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pdsimdars

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4. Thing is, lots of my school years growing up were in Hawaii. . .

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sat Oct 6, 2018, 08:21 AM

Oct 2018

and in Hawaii, I was the minority race. Almost all of my teachers were Asian. All of the authority figures in school were Asian. You get used to it. Nothing scary about it. Best teacher in my life was Miss Suyat. People are just people. Period.

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Ahem. Demographics... [View all] Soph0571 Oct 2018 OP

that's why Trump got the support he did JI7 Oct 2018 #1

shhhh. you are scaring the white males. pansypoo53219 Oct 2018 #2

Some of them. Harker Oct 2018 #3

too many white males have not evolved yet. pansypoo53219 Oct 2018 #17

Agreed. Harker Oct 2018 #18

Many of us old Whites safeinOhio Oct 2018 #8

Thing is, lots of my school years growing up were in Hawaii. . . pdsimdars Oct 2018 #4

My first experience with having blacks in charge was in the Marines... Wounded Bear Oct 2018 #13

if i had to boil down the phenomenon barbtries Oct 2018 #5

"tired of being white." LOL pangaia Oct 2018 #14

And outlawing abortion greymattermom Oct 2018 #6

I think Roe v. Wade will be overturned before the 2020 election. Lonestarblue Oct 2018 #9

But. Blue_true Oct 2018 #7

Suppression of voting rights!! Gerrymandering!! Supported by SCOTUS appointed by GOP!! bobbieinok Oct 2018 #10

Which is why we need to protect what Democracy we have left... Wounded Bear Oct 2018 #11

I don't see this as helpful, actually. Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #12

I think the point is well-taken. And I'm an old white male. pangaia Oct 2018 #15

Yes. Harker Oct 2018 #20

And let's not forget the person who was killed in Charlottesville was a white woman. Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #21

Relying on demographics is going to lead to disappointment. Ace Rothstein Oct 2018 #16

None of that will matter if we don't stop the electoral college farce, move to popular vote system, ecstatic Oct 2018 #19

I wonder what it would take to change that? Or having 2 senators for every state? Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #22