Anyone here not White?
08-11-07, 01:20 AM
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No, really, its not that deep, nor racist, It"s just what I've observed. I could care less what anybody thinks about it. Honestly, I dont think I've ever seen a black dude on a road bike in San Francisco, just mountain bikes. And it is 20 something white kids on track bikes. Come on out here and see for yourself. Maybe its different in upstate NY, where people ride horses instead of bicycles. (wow, that was a joke).
08-11-07, 01:51 AM
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No, really, its not that deep, nor racist, It"s just what I've observed. I could care less what anybody thinks about it. Honestly, I dont think I've ever seen a black dude on a road bike in San Francisco, just mountain bikes. And it is 20 something white kids on track bikes. Come on out here and see for yourself. Maybe its different in upstate NY, where people ride horses instead of bicycles. (wow, that was a joke).
On a trip to SF last year I saw 3 black dudes on road bikes.
Guess I must've just got lucky.
08-11-07, 08:35 AM
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Im Italian American and once thought that I was white..Then a proper gentlemen from Mississippi set me straight.You see I have curly hair and the good man told me that curls in the hair is evidence of a mixing of the races and that I was therefore not purely white.This was back in the 60s when the KKK was still running around down south.Not to be careless I always wore a hat when driving through certain southern states.
08-12-07, 09:06 AM
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Do these guys count?
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But .. but .. the Voting Rights Act doesn't apply to Massachewsetts ! How could it have been segregated? Don't you think Congress would have noticed?
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08-12-07, 04:57 PM
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The US government classifies me as white caucasion even though I am of spanish and middle eastern descent from one side and eastern european on the other side..
but I can't climb like a spaniard, but I do love middle eastern food and can hold my liquor better then most eastern europeans...
I ride with many cyclists of different origins..
the more the merrier.. as look as I am drafting behind them..
but I can't climb like a spaniard, but I do love middle eastern food and can hold my liquor better then most eastern europeans...
I ride with many cyclists of different origins..
the more the merrier.. as look as I am drafting behind them..
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I look white (Scottish/American Indian) but was officially declared black a few years ago.
04-07-09, 09:35 AM
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Awww, poor put-upon white people makin' protest threads.
It's so cute to see the 80% that control 99% of everything so defensive and whiny.
PS I'm not 'white', I'm Eastern European and English.
It's so cute to see the 80% that control 99% of everything so defensive and whiny.
PS I'm not 'white', I'm Eastern European and English.
04-07-09, 09:47 AM
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stole your bike
Here in NYC you see riders of almost all ethnic and racial groups and there's equal opportunity getting dropped if you're not fast enough.
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I'm from Manila as well and used to ride when I was in college. If you stay off of the main streets then you can always find paths through neighborhoods and such.
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