I'm sorry, but I disagree. I've heard those statements made, and the terms - be it 'black', 'ginger', 'fat', 'speccy-faced' are not where the vitriol lies. It's not saying 'You're a bastard because you're ginger' or 'because you're black', it's saying, "You're a lazy fucker/a slow fucker/ a little fucking whiner - who happens to be black/ginger/a bit on the fat side".
I can see why people outside would, possibly, think it's about the racism, but it's not.
And please, don't insult my heritage. My father is Sicilian, my mother was born in England to a mother who is half Canadian, half Lakota. I don't get pious about my heritage, but I am proud of it.
You may be a very intelligent person, but you apparently know nothing about the military and military life and you do not have any clue what it is like to be in the military or the attitudes within it.
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on 2007-03-10 02:15 pm (UTC)I can see why people outside would, possibly, think it's about the racism, but it's not.
And please, don't insult my heritage. My father is Sicilian, my mother was born in England to a mother who is half Canadian, half Lakota. I don't get pious about my heritage, but I am proud of it.
You may be a very intelligent person, but you apparently know nothing about the military and military life and you do not have any clue what it is like to be in the military or the attitudes within it.