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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJesse Lee Peterson says there's never been racism in the US.
The worst part about this guy?
He *IS* black.
I'm serious!
Jesse Lee Peterson: Racism Was Never Real And Picking Cotton Makes A Man Out Of You
By Jared Holt | May 30, 2018 4:42 pm
Right-wing radio host Jesse Lee Peterson appeared on CRTV last weekend to declare that racism has never existed and that picking cotton, as many enslaved African Americans were forced to do before the Civil War, makes a man out of you.
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/jesse-lee-peterson-racism-was-never-real-and-picking-cotton-makes-a-man-out-of-you/
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Jesse Lee Peterson says there's never been racism in the US. (Original Post)
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dameatball
(7,397 posts)1. I'm sure that the women and children who were also forced to pick cotton will be glad to hear that.
lame54
(35,287 posts)2. Do his listeners know he's black?
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)3. Idiocy is not restricted to any one color.
It is a universal affliction.
DFW
(54,369 posts)4. There has never been water in Lake Michigan, either
(I got that from the same source)
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)5. He sounds crazy