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Showing Original Post only (View all)Republican claims blacks and whites were lynched at equal rates in MLK Day message [View all]
Saine made the statements Friday on the floor of the Colorado House. She posted footage of her speech to Facebook Monday, and noted that it was meant to bolster House District 49 Rep. Perry Buck, who tried to introduce a resolution honoring King.
How could I honor Martin Luther King today without shining a light on injustice myself? Saine said. My colleagues, how can you redeem your marginalized voice by marginalizing ours? Our march toward justice is not over when a colleague of ours is barred from introducing a resolution on this floor because of the color of her skin.
How could I honor Martin Luther King today without shining a light on injustice myself? Saine said. My colleagues, how can you redeem your marginalized voice by marginalizing ours? Our march toward justice is not over when a colleague of ours is barred from introducing a resolution on this floor because of the color of her skin.
[link:https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/republican-claims-blacks-whites-lynched-equal-rates-mlk-day-message/|
Fucking hell, what is wrong with these people?
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Republican claims blacks and whites were lynched at equal rates in MLK Day message [View all]
Soph0571
Jan 2019
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Even if that were true, there were 7-8x the amount of Whites than Blacks--do it'd be disproportunate
TheBlackAdder
Jan 2019
#26
Ahhh, somebody tell this fucking asshole that "The Oxbow Incident" was only a movie!!!
winstars
Jan 2019
#23
If by "whites" she means Italians, Irish, Jews, Catholics yeah, they also got lynched.
McCamy Taylor
Jan 2019
#27