WHAT IS THE BEST CITY IN CALIFORNIA TO LIVE IN

[Marina]

HEY MARINA THE ONLY THANG DARK ABOUT YOU IS YOUR HAIR.YOUR SKIN IS NOT DARK.CAUSE ITS NOT BLACK OR BROWN.IN ORDER TO HAVE SKIN THATS DARK IT EITHER HAS TO BE BLACK OR BROWN AND YOUR SKIN COLOR DOESENT FIT NEITHER COLOR DESCRIPTION.

That's not true. it's relative. I may not be dark compared to you but I am next BK or branquelinho. Branquelinho can say I'm caramel-colored- which is true- and you'd think I was black, huh? if you look at the caramel in some candy bars, it's not black or brown, it's kind of yellow-ish. That's why northern Europeans call(ed) Southern Europeans "black," the Russians do it with Armenians, Georgians, etc. Maybe to a really pale Greek immigrant in Jerusalem in 30 BC, Jesus was very dark indeed, but he could have been my color. When I go to south Brazil, people think I'm dark. They're not necessarily wrong.

[Quantum]

AUSTRALIA NEEDS SOME BLACK FOLKS TO MIGRATE THEIR SO THAT THE DIVERSITY CAN INCREASE.AUSTRALIA IS TOO WHITE RIGHT NOW. YOU AUSSIES NEED SOME CHOCOLATE IN YOUR MILK.

Nah brasilians need a little more cream in their coffee

[Quantum]

HEY BRAZUCA DOES AUSTRALIA HAVE CUBANS,ITALIANS,FILIPINOS,JAMAICANS,RUSSIANS,JAPANESE,MEXICANS,IRISH,HAITIANS,DOMINICANS,GERMANS,INDIANS,PAKISTANIS,PUERTO RICANS,AUSTRIANS,BAHAMANS,VIETNAMESE, ETC I DONT THINK SO.YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THOSE ETHNIC GROUPS IN AMERICA BUT WHY NOT IN AUSTRALIA CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT BRAZUCA. SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE ARE NOT AS RACIALLY DIVERSE AS LOS ANGELES OR MIAMI FOR EXAMPLE.THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA ARE AUSTRALIAN BORN WHITES.YOU CALL THAT DIVERSITY BRAZUCA.I BET THE NONWHITE POPULATION IN AUSTRALIA CANT BE MORE THEN 5%.

But Melbourne has lots of Greeks, Italians and Lebanese! I'm gonna meet my husband there!

Congradulations

Australia is pretty diverse.

[Squirrelhunter]

HEY MARINA HAVE OTHER LATINOS EVER CONFUSED YOU FOR BEING A LATINA OR IS IT JUST THE GRINGOS.

other latinos sometimes, usually mistaken for a south american not central

f
Have you ever been mistaken for half filipina/half gringa?

not half, part.... But most Filipinos have the habit of thinking that anyone who looks exotic is part-filipino! If I go to a Filipino party, most people will assume I'm part since I'm dark

That's funny. When there is an attractive light skinned woman, most filipinos think she has some Caucasian in her. "She must be mestiza" and all of that. Dark? You don't look dark. Perhaps you're more tanned in person. Your face, and that particular expression you're sporting reminds me of the main actress in...............Amelie!

[SPINAROONI]

MARINA LOOKS LIKE SHE CAN EITHER BE FROM SPAIN,ARGENTINA,OR CHILE.

[Quantum]

HEY MARINA THE ONLY THANG DARK ABOUT YOU IS YOUR HAIR.YOUR SKIN IS NOT DARK.CAUSE ITS NOT BLACK OR BROWN.IN ORDER TO HAVE SKIN THATS DARK IT EITHER HAS TO BE BLACK OR BROWN AND YOUR SKIN COLOR DOESENT FIT NEITHER COLOR DESCRIPTION.

That's not true. it's relative. I may not be dark compared to you but I am next BK or branquelinho. Branquelinho can say I'm caramel-colored- which is true- and you'd think I was black, huh? if you look at the caramel in some candy bars, it's not black or brown, it's kind of yellow-ish. That's why northern Europeans call(ed) Southern Europeans "black," the Russians do it with Armenians, Georgians, etc. Maybe to a really pale Greek immigrant in Jerusalem in 30 BC, Jesus was very dark indeed, but he could have been my color. When I go to south Brazil, people think I'm dark. They're not necessarily wrong.

Baby, with you standing next to me, I am lookinmg like a rich yankee imperialst dog movie producer and high wide and handsome.

[Brazuca]

HEY BRAZUCA DOES AUSTRALIA HAVE CUBANS, ITALIANS, FILIPINOS, JAMAICANS, RUSSIANS, JAPANESE, MEXICANS, IRISH, HAITIANS, DOMINICANS, GERMANS,I NDIANS, PAKISTANIS, PUERTO RICANS, AUSTRIANS, BAHAMANS,V IETNAMESE, ETC I DONT THINK SO.YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THOSE ETHNIC GROUPS IN AMERICA BUT WHY NOT IN AUSTRALIA CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT BRAZUCA. SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE ARE NOT AS RACIALLY DIVERSE AS LOS ANGELES OR MIAMI FOR EXAMPLE.THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA ARE AUSTRALIAN BORN WHITES.YOU CALL THAT DIVERSITY BRAZUCA.I BET THE NONWHITE POPULATION IN AUSTRALIA CANT BE MORE THEN 5%.

Australia has people from every country in the world.

YEAH BUT AUSTRALIA IS NOWHERE NEAR AS DIVERSE RACIALLY AS THE U.S CAUSE AUSTRALIA IS AS WHITE AS NORTH DAKOTA.BLACKS ARE PRACTICALLY INVISIBLE IN AUSTRALIA JUST LIKE ARGENTINA.YOU CALL THAT RACIAL DIVERSITY MARINA.A COUNTRY THAT DOESENT EVEN HAVE BLACK PEOPLE.ANYWAYS ONLY IN AMERICA CAN I WAKE UP IN THE MOURNING AND GET ON A BUS OR SUBWAY(BART) FULL OF BLACKS,WHITES,ASIANS,MIDDLE EASTERNERS,AND HISPANICS.THATS RACIAL DIVERSITY THAT YOU CANT FIND ANYWHERE ELSE BABY.

A quarter of the Australian population is born overseas, including yours truly. What's the percentage of US Americans born overseas, I wonder?

AUSTRALIA NEEDS SOME BLACK FOLKS TO MIGRATE THEIR SO THAT THE DIVERSITY CAN INCREASE.AUSTRALIA IS TOO WHITE RIGHT NOW. YOU AUSSIES NEED SOME CHOCOLATE IN YOUR MILK.

Australia has plenty of "black" folks, just not Negroes, especially up in Queensland. We have Maoris, Papua New Guinians, Tongans, Samoans and other Pacific islanders, Indians, Sri Lankans, Pakistanis, etc., etc., etc. And of course we have the Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders. Plenty of chocolate down here, buddy, especially the further north you go.

[Tim]

A quarter of the Australian population is born overseas, including yours truly. What's the percentage of US Americans born overseas, I wonder?

Impressive. In Australia, 25 percent is a whole 5 million people. The foreign born population of the US is 11.5%...that's 32.5 million people. And that's not even counting the 8 million or so undocumented workers. So get over yourself.

[Brazuca]

Percentage-wise, 25% is somewhat larger than 11%, so nyaa!

[Gato_olhos_verdes]

The best place to live in California is Arizona. All the sun and sand you would ever need (sorry, no surf), real estate at 1/3 the price, lots of room to use your mini vans to drive the kids to soccer practice, Starbucks on every corner, In and Out burger, and lots of Mexicans to cook your meals, clean your toilets, and wipe your spoiled kids asses. Californication here we come!!

[SPINAROONI]

HEY BUT PURE NUMBERS WISE THE U.S HAS A LARGER NUMBER OF OVERSEAS PEOPLE BORN IN OTHER COUNTRIES BUT WE CAN ALWAYS ADD UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS AND PEOPLE WHO WERE BORN HERE BUT THEIR PARENTS ARE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.BRAZUCA SO YOU SAY THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD IN AUSTRALIA SO IF I HOP ON A BUS IN AUSTRALIA AM I GONNA SEE BLACKS,WHITES,LATINOS,ASIANS,AND MIDDLES EASTERNERS ALL IN ONE BUS.HEY BRAZUCA YOU SAY THERE ARE PLENTY OF BLACKS IN AUSTRALIA SINCE WHEN. :? WHATS THE PERCENTAGE OF BLACK AFRO DESCENDENTS THERE THEN HUH.I KNOW PEOPLE WHO WENT TO AUSTRALIA AND THEY SAID YOUR COUNTRY IS PRETTY DAMN WHITE AND HE DIDNT EVEN SEE ANY BLACK PEOPLE THERE. I WONDER WHY HE GOT THAT IDEA BRAZUCA.BRAZUCA HOW CAN YOU CALL YOUR COUNTRY RACIALLY DIVERSE WHEN YOUR COUNTRY DOESENT EVEN HAVE BLACK AFRO DESCENDENTS.AGAIN I CAN GO OVER THE LIST ALL OVER AGAIN OF THE ETHNIC GROUPS THAT ARE MISSING IN YOUR COUNTRY BUT YOU WILL FIND PLENTY OF IN THE STATES.AGAIN YUO WANT REAL RACIAL DIVERSITY COME TO THE U.S AND GO TO CITIES LIKE SAN FRANCISCO,NEW YORK CITY,BOSTON,LOS ANGELES,ORLANDO,CHICAGO,PHILADELPHIA,MIAMI,SAN DIEGO ETC YOU WILL FIND PEOPLE OF ALL COLORS,RACES,AND NATIONALITIES THERE.YOU CANT SAY THE SAME THANG ABOUT AUSTRALIA ONLY HAS TYPE OF SKINCOLOR AND THATS WHITE.BRAZUCA WHERE ARE ALL THE PRETOS AND MORENOS IN AUSTRALIA OH YEAH I FORGOT YOUR COUNTRY DOESENT HAVE ANY TALK ABOUT NO RACIAL DIVERSITY IN AUSTRALIA.EVERYBODY IN THE LAND FROM DOWN UNDER IS BRANCO.BRAZUCA YOUR COUNTRY IS ABOUT AS RACIALLY DIVERSE AS SCANDINAVIA.

[Marina]

HEY MARINA HAVE OTHER LATINOS EVER CONFUSED YOU FOR BEING A LATINA OR IS IT JUST THE GRINGOS.

other latinos sometimes, usually mistaken for a south american not central

f
Have you ever been mistaken for half filipina/half gringa?

not half, part.... But most Filipinos have the habit of thinking that anyone who looks exotic is part-filipino! If I go to a Filipino party, most people will assume I'm part since I'm dark

That's funny. When there is an attractive light skinned woman, most filipinos think she has some Caucasian in her. "She must be mestiza" and all of that. Dark? You don't look dark. Perhaps you're more tanned in person. Your face, and that particular expression you're sporting reminds me of the main actress in...............Amelie!

I look like I have a tan. I must be the color of a cashew.

Thanks, but Amelie has a gamine quality to her, I don't. My friend took that photo of me and that was after one in which he dressed me up as an Indian (Native American)!

[Brazuca]

HEY BUT PURE NUMBERS WISE THE U.S HAS A LARGER NUMBER OF OVERSEAS PEOPLE BORN IN OTHER COUNTRIES BUT WE CAN ALWAYS ADD UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS AND PEOPLE WHO WERE BORN HERE BUT THEIR PARENTS ARE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.BRAZUCA SO YOU SAY THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD IN AUSTRALIA SO IF I HOP ON A BUS IN AUSTRALIA AM I GONNA SEE BLACKS,WHITES,LATINOS,ASIANS,AND MIDDLES EASTERNERS ALL IN ONE BUS.HEY BRAZUCA YOU SAY THERE ARE PLENTY OF BLACKS IN AUSTRALIA SINCE WHEN. :? WHATS THE PERCENTAGE OF BLACK AFRO DESCENDENTS THERE THEN HUH.I KNOW PEOPLE WHO WENT TO AUSTRALIA AND THEY SAID YOUR COUNTRY IS PRETTY DAMN WHITE AND HE DIDNT EVEN SEE ANY BLACK PEOPLE THERE. I WONDER WHY HE GOT THAT IDEA BRAZUCA.BRAZUCA HOW CAN YOU CALL YOUR COUNTRY RACIALLY DIVERSE WHEN YOUR COUNTRY DOESENT EVEN HAVE BLACK AFRO DESCENDENTS.AGAIN I CAN GO OVER THE LIST ALL OVER AGAIN OF THE ETHNIC GROUPS THAT ARE MISSING IN YOUR COUNTRY BUT YOU WILL FIND PLENTY OF IN THE STATES.AGAIN YUO WANT REAL RACIAL DIVERSITY COME TO THE U.S AND GO TO CITIES LIKE SAN FRANCISCO,NEW YORK CITY,BOSTON,LOS ANGELES,ORLANDO,CHICAGO,PHILADELPHIA,MIAMI,SAN DIEGO ETC YOU WILL FIND PEOPLE OF ALL COLORS,RACES,AND NATIONALITIES THERE.YOU CANT SAY THE SAME THANG ABOUT AUSTRALIA ONLY HAS TYPE OF SKINCOLOR AND THATS WHITE.BRAZUCA WHERE ARE ALL THE PRETOS AND MORENOS IN AUSTRALIA OH YEAH I FORGOT YOUR COUNTRY DOESENT HAVE ANY TALK ABOUT NO RACIAL DIVERSITY IN AUSTRALIA.EVERYBODY IN THE LAND FROM DOWN UNDER IS BRANCO.BRAZUCA YOUR COUNTRY IS ABOUT AS RACIALLY DIVERSE AS SCANDINAVIA.

Obviously everything's on a much larger scale in the US, but Australia has more concentrated diversity. You may have large swarthes of some groups, but we have a little of everything. The only large groups we have, I think, are Greeks and Italians. I think you'll hear more languages spoken if you hop on a bus here than in the US.

But even if Australia had had all those "blacks" imported for slavery like the US, given the time they've existed in the US, they'd have disappeared by now in Australia, just like in Argentina, since they only constitute 12% of the population. So we still wouldn't have a "black" population even if we'd had one in the past.

[SPINAROONI]

HEY BRAZUCA WHAT ARE YOU SMOKING ON.90% OF THE TIME I HOP ON A BUS OR A SUBWAY I HEAR SOMEBODY EITHER SPEAKING SPANISH OR CHINESE OR BOTH.CAN YOU SAY THE SAME THANG ABOUT AUSTRALIA.THE U.S WE'RE THE TRUE MELTING POT WE HAVE EVERYTHANG HERE.BRAZUCA I ASK YOU AGAIN DOES AUSTRALIA HAVE FILIPINOS,JAMAICANS,ITALIANS,DOMINICANS,JAPANESE,MEXICANS,RUSSIANS,ARABS,NICARAGUANS,IRISH,PUERTO RICANS,SAMOANS,VIETNAMESE,SALVADORIANS,CANADIANS,CUBANS ETC CAUSE YOU WILL FIND ALL OF THOSE NATIONALITIES HERE AND ALOT OF THEM HAVE THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD.TRY AND BEAT THAT BRAZUCA.BRAZUCA DOES AUSTRALIA HAVE ALL OF THE COLORS OF THE RAINBOW HELL MUTHAFUCKING NO.AUSTRALIA IS PREDOMINANATLY ONE FLAVOR AND THATS VANILLA WHITE.IF AUSTRALIA IS RACIALLY DIVERSE THEN WHY ARE NONWHITES ALMOST PRACTICALLY INVISIBLE IN AUSTRALIA HUH BRAZUCA.

[Gato_olhos_verdes]

HEY BRAZUCA WHAT ARE YOU SMOKING ON.90% OF THE TIME I HOP ON A BUS OR A SUBWAY I HEAR SOMEBODY EITHER SPEAKING SPANISH OR CHINESE OR BOTH.CAN YOU SAY THE SAME THANG ABOUT AUSTRALIA.THE U.S WE'RE THE TRUE MELTING POT WE HAVE EVERYTHANG HERE.BRAZUCA I ASK YOU AGAIN DOES AUSTRALIA HAVE FILIPINOS,JAMAICANS,ITALIANS,DOMINICANS,JAPANESE,MEXICANS,RUSSIANS,ARABS,NICARAGUANS,IRISH,PUERTO RICANS,SAMOANS,VIETNAMESE,SALVADORIANS,CANADIANS,CUBANS ETC CAUSE YOU WILL FIND ALL OF THOSE NATIONALITIES HERE AND ALOT OF THEM HAVE THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD.TRY AND BEAT THAT BRAZUCA.BRAZUCA DOES AUSTRALIA HAVE ALL OF THE COLORS OF THE RAINBOW HELL MUTHAFUCKING NO.AUSTRALIA IS PREDOMINANATLY ONE FLAVOR AND THATS VANILLA WHITE.IF AUSTRALIA IS RACIALLY DIVERSE THEN WHY ARE NONWHITES ALMOST PRACTICALLY INVISIBLE IN AUSTRALIA HUH BRAZUCA.

Hey Spinarooni, Do you think blacks in the U.S. descendant from slaves are better off now than if their anscestors were never imported in the first place and were still in Africa?

[SPINAROONI]

YEAH THEY ARE BETTER OFF FINANCIALLY I AM BIG ENOUGH TO ADMIT THAT.ONLY IN THE U.S CAN A BLACK PERSON BECOME AN ENTREUPEUNER AND A BILLIONAIRE.JUST LOOK AT OPRAH.I BET THE MAJORITY OF RICH BALCKS IN THE WORLD LIVE RIGHT HERE IN THE U.S.

[Gato_olhos_verdes]

YEAH THEY ARE BETTER OFF FINANCIALLY I AM BIG ENOUGH TO ADMIT THAT.ONLY IN THE U.S CAN A BLACK PERSON BECOME AN ENTREUPEUNER AND A BILLIONAIRE.JUST LOOK AT OPRAH.I BET THE MAJORITY OF RICH BALCKS IN THE WORLD LIVE RIGHT HERE IN THE U.S.

Well, it's not the only place on earth where such a thing can happen but the possibility exists not only for blacks but for Mexicans, Uraguyans, Chechnians, Jamaicans, anybody. What do you think about those people who continually bitch and complain about racism, cultural stereotyping, and repression, etc. while living in one of the few places on earth where success storys like Oprah happen every day. She's from Chicago you know, south side, raised in the projects and I've never heard any storys about her claiming repression although I'm sure she faced it every day in the projects. She just worked her ass off to build a better life. Don't you think that's a more positive use of one's energy than bitching, moaning, and complaining?

[SPINAROONI]

YEAH OPRAH PROVED THAT JUST BECAUSE YOUR FROM THE PROJECTS IT DONT MEAN YOU CANT GROW UP TO BE A SOMEBODY.SHE PROVED THAT YOU DONT HAVE TO SELL DRUGS TO GET OUT OF THE HOOD.HONEST HARD WORK GOES A LONG WAY AS WELL.OPRAH IS A TROOPER.

[Brazuca]

HEY BRAZUCA WHAT ARE YOU SMOKING ON.90% OF THE TIME I HOP ON A BUS OR A SUBWAY I HEAR SOMEBODY EITHER SPEAKING SPANISH OR CHINESE OR BOTH.CAN YOU SAY THE SAME THANG ABOUT AUSTRALIA.THE U.S WE'RE THE TRUE MELTING POT WE HAVE EVERYTHANG HERE.BRAZUCA I ASK YOU AGAIN DOES AUSTRALIA HAVE FILIPINOS,JAMAICANS,ITALIANS,DOMINICANS,JAPANESE,MEXICANS,RUSSIANS,ARABS,NICARAGUANS,IRISH,PUERTO RICANS,SAMOANS,VIETNAMESE,SALVADORIANS,CANADIANS,CUBANS ETC CAUSE YOU WILL FIND ALL OF THOSE NATIONALITIES HERE AND ALOT OF THEM HAVE THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD.TRY AND BEAT THAT BRAZUCA.BRAZUCA DOES AUSTRALIA HAVE ALL OF THE COLORS OF THE RAINBOW HELL MUTHAFUCKING NO.AUSTRALIA IS PREDOMINANATLY ONE FLAVOR AND THATS VANILLA WHITE.IF AUSTRALIA IS RACIALLY DIVERSE THEN WHY ARE NONWHITES ALMOST PRACTICALLY INVISIBLE IN AUSTRALIA HUH BRAZUCA.

I've already told you. Australia has people from every country in the world. And I reckon Australia has more concentrated diversity -- not as many of some groups, but a little of every group. Hopping on a train over here you'd hear more languages than hopping on a train in the US, I'd dare say.

[Brazuca]

YEAH THEY ARE BETTER OFF FINANCIALLY I AM BIG ENOUGH TO ADMIT THAT.ONLY IN THE U.S CAN A BLACK PERSON BECOME AN ENTREUPEUNER AND A BILLIONAIRE.JUST LOOK AT OPRAH.I BET THE MAJORITY OF RICH BALCKS IN THE WORLD LIVE RIGHT HERE IN THE U.S.

Well, it's not the only place on earth where such a thing can happen but the possibility exists not only for blacks but for Mexicans, Uraguyans, Chechnians, Jamaicans, anybody. What do you think about those people who continually bitch and complain about racism, cultural stereotyping, and repression, etc. while living in one of the few places on earth where success storys like Oprah happen every day. She's from Chicago you know, south side, raised in the projects and I've never heard any storys about her claiming repression although I'm sure she faced it every day in the projects. She just worked her ass off to build a better life. Don't you think that's a more positive use of one's energy than bitching, moaning, and complaining?

Some people will treat their self-esteem and sense of dignity as if it were priceless while others will gladly sell it for a price.