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Eliot Rosewater

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2. I will ignore the other comment for the obvious reason and point out to you

Reply to YoungDemCA (Original post)

Wed Jul 26, 2017, 11:52 AM

Jul 2017

that for THIS Reason it is wrong to "intertwine" class and race issues.

Your post proves they are not intertwined, yet you know who out there still insists on doing so.

Pisses me the fuck OFF

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A British friend told me, "It's bizarre that 'black' and 'poor' are seen as synonymous in the US." [View all] YoungDemCA Jul 2017 OP

Very perceptive of him Warpy Jul 2017 #1

I will ignore the other comment for the obvious reason and point out to you Eliot Rosewater Jul 2017 #2

Things in the U.K. aren't so peachy either JHan Jul 2017 #3

Yet when black folks point out JustAnotherGen Jul 2017 #4

++++++++++ Lol JHan Jul 2017 #5

Jesus. White supremacy is attached to historical colonialism. What the hell do you men "the more"? ismnotwasm Jul 2017 #6

++ White supremacy has been a constitutive fact of American politics since inception. JHan Jul 2017 #7

Right? ismnotwasm Jul 2017 #8

damn, and I haven't watched that yet. JHan Jul 2017 #9

The series starts out with a "Somewhere in America" segment ismnotwasm Jul 2017 #10

++++ very powerful. JHan Jul 2017 #11

Watch it if you can JustAnotherGen Jul 2017 #12