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1. As an old white guy from Arkansas

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 04:17 PM

Oct 2018

my life was changed when I was about 13. Read a book called Black Like Me. Every one should walk a mile in another’s shoes.

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I Pretended To Be White To Find Out Why White People Support Confederate Monuments [View all] MrScorpio Oct 2018 OP

As an old white guy from Arkansas safeinOhio Oct 2018 #1

Beat me to it by minutes! TreasonousBastard Oct 2018 #3

I too read it at that age Ellen Forradalom Oct 2018 #6

For me, it was assigned to the whole class.... safeinOhio Oct 2018 #7

Anybody remember the '60s book "Black like Me"? Made a movie of it, too... TreasonousBastard Oct 2018 #2

I loved my minor in college. safeinOhio Oct 2018 #4

LOL...I wonder how many central european countries have Kind of Blue Oct 2018 #5

"Whether White conservative Americans realize it or not.. Ellen Forradalom Oct 2018 #8