ROBBYSANJUAN IS A RACIST !!!!!!

[Aaron]

THE FELLOW NAMED ROBBYSANJUAN IS A RACIST !!!!!!

HE JUST SENT ME AN EMAIL AND CALLED ME "CARBON".

THIS IS A HIGHLY OFFENSIVE TERM FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS. HIS MESSAGE IS BELOW.

AARON

robbysanjuan@netscape.net     Save Address   Thursday, July 04, 2002 8:34 PM
 


To:  ard141@psu.edu More...  Save Addresses  

 


CC:   More...

 


Subject:  CABRON  

Hey man,
Shut up already and blow your BS out you ass. The truth hurts, go to
Mexico and change it punk.

[Aaron]

... in response to ROBBYSANJUAN IS A RACIST !!!!!!, posted by Aaron on Jul 4, 2002

Sorry RobbySanJuan,

I thought it was Carbon !!!!

I have heard of the term Cabron in Spanish before, but I never use it. False Alarm !!!

Aaron

[Fuzzy]

... in response to ROBBYSANJUAN IS A RACIST !!!!!!, posted by Aaron on Jul 4, 2002

You really don't know spanish do you?? What he called you was a foul word in spanish, for someone who knows spanish as well as you say you should know this word at least... One other thing for your info if the word was carbon it still does not mean nothing dude TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND RELAX YOU ARE LOOKING FOR TROUBLE OVER NOTHING!!

[Cali vet]

... in response to Re:  You show how little spanish you rea..., posted by Fuzzy on Jul 4, 2002

It is being a kind of oblivious to say it's Aaron who is looking for trouble. Go back a paragraph or two and you'll remember that it was Aaron who out of the blue received an insulting offboard e-mail from the address robbysanjuan@netscape.net. I received one too from that address and the guy wanted to talk about flatulence but neglected to use the text box. Just as well. Since the robbysanjuan who writes on this board has a different address listed in his profile who knows who's behind the letter writing campaign. In any case trouble came looking for Aaron not the other way around.

[greg]

... in response to trouble, posted by Cali vet on Jul 4, 2002

making fun of my English language lol

[Fuzzy]

... in response to trouble, posted by Cali vet on Jul 4, 2002

Well that clears that up .. Aaron is the one who points the finger calling somebody else a racist. The e-mail had nothing racist in it. The e-mail maybe should not have been sent but netscape.net is alittle common kinda like yahoo.com aol.com so to try to connect the two I think you are off base on that one.

[Cali vet]

... in response to Re: trouble, posted by Fuzzy on Jul 4, 2002

Fine. No further questions.

[outwest77]

... in response to ROBBYSANJUAN IS A RACIST !!!!!!, posted by Aaron on Jul 4, 2002

isnt that a term we use in chemistry, i hate organic chemistry

[Patrick]

... in response to wats a Carbon, posted by outwest77 on Jul 4, 2002

If I remember correctly "cabron" literally means male goat.  There is no one-to-one translation.  I think of it like calling someone an azzhole or something.  I've often heard Latino friends call each other cabron, but in this case, I don't think it was meant in a friendly way.

You guys need to at least correctly read the words before you start trying to translate them.

[CaliBound]

... in response to wats a Carbon, posted by outwest77 on Jul 4, 2002

Carbon is the spanish word for charcoal.  Also, some people use the word to describe a very dark skinned person. So if you are a black man in Latin America and you hear someone say " El Negrito Carbon", they may be talking about.  Which means that if you are going to South America to find a bride, you better learn spanish!

[outwest77]

... in response to Re: wats a Carbon, posted by CaliBound on Jul 4, 2002

Yes but negrito, means little black guy, so that , in itself
is an insult if the guy is just dark skinned i would think,

As for learning spanish i took 2 yrs and can converse
so so, but when they hear me speak it they think i know spanish and start blabbing 1000 miles an hour and i lose
track fast. Even americans who know spanish, speak a different dialect than even that  spoken in certain parts of south america , mexico etc. In my state, they speak
a slang , bad version of spanish , that is looked down upon
by educated spaniards from Spain, for example, or many Mexicans from Mexico city, who often speak more of a Castillian (sp) spanish. I think even a fluent spanish speaker in the usa would not necessarily have an easy time in South America.

[Ted]

... in response to Spanish lessons, posted by outwest77 on Jul 5, 2002

Yeah but calling someone mi negro is not an insult and is considered an affectionate term. Some people even use it with white guys, but in most cases they say guero.

[colman]

... in response to Spanish lessons, posted by outwest77 on Jul 5, 2002

If anybody wants to speak the purest castillian spanish outside of madrid hang with some colombians....--colman

[Patrick]

... in response to Re: Spanish lessons, posted by colman on Jul 5, 2002

I remember from studying Spanish that at least two of the text books agree with you.

[Cali vet]

... in response to That's what the books say, posted by Patrick on Jul 5, 2002

After some time spent in classes I find understanding educated Spanish speakers fairly easy probobly because they speak pretty much the way I learned from the books. Spanish from up in the pueblos is something else though and I've got a ways to go learning to hear that. When I went with a calena to Choco on the Pacific coast neither one of us understood the locals.