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FrenchieCat

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11. There are many Young Black folks
Thu Oct 27, 2016, 10:16 PM
Oct 2016

In the hotly contested states of Ohio and NC! If we end up losing the states, as Michelle Obama reminded us all today, and it's by razor thin margins, and it's found out that part of the reason of the loss, is because too many of them didn't show up… Am I supposed to wait till after the no-do-over election to speak my mind? This election will shape the supreme Court for the next minimum 25 years....and I don't wish that on my grandchildren or anyone else's! So I'm not holding back my words thinking I might hurt somebody's feelings, considering the damage that they may inflict. I'm going to stick to that truth, because at least my truth it's not gonna hurt millions of other people....as my truth are just my words, not my actions.

If they're offended by what I said, they should think about how offended they'll be when affirmative-action is gone, when hopes of any social justice reform is dead, when voting rights are no longer available to them whether they want them or not, and when President Obama's presidency is erased from the history books just like in the days after reconstruction! If someone is Black and doesn't get that, oh well!

My family's set regardless… So this is not about me or my immediate mine.... it's actually about them.

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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
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