# I'm I stupid for wishing I was white?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-i-stupid-for-wishing-i-was-white/205790>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 6, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-i-stupid-for-wishing-i-was-white/205790 "2003-10-06T02:17:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 13\
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**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-i-stupid-for-wishing-i-was-white/205790/121 "2003-10-06T12:49:45Z")

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A white person would have coded correctly the first time.

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-i-stupid-for-wishing-i-was-white/205790/122 "2003-10-06T12:56:22Z")

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Man, fuck you, biznach.

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**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-i-stupid-for-wishing-i-was-white/205790/123 "2003-10-06T12:56:34Z")

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He was probably typing with his pink nipples

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**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-i-stupid-for-wishing-i-was-white/205790/124 "2003-10-06T13:03:44Z")

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I find them hot. Blonde hair, pink nipples, they’re usually taller. Blah.

Jamaican? What’s so special about them?

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**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-i-stupid-for-wishing-i-was-white/205790/125 "2003-10-06T13:05:28Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Michael Ellis \*  
> \*\*Man, fuck you, biznach. \*\*

You’re just jealous of my blond hair and pink nipples.

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**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-i-stupid-for-wishing-i-was-white/205790/126 "2003-10-06T13:07:37Z")

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> Jamaican? What’s so special about them?

They got the attitude, mon.

\<scrubbing my brain after clicking on **Spram’s** link\>

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**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-i-stupid-for-wishing-i-was-white/205790/127 "2003-10-06T13:09:25Z")

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Warned ya, dude.

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**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-i-stupid-for-wishing-i-was-white/205790/128 "2003-10-06T13:14:38Z")

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I didn’t see your warning in time!

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-i-stupid-for-wishing-i-was-white/205790/129 "2003-10-06T13:17:54Z")

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Neither did I. :barf:

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-i-stupid-for-wishing-i-was-white/205790/130 "2003-10-06T13:28:19Z")

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I find them hot. Blonde hair, pink nipples, they’re usually taller. Blah.

Jamaican? What’s so special about them?

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-i-stupid-for-wishing-i-was-white/205790/131 "2003-10-06T14:01:23Z")

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Nurse Ratched! I want MY cigarettes!!

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-i-stupid-for-wishing-i-was-white/205790/132 "2003-10-06T14:27:02Z")

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**Spram** makes me long for **bj0rn**.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-i-stupid-for-wishing-i-was-white/205790/133 "2003-10-06T15:50:56Z")

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