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Related: About this forumBest Campaign Ad of 2022: Lynching Was 'Used To Kill My Ancestors'
Posted in African American GroupPosted this as a mention in an unrelated thread a little while ago. This Ad - speaks to me.
More of this! Get the black vote fired up and ready to canvass across state lines. To give that $5, that $10 -get us fired up so we can win this year!
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Best Campaign Ad of 2022: Lynching Was 'Used To Kill My Ancestors' (Original Post)
JustAnotherGen
Jun 2022
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Budi
(15,325 posts)1. 'Anyone with a gun today' , has now become yesterday's noose.
And a dozen 'reasons' are given to avoid saying the real one.
JustAnotherGen
(33,780 posts)2. Ah - but he hits on the Anti Lynching Bill
I think America is misjudging how angry black folks - poor to wealthy are right now.
Budi
(15,325 posts)3. Exactly. Anti Lynching bill is the precident for every method of adressing racial vigilantism.
Booker leads with dropping this topic into the mainstream.
Its the gaping wound of American history 5hat needs to finally be addressed.
Among all the spin, Booker reminds us to not lose focus on the gaping wound, still unattended.