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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A little primer on AA culture: we like to put our own twists on mainstream US culture. What we like doesn’t have to have an African origin or come from our own history for it to be embraced as “a black thing”.  And something being “a black thing” doesn’t mean that we’re saying we invented it. Only that we’ve embraced it and it’s a recognizable part of our cultural identity. [/quote]

So if I grew up playing Uno with my grandparents, moved on to playing it with my white friends at college and now play it with my white kids, doesn’t that make it a “white thing” for me?  Of course not.  It’s a game meant for and played by people of all races. It doesn’t belong to a set culture.  It can be your thing or my thing.  It’s not a race thing.

We have all really gone over the edge of ridiculous race baiting issues.[/quote]

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Fried fish

All part of black culture but also white peoples ear it.

Do you not understand culture?[/quote]

I think the point is that something ubiquitous is not uniquely cultural by definition. I would be like saying drinking water is a part of XX cultural identity. [/quote]

It’s like saying eating pasta is part of Italian culture.[/quote]

No it isn't. Some parts of Italy don't eat a lot of pasta, and every culture has some form of noodle dish. Italian pasta is a culinary stye from a particular area -- it isn't Uno.

However, is appears that adults gathering for the purpose of playing Uno is a special thing in some Black communities, like Bunco in Southern social circles, or Bridge in midwestern suburbs, so there you have it. Something ubiquitous also becomes cultural. [/quote]

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