Lewiskw
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Wed Aug-20-08 10:38 PM
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Don't think because Barack wins that Racism in America is gone it is a major problem in America and it will take hundreds of years for it to disappear. Hell who knows he might not make it to the white house.
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| -Black Man as President |
angee_is_mad |
Aug-20-08 10:28 PM |
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Except he's not a black man, he's multi racial. |
MichiganVote |
Aug-20-08 10:30 PM |
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Well, whatever...... |
FrenchieCat |
Aug-20-08 10:31 PM |
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But its not a "whatever" for those who also are multi racial. |
MichiganVote |
Aug-20-08 10:32 PM |
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I'm one of those. |
FrenchieCat |
Aug-20-08 10:33 PM |
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i looked. you're |
sweets |
Aug-20-08 10:40 PM |
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Thanks! |
FrenchieCat |
Aug-20-08 10:41 PM |
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He identifies himself as Black |
angee_is_mad |
Aug-20-08 10:32 PM |
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He can identify himself as he sees fit and others will do so also. |
MichiganVote |
Aug-20-08 10:35 PM |
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Alrighty then |
angee_is_mad |
Aug-20-08 10:39 PM |
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I never said that and you know it. |
MichiganVote |
Aug-20-08 10:42 PM |
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Yes but |
Lewiskw |
Aug-20-08 10:40 PM |
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People can treat me like a bitch too but I'm not. |
MichiganVote |
Aug-20-08 10:45 PM |
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OK but until |
Lewiskw |
Aug-20-08 10:50 PM |
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Nonsense. People understand one another everyday whether they have |
MichiganVote |
Aug-20-08 10:56 PM |
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Oh trust me they do |
Lewiskw |
Aug-20-08 11:00 PM |
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No I don't think I will trust your logic. I will not experience anything in the same way at the same |
MichiganVote |
Aug-20-08 11:05 PM |
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I think |
Lewiskw |
Aug-20-08 11:15 PM |
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If that is the worst that has happened in your life, I am sorry for you and I sincerely |
MichiganVote |
Aug-20-08 11:22 PM |
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I dont want an apology |
Lewiskw |
Aug-20-08 11:37 PM |
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But I have been looked at and spoken to like a second class citizen, |
MichiganVote |
Aug-20-08 11:43 PM |
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Sure |
Lewiskw |
Aug-20-08 11:47 PM |
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On the contrary... I have been. Good talkin' to you. Good night. |
MichiganVote |
Aug-21-08 12:03 AM |
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He looks Black |
angee_is_mad |
Aug-20-08 11:03 PM |
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What most Americans do not understand is that in other parts of the world, |
MichiganVote |
Aug-20-08 11:10 PM |
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Haiti has some serious Colorism issues |
angee_is_mad |
Aug-20-08 11:18 PM |
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Haiti has severe poverty based on a colonization system which stripped the island |
MichiganVote |
Aug-20-08 11:27 PM |
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The lighter you are |
angee_is_mad |
Aug-20-08 11:43 PM |
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Actually I did research on issues of color in Haiti in Grad school and |
MichiganVote |
Aug-21-08 12:07 AM |
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Halle Berry is mixed. She is said to be the first Black woman to win an Oscar. |
FrenchieCat |
Aug-20-08 11:03 PM |
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Halle identifies herself as Black also |
angee_is_mad |
Aug-20-08 11:12 PM |
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yep...that was my point. |
FrenchieCat |
Aug-20-08 11:52 PM |
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No offense but the first thing I would object to is being called, "mixed". |
MichiganVote |
Aug-20-08 11:14 PM |
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Well, I'm from the old school. I'm older than Obama (even if I don't look it)....when there |
FrenchieCat |
Aug-20-08 11:50 PM |
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Sure, that's understandable. But just as the ID names for Blacks have changed |
MichiganVote |
Aug-21-08 12:11 AM |
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Dupe |
FrenchieCat |
Aug-20-08 11:51 PM |
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It's shorthand for "black enough for white folks". |
BlooInBloo |
Aug-20-08 11:05 PM |
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Look, as long as those who won't vote for him because THEY see him as a black man. |
Liberal_Stalwart71 |
Aug-20-08 11:12 PM |
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Being honest about one's multiracial or multicultural background is honest also. |
MichiganVote |
Aug-20-08 11:19 PM |
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Obama doesn't deny that he is biracial but realizes that this country treats him as a black man |
Liberal_Stalwart71 |
Aug-21-08 10:04 AM |
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A distinction without a difference |
HughMoran |
Aug-20-08 11:16 PM |
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Depends on who you're talking to. |
MichiganVote |
Aug-21-08 12:28 AM |
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True, but in the broader political spectrum that we speak about here, he's black |
HughMoran |
Aug-21-08 12:31 AM |
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He's not white if that's what you mean. But he is, multi-racial and that's just a plain fact. |
MichiganVote |
Aug-21-08 12:34 AM |
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Maybe up north... down here it's one drop of black blood = black. |
redqueen |
Aug-21-08 10:05 AM |
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There's no such thing in the USA. |
sourmilk |
Aug-21-08 10:14 AM |
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Amen ! |
WHEN CRABS ROAR |
Aug-20-08 10:30 PM |
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It's about things more threatening than race, "change" candidates get attacked nt |
flamingdem |
Aug-20-08 10:30 PM |
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Obama has Class and a Stronger Message of Solutions...McLoser is TOAST |
opihimoimoi |
Aug-20-08 10:31 PM |
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This election is about the future, and what kind of nation we want to be...... |
FrenchieCat |
Aug-20-08 10:32 PM |
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Elections that involve billions of dollars are about power dear. Anything else is a mere |
MichiganVote |
Aug-20-08 10:47 PM |
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POWER TO THE PEOPLE ! |
WHEN CRABS ROAR |
Aug-20-08 10:56 PM |
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People |
Lewiskw |
Aug-20-08 10:38 PM |
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It will not die overnight |
angee_is_mad |
Aug-20-08 10:44 PM |
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Maybe, maybe not |
Lewiskw |
Aug-20-08 10:52 PM |
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Whatever. |
FrenchieCat |
Aug-20-08 11:14 PM |
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It |
Lewiskw |
Aug-20-08 11:17 PM |
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I'm voting for him because he is not a repug... |
unapatriciated |
Aug-20-08 11:42 PM |
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Conundrum: Obama has class, if he looses does that mean we live in a classless society? nt |
flamingdem |
Aug-20-08 11:15 PM |
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Thank you! nt |
babylonsister |
Aug-20-08 11:25 PM |
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It's McCain who has the problem he can't seem to break 45% |
Heather MC |
Aug-21-08 12:00 AM |
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GOP election fraud..... |
McCamy Taylor |
Aug-21-08 12:13 AM |
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