[QUOTE="OrkHammer007"]

[QUOTE="King-Kai"]Considering the fact that Suzzane Collins - the author of the books - is American, and the fact that Blacks have a historical presence in America, it is safe to assume that the characters are intended to be Black, not indian. In America, dark brown skin == Black.King-Kai

Quick: which of these people has dark brown skin:

...hint: it's NOT the black person.

Halle Berry is half White. So, she doesn't count. Also, What I meant was that considering the historical presence of Blacks in America, when an American person reads adescription which uses terms like dark skin, they are more likely to thinik of a Black person than any sort of other dark skinned person.

[QUOTE="Ilovegames1992"]

[QUOTE="MgamerBD"] Depends on the context and concept actually.MgamerBD

Not really. Its a hateful word and black people more than anyone should know better. Doesnt matter about the context. Even if its just a friendly greeting. Just seems an utter spit on the face of the forefathers of these people who fought for civil rights and had to go through all that stuff.

Embarrasses me really when i here.

i feel like watching that kind of stuff "sometimes".

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[QUOTE="TheBlackKnight3"]

Western way of thinking alert. How about you learn some anthropology and look at things holistically before you decide to offend a third of the world.

TheBlackKnight3

Everyone should at least have some basic knowledge of the largest populations in the world. If they don't they need to be able to accept things they might not want to hear.... no one way of doing things is best. There can be an extremely solid arguement on why people in Eastern societies would use such products to enhance their virility. The most obvious being that if they believe they are more virile, it has some affect on their effort when attempting to procreate. Western societies would also do that with something called a placebo, if you have heard of it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo

[QUOTE="TopTierHustler"]

[QUOTE="ghoklebutter"] Not necessarily; testosterone is positively associated with increased status-seeking behavior and competitiveness. Aggression isn't necessarily related (though one could reasonably argue that aggression relates to the types of behavior I have mentioned). ghoklebutter

never heard of western people paying hundreds for powdered rhino horn or the like.

guess viagra's about as close as it gets here i've seen, but that actually does something about blood flow to your bodies extremeties. not just "magic"

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