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In reply to the discussion: Houston Greets Paula Deen With Cheers at First Public Appearance (& 10 minute standing ovation!) [View all]Guaguacoa
(271 posts)15. I agree with you and
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byrd was probably not the best example as people here are too politically polarized, but my sentiment towards the us media still stands.
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big_dog
Sep 2013
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Why Am I Not Surprised That The Rehab PR Firm She's Paying Big Bucks To Chose....
global1
Sep 2013
#1
Even today, young African Americans use the "n"-word....fairly often in some groups I might add.
FarPoint
Sep 2013
#37
Because *some* African Americans use the N Word doesn't excuse racism
Liberal_Stalwart71
Sep 2013
#57
Says who? White people? Who gets to say when racism has ended and when it
Liberal_Stalwart71
Sep 2013
#56
Bingo, my point also. Being told by white people when to and when not to think something is racist
Guaguacoa
Sep 2013
#72
You ask, where is the hate toward Byrd? Most who tried to tar him as a KKK bigot from the 1940's
AnotherMcIntosh
Sep 2013
#7
Calling SPECIAL ATTENTION to his brief involvment 70 years later is a smear.
AnotherMcIntosh
Sep 2013
#17
I can give you an explanation, and I did. I cannot give you understanding.
AnotherMcIntosh
Sep 2013
#19
It's even worse toward very dark skinned people, worse closer to central mexwhere we live.
Guaguacoa
Sep 2013
#14
Two instances vs a party that has capitalized on institutional racism for the past 50...
tenderfoot
Sep 2013
#71
The same free-market that brought her up, cast her down. That is not punishment, that is ironic poet
LanternWaste
Sep 2013
#60