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41. I had been to London a couple times and thought the UK was getting more diverse

Tue Jun 28, 2016, 04:08 PM

Jun 2016

But recently read that the UK was still 87% white. That is a big difference from the 67% in the US. That's a firewall for us.

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Salon: Embattled Whiteness Gave Us Brexit. [View all] Number23 Jun 2016 OP

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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

There are people racing around DU saying that Brexit was a rejection of the Third Way Number23 Jun 2016 #45

The celebrating in the street mostly touched on "those people." MADem Jun 2016 #46

I saw a FB photo album of just like a hundred fifteen images cyberpunk Jun 2016 #48

...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

If we survive this it will be because of minority voters Recursion Jun 2016 #35

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

Do you think Bouie would include Sanders with Trump when rejecting demagogues? aikoaiko Jun 2016 #40

Probably. Others have. Number23 Jun 2016 #44

I had been to London a couple times and thought the UK was getting more diverse treestar Jun 2016 #41

Really--all this "trade" canard and "unfair rules" stuff is nonsense. MADem Jun 2016 #42

+1000 heaven05 Jul 2016 #50