Union is defecting ? Can anyone answer this question ? Keep in mind that this joke was from the 80's, the Iron Curtain was still up.
2006-08-18 10:32:58 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
I know I know the answer JD, I just want to know if other people know the answer as well.
2006-08-18 13:06:36 · update #1
Yeah ain't that still the awful truth. Many white Americans see Mexicans as colored people of low intelligence (please understand that I do NOT see people this way and am just stating a general fact about Americans) Russian people are seen as white by those mentioned above therfore have a higher standing in immigrant terms. The more different your language and darker your skin tone the less you are considered a human being by a huge majority of white america. I remember Paul Rodriguez using that joke it is still funny today...you know funny cuz it's true... so sad ain't it?!
Of course I am Canadian and biased against bias!
2006-08-18 10:43:36 · answer #1 · answered by Lee 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
C'mon Chula
You KNOW The Answer
You Said It Yourself
"the Iron Curtain was still up."
Its Same As The Question You Asked About Cubans
If A Nation Is OPPRESSED By COMMUNISM
The USA Will Give REFUGEE Status
AKA POLITICAL ASYLUM
To Those That Manage To ESCAPE
Their Oppressive Government
Which Is NOT An Easy Thing To Do
Its NOT As Simple As Jumping The Backyard Fence
2006-08-18 10:43:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately many folks are overly biased, small-minded, and into labels.
So when a celebrity throws out a label, it becomes more prolific.
I'm from Canada and people in the U.S. call me Canadian-bacon. Technically it's called back bacon, and when we order it on a pizza, it's called ham.
So you didn't swim across the Rio Grande. I hear former Soviet Block folks called commies, but none of those countries are communist.
2006-08-18 10:43:26 · answer #3 · answered by superfastmoto 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just a nickname, don't get excited!
We also had/have the following:
zips, spics, slope heads, honkeys, n****rs,
wops, bagels, pollacks, ragheads, porch
monkeys, slant eyes, redskins, potato
munchers, krauts, etc.
He's a comedian! He is trying to get people to laugh. When you put down another person, it makes you feel superior and sometimes that's
funny. Remember there is also a lot of priest
and nun jokes out there!
2006-08-18 10:47:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i might tell the extraterrestrial beings that i comprehend it relatively is a huge comedian tale. i might then remind them, that they've been additionally sufferers of the vast comedian tale. i might component out that they, as nicely as us and all different existence, are all sitting on great boulders that waft approximately in infinite area. i might additionally point out, whoever placed us on our own rock, placed many forms of existence right here additionally. whilst it is composed of food, our good and selection god advised us to eat one yet another.
2016-12-11 11:08:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great question on semantics, the wisdom of Paul Rodrigues; think about it, it's not a joke; it's still true to this day!
2006-08-18 10:57:43 · answer #6 · answered by LaContessa 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Communist government, political asylum and approved by our government, big big difference.
Leela...... I am sure our Attorney General Alberto R. Gongales would not approve of that statment.
2006-08-18 11:05:26 · answer #7 · answered by hexa 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because anyone who lived under the Soviet system was defective! [yuk, yuk]
2006-08-18 10:40:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Wouldn't it be funny if the Mexican government decided to go communist =D
Oh wait.....no I guess that wouldn't be funny, but we would sure have allot of LEGAL "refugees" on our hands ;-)
2006-08-18 20:39:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chula, some things never change. It's still like that! Good fun question! (Did i feel an elbow?) lol
2006-08-18 11:38:46 · answer #10 · answered by Stomp 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋