Would it be better if he used the word "painfully" instead of "embarrassingly?"
That's what I use when I say it.
Look, these cultural issues aren't manufactured, they happen. There is way more to it than who chooses to farm or ranch. My daughters are 1/2 Latina and I don't want them growing up there. I doubt anyone is burning crosses at this point there is an ingrained thing there. A lot of "harmless fun" that isn't really that harmless.
i dont think any word in that context would be correct.
I apologize for my initial anger. I hate it when race is used as reason for anything as well. I'm of conservative nature, but tend to think I have loads of common sense as well. I dont appreciate whatsoever that my home states majority is labeled as embarrasing. Things like that just get my blood pumping a little too quick. But like you said yourself, it's not a manufactured issue, it's just the way it is. I'm not gonna continue this convo here. It's seemed to taken on a political twist, and I know the mods and others dont like that in the football forum. I would love to continue this discussion with anyone in PM however.
I don't think he meant it as "it's our fault", the way you took it, but the word embarrassing shouldn't be used. I think, maybe more accurately he could have said, "disappointingly white", which I would agree with. Not disappointed in specific people, but in the situation.
Growing up in any part of Nebraska other than Omaha leads to a
lot of cultural ignorance due to demographics. It's not always someone's fault, but it is unfortunate.
