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Not sure if this is totally appropriate but I can asure you my intentions are honorable.
I've noticed over the years that the ethnic diversity of this site is really quite amazing. Meeting some of you face to face for the first time can be quite surprising at times. I really think it says a lot that a love for our hobby and sport transcends such a wide range of cultures and beliefs.
Thought I would throw up a poll just to get an idea of just how diverse our little family is. Feel free to respond or feel free to move on by if you choose.
Each and every one of you has proved to me that no matter what our background we all have a lot in common.
[Beer]
I didn't notice an option for "troll". I think you have alienated several of our members by not including their ethnic identity.
I didn't notice an option for "troll". I think you have alienated several of our members by not including their ethnic identity.
LOL
May I suggest, instead of other, Two races or more ? For example, I have 5 races (Spanish, Native Indian, African, Irish, English) ( Yeah 500 years ago, the Spanish had lots of fun in PR, lol) and since most of us are mutts.
Normally when people call me a Mexican I tell them, get it right, it is tropical Mexican ( Heard it in a movie about Marines, I forgot the name of it, fun HBO series)
I didn't notice an option for "troll". I think you have alienated several of our members by not including their ethnic identity.
That's what "other" is for.
May I suggest, instead of other, Two races or more ? For example, I have 5 races (Spanish, Native Indian, African, Irish, English) ( Yeah 500 years ago, the Spanish had lots of fun in PR, lol) and since most of us are mutts.
Normally when people call me a Mexican I tell them, get it right, it is tropical Mexican ( Heard it in a movie about Marines, I forgot the name of it, fun HBO series)
Sorry. Was just trying to keep things simple. If I listed everything I could think of I would probably still miss something and have somebody feeling left out.
[Beer]
SideShow Bob
06-05-2014, 21:15
I don't see White Hispanic in the choices either...........
Put me down as Nunya......
I don't see White Hispanic in the choices either...........
Put me down as Nunya......
Nunya is a perfectly acceptable answer. [Beer]
Also, mods... If this gets out of hand for any reason, please feel free to lock it out or delete it or whatever. I promise my intent was not to get anyone riled up or offend anyone.
ChunkyMonkey
06-05-2014, 21:23
You shouldve gone w/ Federal standard.. they only ask "Hispanic or Not Hispanic"
SideShow Bob
06-05-2014, 21:26
Nunya is a perfectly acceptable answer. [Beer]
Also, mods... If this gets out of hand for any reason, please feel free to lock it out or delete it or whatever. I promise my intent was not to get anyone riled up or offend anyone.
No, I am not offended, I just forget to to use the smilies sometimes with my meager attempts at humor.
Saltine American, I think is the new PC term these days for my skin tone. [ROFL2]
Badger
ZERO THEORY
06-05-2014, 21:31
I really think it says a lot that a love for our hobby and sport transcends such a wide range of cultures and beliefs.
Poll results: 15 to 2
http://www.miscupload.com/upload/864448056155295071434624.gif
You shouldve gone w/ Federal standard.. they only ask "Hispanic or Not Hispanic"
Beat me to it.
Aardvark
06-05-2014, 21:37
My clan probably traces back to the Basque region of northern Spain/southern France, details are sketchy. So...does that make me Latin or Caucasian since it's Europe? We could just be southern Spaniards...which would mean there's also Moorish blood, so I could put African-American. Then again, the last name derives from ancient Greece....frak. I'm a mutt.
hghclsswhitetrsh
06-05-2014, 21:42
I'm not answering.
Chinese, but a lot of people think Mexican when I'm at work wearing hard hat, sun glasses, facial hair, and dark skin (cause I work outside).
Chinese, but a lot of people think Mexican when I'm at work wearing hard hat, sun glasses, facial hair, and dark skin (cause I work outside).
Pretty awkward when someone comes up to you and starts speaking to you in Spanish I suppose.
Yea it is, worst one was a Mexican guy that worked for a different contractor didn't believe me and I stood there arguing with him and finally took my sun glasses off and he said and I quote "oh, you are Chinese!"
SideShow Bob
06-05-2014, 21:59
Chinese, but a lot of people think Mexican when I'm at work wearing hard hat, sun glasses, facial hair, and dark skin (cause I work outside).
I would bet it is only the gringos that make that mistake.....
It's actually a lot of Spanish speaking people that make the mistake. Only one white guy so far. They seem to get mad when I tell them I don't speak Spanish instead of telling them I'm Chinese?
Great-Kazoo
06-05-2014, 22:04
I was born in this country. That makes me a Native American.
Which you conveniently omitted.
Aloha_Shooter
06-05-2014, 22:15
I believe in diversity. I shoot .22, 5.56x45, 7.62x51, 9x19, .38 Special, .30-06, .45 ACP, and on rare occasions .357 Magnum and .45-70 ...
TEAMRICO
06-05-2014, 22:15
What? No Gender Identification poll?
I wanna see what Gender you guys...err...whatever you Identify as!!!
Now that I see I'm one of three "Latinos" here I'm kinda nervous to be associating with you fellas.......
Hey Ray it is suppose to be "Caucasian / American"
For us Caucasians that were born here instead of Caucasia, where ever the hell that is......maybe it sunk into the ocean like Atlantis.
......oh yeah, it is supposed to be "Asian / American" as well, glad you are not the one in charge of writing the forms people have to sign.
[Coffee]
If you pause the poll right now (from top down) at 29, 1, 3, 2, 4, I think I've met all those people.
Rooskibar03
06-05-2014, 23:10
Ummmm
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm251/cmuthard03/7fab27acb82e4910413c1a13e631a530_zps9a0fa9d5.jpg
White people scare me
Sent by a free-range electronic weasel, with no sense of personal space.
Done quite a few deals with people on this board. Surprising number were not Wonder Breads. Never had a problem and most all were good peeps. Hell, done deals with 5 people in this thread.
kawiracer14
06-06-2014, 09:00
You shouldve gone w/ Federal standard.. they only ask "Hispanic or Not Hispanic"
That's actually for ethnicity, not race.
ChunkyMonkey
06-06-2014, 09:10
That's actually for ethnicity, not race.
aww man.. lets start another poll! [Coffee]
The percentages displayed in this poll fairly closely resemble the overall makeup of Colorado:
http://www.infoplease.com/us/census/data/colorado/demographic.html
ThunderSquirrel
06-06-2014, 09:39
Much Diversity
Such Race
Many People
The percentages displayed in this poll fairly closely resemble the overall makeup of Colorado:
http://www.infoplease.com/us/census/data/colorado/demographic.html
Hispanic is a bit underrepresented here.
Hispanic is a bit underrepresented here.
Maybe they just don't vote.
ZERO THEORY
06-06-2014, 11:07
Maybe they just don't vote.
If the Obama administration has taught me anything, it's that they do vote. Even when they don't.
Great-Kazoo
06-06-2014, 11:16
Hispanic is a bit underrepresented here.
Brown, or White, Hispanic?
Brown, or White, Hispanic?
Who knows what the qualifiers are. I just see it as an option in the poll and that linked site says ~17% of CO is Hispanic vs 7% here.
We need some serious Race Redistribution here. Can someone make an executive order or something? For the Children?
Great-Kazoo
06-06-2014, 12:46
Who knows what the qualifiers are. I just see it as an option in the poll and that linked site says ~17% of CO is Hispanic vs 7% here.
Then the poll is flawed and needs to be redone.
Bailey Guns
06-06-2014, 13:26
Maybe we could trade 5 white guys for a Hispanic guy.
hghclsswhitetrsh
06-06-2014, 15:16
We need to get EEOC up in here.
Great-Kazoo
06-06-2014, 15:38
Maybe we could trade 5 white guys for a Hispanic guy.
Great, Now we have hispanics taking polls, anglos don't want to.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SvoUyNa934U/UbDhpw0llSI/AAAAAAAAJMs/jwosyCY5lLI/s1600/Took_er_Jobs.jpg
We need some serious Race Redistribution here. Can someone make an executive order or something? For the Children?
On a serious note... I was in fifth grade when they desegregated the schools where I grew up. They made everyone draw ping pong balls to determine what school you would attend. I went to one middle school, the kid directly next door went to another, and my coursing who live in the next house down went to a third school. The street would be littered with kids in the morning waiting to catch the school bus. The three of us would stand out in front of my cousins house. One bus would come and one of us would get on and leave. Shortly thereafter another bus would come and another one of us would leave. Not too long after that the third bus would arrive and the last one of us would head off to school.
A bunch of white guys with guns.. Who would of ever guessed.
Oh wait. That's 'profiling'; and profiling is wrong. Mmkay.
On a serious note... I was in fifth grade when they desegregated the schools where I grew up. They made everyone draw ping pong balls to determine what school you would attend. I went to one middle school, the kid directly next door went to another, and my coursing who live in the next house down went to a third school. The street would be littered with kids in the morning waiting to catch the school bus. The three of us would stand out in front of my cousins house. One bus would come and one of us would get on and leave. Shortly thereafter another bus would come and another one of us would leave. Not too long after that the third bus would arrive and the last one of us would head off to school.
Government efficiency hard at work!
So.... A Caucasian, African American, Hispanic/Latino, Asia, and an Other walk into a bar......
Ohhh wait, don't want to derail the thread.
I'm a little surprised the "Asian" count isn't a bit higher. Seems like eight out of ten people I meet have been Asian.
lllRorlll
06-07-2014, 10:38
Half white- half horse
Great-Kazoo
06-07-2014, 11:03
I'm a little surprised the "Asian" count isn't a bit higher. Seems like eight out of ten people I meet have been Asian.
WitSec
blacklabel
06-07-2014, 11:49
I'm a little surprised the "Asian" count isn't a bit higher. Seems like eight out of ten people I meet have been Asian.
Asian, Caucasian.
TEAMRICO
06-07-2014, 22:11
Half white- half horse
That's a myth............
DSB OUTDOORS
06-08-2014, 19:42
Ummm? Hello !!!! It doesn't matter, White, Black, Brown, Asian, Other, Etc.
Here in the Colorado Ar-15 Shooters Forum. We are all Brothers!! Fighting for the same thing. Our rights, freedom, friendship, and right to express our voice, opinion, and what ever one want's to. And that's what I love about this Group!! [Beer]
White people scare me
.
Me too...and I'm one of 'em...
This +1
Ummm? Hello !!!! It doesn't matter, White, Black, Brown, Asian, Other, Etc.
Here in the Colorado Ar-15 Shooters Forum. We are all Brothers!! Fighting for the same thing. Our rights, freedom, friendship, and right to express our voice, opinion, and what ever one want's to. And that's what I love about this Group!! [Beer]
I'm a little surprised the "Asian" count isn't a bit higher. Seems like eight out of ten people I meet have been Asian.
I just added one!
ChunkyMonkey
06-09-2014, 09:19
Ummm? Hello !!!! It doesn't matter, White, Black, Brown, Asian, Other, Etc.
Yes it does. That's why affirmatively I voted to be the 2nd African American in that poll. The first one seems so lonely. How ya been Dave?!
Delfuego
06-09-2014, 09:34
Yo soy gringo, pero no voto. Bienvenidos a mi mundo! [Neene1]
ZERO THEORY
06-09-2014, 11:06
A bunch of white guys with guns.. Who would of ever guessed.
Oh wait. That's 'profiling'; and profiling is wrong. Mmkay.
Would have. Who would have ever guessed?
/grammar Nazi
So.... A Caucasian, African American, Hispanic/Latino, Asia, and an Other walk into a bar......
Ohhh wait, don't want to derail the thread.
Go on...
Yes it does. That's why affirmatively I voted to be the 2nd African American in that poll. The first one seems so lonely. How ya been Dave?!
Thanks, man. Glad to have some b/l/ackup.
centrarchidae
06-10-2014, 11:08
Ummm? Hello !!!! It doesn't matter, White, Black, Brown, Asian, Other, Etc.
Here in the Colorado Ar-15 Shooters Forum. We are all Brothers!! Fighting for the same thing. Our rights, freedom, friendship, and right to express our voice, opinion, and what ever one want's to. And that's what I love about this Group!! [Beer]
That is, as long as cops, Colt-vs-Bushmaster, Republican primary candidates, or the Judean People's Front don't show up.
Didn't have a category for the greatest race of all...TEXAN!!
So i just voted Hispanic on account of my awesome year round tan
blacklabel
06-10-2014, 17:23
Didn't have a category for the greatest race of all...TEXAN!!
Texas, the greatest school system in the world.
Ya forgot gay, liberal tree hugger.
Or gay liberal tree hugger Texan's LOL
ZERO THEORY
06-10-2014, 19:05
That is, as long as cops, Colt-vs-Bushmaster, Republican primary candidates, or the Judean People's Front don't show up.
LOL, Shrubmaster.
Didn't have a category for the greatest race of all...TEXAN!!
Texas: where wannabe cowboys call the cops on people for open carrying, there are more illegal immigrants than legal US migrants, and hipsters take over an entire city every year for a festival of bad music and ironic art.
LOL, Shrubmaster.
Texas: where wannabe cowboys call the cops on people for open carrying, there are more illegal immigrants than legal US migrants, and hipsters take over an entire city every year for a festival of bad music and ironic art.
I remember when they use to have good bands at SXSW. Now it's one big celeb/techie cluster. Couldn't pay me enough to go.
If the Obama administration has taught me anything, it's that they do vote. Even when they don't.
Lulz. Also what if you're a halfrican?
UrbanWolf
06-10-2014, 21:46
The Dalek race will raise!!!!
http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/5/56434/2206638-d10s01ep13_wal_07_daleks_doomsday_device.jpg
The Dalek race will raise!!!!
Not if I have anything to say about that!
45913
UrbanWolf
06-11-2014, 20:31
Not if I have anything to say about that!
45913
Seek! Locate! EXTERMINATE!!!!
Aloha_Shooter
06-12-2014, 10:03
I have decided I am now a member of homo constitutionalis and your labels don't apply to me. Find some Obama-voting ACLU-supporting member of Occupy S--t to bin with your labels. [blah-blah]
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