/xKHe7J1gpG— AP Entertainment (@APEntertainment) June 12, 2020
― mh, Friday, 12 June 2020 18:11 (three years ago) link
Does the purple person befriend a monster with one eye and one horn? I bet they get pretty lonely too!
― pplains, Friday, 12 June 2020 19:48 (three years ago) link