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In reply to the discussion: Black farmers were deliberately sold 'fake seeds' in scheme to steal their land: repo [View all]wonkwest
(463 posts)16. Criminal and civil lawsuit twofer incoming
Nice going, racist dipshits.
I'd say the DoJ needs to get in there immediately, but I somehow don't hold out too much hope on that one.
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Black farmers were deliberately sold 'fake seeds' in scheme to steal their land: repo [View all]
applegrove
Jul 2018
OP
While I agree with your use of those B/W terms we should be careful about imputation
erronis
Jul 2018
#45
You are SO right, and I usually avoid using black as evil. Thank you for the reminder. Edited.
ancianita
Jul 2018
#48
I hope the Chinese tariffs put all the crackers involved in this swindle out of business.
roamer65
Jul 2018
#19
Surely you would have expected a reasonable amount of white farmers to have suffered, if that were
OnDoutside
Jul 2018
#22
The OP is suggesting they are out to steal the land of black farmers, you are suggesting, no this is
OnDoutside
Jul 2018
#24
No, I queried whether you were suggesting racism wasn't involved, when clearly it was.
OnDoutside
Jul 2018
#26
I never suggested that racism was not involved, though you keep trying to convince yourself I did
Snake Plissken
Jul 2018
#27
I have yet to be able to find a single article claiming that this seed company purchased any land
Snake Plissken
Jul 2018
#55
The story sensationally claims that this seed company is doing this to steal Black farmers land
Snake Plissken
Jul 2018
#57
I doubt this middleman who ripped them off cared about anything but getting the money in his pocket
Snake Plissken
Jul 2018
#60
You are worried for a company that at the very least sold inferior seeds to customers who just
Demsrule86
Jul 2018
#31
Wow...sounds definitely like a massive hate crime here...nail the assholes to the wall! NT
SWBTATTReg
Jul 2018
#52