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JustAnotherGen

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4. We are also the firewall for so many others

Sun Jun 26, 2016, 05:27 AM

Jun 2016

Elsewhere I'm trying to explain - without changing the subject to a "black American issue" - we've got your backs.

The second Civil Rights movement provides the playbook for equality. If we falter or give an inch it's going to be bad for a lot of groups that have made gains in terms of the laws of this land - based on Civil Rights legislation from the 60's.

Women
Other minorities
New Americans
GLBT community
Muslims, Sikhs, Hindus, etc etc.

And so on and so forth.

We've got to hold the line in this election. Their lives depend on it as much as ours.

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Great OP JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #2

Yep, we are the real progressive base. brush Jun 2016 #3

We are also the firewall for so many others JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #4

Agreed. Much is at stake. brush Jun 2016 #5

Black Americans have long been the canary in the coal mine for how egalitarian our society is YoungDemCA Jun 2016 #20

An absolutely AMAZING point. Number23 Jun 2016 #27

Sometimes I wonder JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #36

LOL ... Nope. They think they built it. 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #39

I am with you here. sheshe2 Jun 2016 #33

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Where did you come from? Do you know you're on a progressive site? brush Jun 2016 #9

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You again. Stop displaying your ignorance. AAs, as with other demographic segments . . . brush Jun 2016 #11

Shit - I missed him JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #13

What? He/she has been here before? brush Jun 2016 #18

Probably the JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #19

Yup... sheshe2 Jun 2016 #32

Again? sheshe2 Jun 2016 #31

That has been true and obvious for decades. But for some reason, some are DAMNED determined Number23 Jun 2016 #26

That's a great OP, Number23. brer cat Jun 2016 #6

Damn Skippy nt MrScorpio Jun 2016 #8

"You all are the firewall- sheshe2 Jun 2016 #12

Most definitely. lovemydog Jun 2016 #14

Thank the gods for that. Starry Messenger Jun 2016 #15

Massive K & R. Thanks for posting. So spot on. Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #16

a meaningful slice DonCoquixote Jun 2016 #17

This was no victory for the left and anyone that espouses that shows their utter and complete Number23 Jun 2016 #28

You're damn right. But I see people here trying to play it MADem Jun 2016 #43

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...Those aren't even in the same Phylum, let alone the same animal cyberpunk Jun 2016 #47

"Brexit was angry, white nationalists, plain and simple." Exactly Number23 Jun 2016 #49

Excellent. I liked this line too; "Complacency isn’t called for, but confidence isn’t wrong either." fleabiscuit Jun 2016 #21

K&R ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #22

Signed in to Rec and Thank You freshwest Jun 2016 #23

Freshwest! sheshe2 Jun 2016 #24

Hey there! Don't blame you one bit for not being around much. Not one damn bit Number23 Jun 2016 #29

When I finished the whole article, excellent I might add.... sheshe2 Jun 2016 #25

"As it stands, people of color in America are acting as a firewall for liberalism—an indispensable Cha Jun 2016 #30

From Samuel Leroy Jackson @ BET where he got his Lifetime Achievement Award.. Cha Jun 2016 #34

Ha! LOVE me some Samuel L Jackson. But London was one of the few places that DIDN'T get Number23 Jun 2016 #37

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Great OP ... But I would have excerpted the segment on "whiteness" ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #38

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Probably. Others have. Number23 Jun 2016 #44

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