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Cake day: October 25th, 2022

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  • No, that’s how Earnhardt was. He was very down to Earth, honest, and very class conscious. He also was very open minded and admitted his faults, for example his son told a story where Earnhardt used to have a confederate flag sticker on his truck because he viewed it as part of his culture and no one had ever challenged it, as he had grown up in the deep deep poverty stricken part of the South. He had a black housekeeper ask him why he had it, and talked with him for roughly 10 minutes as to what that symbol represents for the black community.

    With no pushback and no questions asked, Earnhardt immediately spent several hours with a razor blade and soap, scratching off every atom of the sticker.

    He then refused to take money from any sponsor who flew the confederate flag at races (which was really common in the 80’s-90’s)











  • That feels more like a cultural problem. The west and America in particular hyper focus on IQ being a measure of intelligence.

    That is bunk.

    Where I am from it is viewed as a test given yearly to children in grades 1-8 to help see how they are doing and how they can be helped in the coming year.

    The tests are identical. It is the American culture hyper focused on race that has made people believe in all these myths regarding IQ.

    In fact, taking an IQ test as an adult where I’m from is bizarre and a bit comical. As that’s not what the test is for at all, and is silly.