The "N" Word

Richard Pryor, Live on Sunset

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[benchsteel74]

I wished he was president instead of Obama!!!!!

[Tony Hammitt]

Richard, I wish you were able to read this. I've defended you as a more persuasive and influential civil rights proponent than Dr. King. Getting people to laugh by creating empathy was the best way to create understanding between us. You're responsible for the most beneficial civil rights change in history. Getting us to laugh by seeing ourselves as you and hurting as you felt.  The only way out is laughter, and laughter is humanity.

[MasterJediDude]

Beautifully said!

[Coolins335]

If you want to make it about civilization, which I didn't intend to be my point, I was talking about the origin of the species. It's still not in Africa. The cradle of civilization was in the middle east; Mesopotamia.

[Coolins335]

Sorry but no. Even from the original post we were talking about the origin of the species. Now that evidence has been presented you want to make this about culture. Scientists and especially geneticists disagree with you. But hey, if it makes you feel good to give Africa a point for doing something, go ahead and continue to peddle the myth.

[matthehat]

If you read the actual research it is not suggesting that humans emerged from Asia, rather that our primate ancestors may have originated there. Human civilisation (as in your original assertion) did indeed start in Africa, and this is still the most widely accepted theory. Homo sapiens evolved in Africa, and the first human civilisations are nearly universally accepted to be in southern Africa.

[Coolins335]

Not like you're going to read it but here.

huffingtonpost(dot)com/2012/06­/04/primate-fossil-human-ances­tors-asia-africa_n_1569225.htm­l

[matthehat]

Or you're talking shit? I'd like to see some evidence of your claim, since you're the one making it.

[Coolins335]

obviously your google fu is weak.

[matthehat]

Simple google search done - you're wrong. The Africa hypothesis is still the most widely accepted theory of human development.

[Coolins335]

yes, you can look it up. Your science is outdated. A simple google search would confirm it for you.