Poll of the Day > The different ethnic groups of the Medeterranian Sea

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"White people"... as if America has any fucking understand of how many different ethnic groups are from the Mediterranean sea area. No it's not obvious what the Iberian peninsula is. Something called Portugal. Yeah. Also lands like Morocco which is very diverse. The problem with America is they need to understand that there's many shades of OLIVE COLORS. I will tan so damn fast it will make these turd people shit their eyes out of their sockets.

Oh what else did Portugal do? ABOLISH SLAVERY 100 YEARS BEFORE AMERICA DID.

Portugal flag
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Portugal_flag_300.png

The discussion of racism was a complete afterthought when I lived the first 8 years of my life on an island. There are 9 islands in the Azorean archipelago.

Morocco is considered an Arab-Berber country, although some people consider it a largely Berber-African identity. Approximately 42% of the population have a Berber identity, although more have Berber ancestors. These are mainly identified by language, by their traditional dress and its culture, and its distinctive music and dance. The Berbers do not identify themselves by blood. Your language has not yet been officially recognized in Morocco, although the French, for example, considering official languagebecause it was the colonial language. Classical Arabic remains the primary official language of Morocco and is typically used in cultural and socio-economic activities, in addition to print media, but never used among Moroccans. Linguistically, Berber belongs to the Afro-Asian group and has many accents and variations. The Tachelhit (also known as "Soussia") is spoken in the southwest of the country, in the area surrounded by Sidi Ifni in the south, Agadir and Marrakech in the north in the Draa / Sous eastern valleys. The Tamazight is spoken in the Middle Atlas, between Taza, Khemisset, Azilal and Errachidia.

https://www.arastan.com/journey/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Berber_tunisie_1910.jpg

You sound just like my ex-wife.

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Sarcasthma posted...

ex-wife

Is your implication that you were once married to an expert on European history?
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EclairReturns posted...

Is your implication that you were once married to an expert on European history?

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AC_Dragonfire posted...

Oh what else did Portugal do? ABOLISH SLAVERY 100 YEARS BEFORE AMERICA DID.

Nice that Salazar re-established forced labour for black Africans (implemented in 1911, abolished 1913) in Portugal's African colonies in 1926 though.

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Firewerx posted...

Nice that Salazar re-established forced labour for black Africans (implemented in 1911, abolished 1913) in Portugal's African colonies in 1926 though.

And wasn't too long after that where Portugal sent soldiers to Angola. But that was the 60 or 70s. My dad speaks of using the G3 battle rifle.

Forced labour.... probably way better living conditions than some Russian Gulag. There's different levels to these things.

What in the fuck is tc babbling on about

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FatalAccident posted...

What in the fuck is tc babbling on about

It is a history lesson for those who wish to be ignorant and say edgy bro comments.

Languages of Morocco:

• Arabic (official)
• Berber (official)
• French (often the language of business, government, and diplomacy)[16]
• Spanish (spoken in northern region)

AC_Dragonfire posted...

Forced labour.... probably way better living conditions than some Russian Gulag. There's different levels to these things.

I don't know about that. Even a cursory examination turns up this on Wikipedia, about the forced labour regime in Angola after Salazar re-established the institution:

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"By 1947, 40% of the forced labourers died each year with a 60% infant mortality rate in the territory (according to The World Factbook's 2007 estimates, infant mortality rate (deaths/1,000 live births) in modern-day Angola was 184.44 - the worst result among all countries in the world). Historian Basil Davidson visited Angola in 1954 and found 30% of all adult males working in these conditions; "there was probably more coercion than ever before."

Marcelo Caetano, Portugal's Minister of the Colonies, recognized the inherent flaws in the system, which he described as using natives "like pieces of equipment without any concern for their yearning, interests, or desires". Parliament held a closed session in 1947 to discuss the deteriorating situation. Henrique Galvo, Angolan deputy to the Portuguese National Assembly, read his "Report on Native Problems in the Portuguese Colonies". Galvo condemned the "shameful outrages" he had uncovered, the forced labour of "women, of children, of the sick, [and] of decrepit old men." He concluded that in Angola, "only the dead are really exempt from forced labor."

The government's control over the natives eliminated the worker-employer's incentive to keep his employees alive because, unlike in other colonial societies, the state replaced deceased workers without directly charging the employer. The Portuguese government refuted the report and arrested Galvo in 1952."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Angola
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Also, "well, at least forced labour probably didn't have the same death rate as the Russian gulag" isn't exactly what I'd call a sound fallback position. The cotton plantations of the 1850s South probably didn't have the same death rate as the Russian gulag either.

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I don't trust statistics when it comes to things not recorded in the digital age. I'm a little bit progressive like that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfHinOzTkK4

http://factsanddetails.com/world/cat55/sub394/entry-5932.html

AC_Dragonfire posted...

I don't trust statistics when it comes to things not recorded in the digital age.

Some fucking historian when you don't trust anything written on paper before 1995. Or at least, you don't trust anything that's unfavourable. You felt confident enough about the statistics for Gulag death rates in the 1930s to treat them as a yardstick.

And LOL at the idea that the digital disinformation age in which we now live is far more trustworthy.

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AC_Dragonfire posted...

The problem with America is

that there's a lot of people who think they know what's best for everybody without asking anyone or respecting anyone and with mindset of people from 321AD


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