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UMTerp01

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40. The same way there were so few Black people at the Bernie Morehouse College event

Reply to wildeyed (Reply #39)

Wed Jun 1, 2016, 03:42 PM

Jun 2016

Ain't never been that many white folks at Morehouse.

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So they were singing "We Shall Overcome" at the Bernie Sanders rally in Oakland? (AA GROUP) [View all] UMTerp01 May 2016 OP

They had to overcome the battery drain on their smartphones. RandySF May 2016 #1

DUzy worthy! eom BlueMTexpat May 2016 #4

Bernie is THE Embodiment of Black Civil Rights! lib87 May 2016 #2

He marched with Dr King, so it's like you owe him your votes. BobbyDrake May 2016 #21

Lol! Me too. lib87 May 2016 #33

Wait... say what, now? Number23 May 2016 #3

lol uponit7771 May 2016 #12

The Lord will see us through MisterP May 2016 #5

Next Will be "A Change is Gonna Come" lib87 May 2016 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author rbrnmw May 2016 #7

They have no sense of history or racial sensitivity. rbrnmw May 2016 #8

NONE! tonyt53 May 2016 #26

We shall overcome is also strongly rooted in labor movement unc70 May 2016 #9

Thanks. elleng May 2016 #10

black labor movement... no... don't ... no... this is the DNC racial establishment whining (link) uponit7771 May 2016 #13

What specifically has he done for either? Starry Messenger May 2016 #14

For Black Americans JustAnotherGen May 2016 #16

Thank you for the correction that took me by surprise Kind of Blue May 2016 #22

I think that poster just confused "We'll Overcome" with "We Shall Overcome" Number23 May 2016 #36

I've been very active in unions, even on a national national level, and had never heard of Bernie. tonyt53 May 2016 #30

The lyrics of We Shall Overcome specifically say "black and white together" Number23 May 2016 #35

They THINK they will overcome their loss of affluence and power, they wont... they have share what.. uponit7771 May 2016 #11

Tone deafness squared brer cat May 2016 #15

Labor and such JustAnotherGen May 2016 #17

UGH ismnotwasm May 2016 #18

And while we discuss or argue about this, Drumpf is saying "Crooked Hillary" and the media Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #19

While I agree with everything you've stated, JWS, Kind of Blue May 2016 #24

I was actually more speaking to the person who came in here lecturing about Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #25

Gotcha and understood. Kind of Blue May 2016 #31

Yeah I am pretty FUCKING furious now forjusticethunders May 2016 #20

Nice comparison tonyt53 May 2016 #28

Good Lord, that gif! Kind of Blue May 2016 #23

Yea, that's some lack-of-class Bernie-Ignorance right there Tarc May 2016 #27

First I've heard of this. Do you have link to a video of that? JimDandy May 2016 #29

There's a GD post whining about this OP. betsuni May 2016 #32

Yeah...I went slumming into that post and saw it UMTerp01 May 2016 #34

K&R fleabiscuit May 2016 #37

I found that thread in GDP JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #38

That is an amazingly insensitive choice. wildeyed Jun 2016 #39

The same way there were so few Black people at the Bernie Morehouse College event UMTerp01 Jun 2016 #40

"Nooobody knows, da trouble I've seen . . ." EffieBlack Jun 2016 #41

Evidence yet again so many Bernsters simply do not know the history Haveadream Jun 2016 #42