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FrenchieCat

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5. Is that talking down....

Reply to Wilms (Reply #3)

Thu Oct 27, 2016, 08:20 PM

Oct 2016

or is it talking truth? I raised a couple of Black millenials and know quite a few of them in fact.....and fortunately, they get that they don't have it like that! Sorry if reminding folks of this appears "talking down" in YOUR view!

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Divide between older Blacks and Black Millennials for Hillary [View all] UMTerp01 Oct 2016 OP

They will be the ones Stopped and Frisked FrenchieCat Oct 2016 #1

Go figure. Gman Oct 2016 #2

You tell 'em, Frenchie! Wilms Oct 2016 #3

Is that talking down.... FrenchieCat Oct 2016 #5

It was that "rely on everyone else" bit. Wilms Oct 2016 #6

Let's be clear FrenchieCat Oct 2016 #9

I don't agree with your first paragraph. Wilms Oct 2016 #10

There are many Young Black folks FrenchieCat Oct 2016 #11

I can't see the insult JustAnotherGen Oct 2016 #12

Did I miss something? Wilms Oct 2016 #14

African American Group - it's all fair game JustAnotherGen Oct 2016 #15

Seems like you and Frenchie are doing the schooling. Wilms Oct 2016 #16

I'd like to extend that 'self righteous' JustAnotherGen Oct 2016 #17

And the peers of them do what in response? Wilms Oct 2016 #18

young people never vote as much as older age groups JI7 Oct 2016 #7

The choice is pretty stark. The threat is great. kwassa Oct 2016 #8

You tell the truth JustAnotherGen Oct 2016 #13

I'm a black millennial and i am terrified forjusticethunders Nov 2016 #19