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Offline Libertas

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Miss American Diversity Crowned
« on: September 16, 2013, 07:55:40 AM »
Moments after winning, Davuluri described how delighted she is that the nearly century-old pageant sees beauty and talent of all kinds.

"I'm so happy this organization has embraced diversity," she said in her first news conference after winning the crown. "I'm thankful there are children watching at home who can finally relate to a new Miss America."

Davuluri's pageant platform was "celebrating diversity through cultural competency." Her talent routine was a Bollywood fusion dance.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/09/16/new-miss-america-to-be-crowned-in-atlantic-city/#ixzz2f3kWW6IT

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Yeah...I guess real talent like oh, singing and playing an instrument or reciting your own poetry or something is just oh so...white or un-diverse enough for judges who cannot see past skin color?

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It has been going down the crapper for a while...but don't ya think it is about time someone come up with an alternative contest to go up against these frauds?  Get some backing, get some judges who judge without diversity-colored filters on and let the ladies with some real talent get rewarded.

Disclaimer - Did not watch one second of this, haven't for years, just responding to the idiocy of the comments I read above.
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Re: Miss American Diversity Crowned
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2013, 09:25:51 AM »
Have you watched Bollywood dance? Holy crapola, it's so cool.

I guess having a daughter in competitive dance exposes me to the subculture. "So You Think You Can Dance" is DVRed in our house, and we go to competitions regularly.

I'm fascinated by Bollywood dance. One would think that in an age-old art like dance, everything had already been done, and the differences in styles are in how moves are pieced together. Bollywood rid me of that idea. It is unique.
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Re: Miss American Diversity Crowned
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2013, 10:01:04 AM »
Ok so there's an "Indian" Miss America.

Seems kind of anti-climatic since Indian doctors are pretty much a staple of MEDICINE which I think is more competitive than a beauty contest though I could be wrong.

Miss Kansas made the top 10.
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Re: Miss American Diversity Crowned
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2013, 10:03:58 AM »
Little known fact: The Indian people are Caucasian. Wierd, huh?
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Re: Miss American Diversity Crowned
« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2013, 10:08:27 AM »
Quote from: IronDioPriest on September 16, 2013, 10:03:58 AM
Little known fact: The Indian people are Caucasian. Wierd, huh?

you only get to be a minority if members of your skin color group are generally considered underachievers and need government assistance

otherwise you're white
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Re: Miss American Diversity Crowned
« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2013, 11:15:39 AM »
Isn't ancient India where the Aryan people originated?
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Re: Miss American Diversity Crowned
« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2013, 02:25:05 PM »
My wife was watching and the first time I saw this chick, I told her "there is your winner". Guess what, I was correct. As she won, she whispered under her breath and thanked one of the multitude of gods they have. I read her lips and looked it up, but for the life of me I can't remember the hindu god she thanked.

As a sidenote, I'm listening to radio station interviewing some chick who will play a lesbo in a sitcom and she commented it was so great that lesbo's were becoming so accepted and wasn't it great. ::barf::
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Re: Miss American Diversity Crowned
« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2013, 04:30:28 PM »
Quote from: IronDioPriest on September 16, 2013, 10:03:58 AM
Little known fact: The Indian people are Caucasian. Wierd, huh?

Round Hair = the criteria.  So, not really (in my mind anyway).
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Re: Miss American Diversity Crowned
« Reply #8 on: September 16, 2013, 04:38:34 PM »
Round hair??
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Re: Miss American Diversity Crowned
« Reply #9 on: September 16, 2013, 07:29:46 PM »
Quote from: IronDioPriest on September 16, 2013, 10:03:58 AM
Little known fact: The Indian people are Caucasian. Wierd, huh?

Along with Latinos. I know....You're shocked.
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Re: Miss American Diversity Crowned
« Reply #10 on: September 17, 2013, 12:35:40 AM »
Quote from: Pandora on September 16, 2013, 04:38:34 PM
Round hair??

The cross section of the hair follicle. Caucasians have a slightly oval cross section to the hair follicle. Mongols/Asians have a very circular section, and Africans have a flattened section.

But there's no such thing as race, social construct, etc, etc.
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Re: Miss American Diversity Crowned
« Reply #11 on: September 17, 2013, 03:06:23 AM »
Quote from: Glock32 on September 17, 2013, 12:35:40 AM
Quote from: Pandora on September 16, 2013, 04:38:34 PM
Round hair??

The cross section of the hair follicle. Caucasians have a slightly oval cross section to the hair follicle. Mongols/Asians have a very circular section, and Africans have a flattened section.

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But there's no such thing as race, social construct, etc, etc.

Nono, of course not.
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Re: Miss American Diversity Crowned
« Reply #12 on: September 17, 2013, 07:01:00 AM »
I never knew there was a difference in the hair, besides the obvious. I just remember learning that Indians are Caucazoid.
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Re: Miss American Diversity Crowned
« Reply #13 on: September 17, 2013, 07:39:57 AM »
I always understood the three subsets of homo sapiens to be Caucasoid, Mongoloid and Negroid based upon skull shape.  Never heard about the hair, though.

http://mathildasanthropologyblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/racial-differences-in-scalp-hair/

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Apropos of nothing, I was watching an anthropology show.  Learned there were three types of hominids living at one time, quite possibly all together at the same time:  homo sapiens, Neanderthal and Denisovan.  That Denisovan one was completely new to me.  I knew Neanderthal DNA has been found in modern humans thanks to inbreeding.  But now I learn that there are population segments of homo sapiens, based on location, that contain Denisovan DNA, as well.  The Denisovans were from Siberia, and apparently interbred with Neanderthal, with Neanderthal interbreeding with homo sapiens thus leaving behind Denisovan DNA in the human genome.  I'm waiting for them to isolate the horrendus bardos DNA, so we can isolate those with it at birth.  (Would have saved us from King Putz and his Knights of the Race Table.)
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Re: Miss American Diversity Crowned
« Reply #14 on: September 17, 2013, 09:02:36 AM »
Quote from: RickZ on September 17, 2013, 07:39:57 AM
  (Would have saved us from King Putz and his Knights of the Race Table.)

nice turn of phrase
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