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Doodley

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19. Cory Booker is well-spoken, in that he has an eloquence and succinctness that

Reply to Cirque du So-What (Reply #16)

Sat Dec 7, 2019, 11:23 AM

Dec 2019

is outstanding. He is one of the most powerful speakers out there. There's nothing "left-handed" about that.

What I see racist here is using an innocent statement, out of context, to bring down a white candidate.

Being an Englishman in America, I am complimented on my voice nearly every day. I am white. I take it as a compliment. If I was black, should I take it as an insult?

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Ok, someone please educate me... [View all] Trueblue Texan Dec 2019 OP

I'm white too, but ginnyinWI Dec 2019 #1

Is that something Bloomberg will usually say about just any well spoken person he encounters? brewens Dec 2019 #5

Yes, but Joinfortmill Dec 2019 #7

I will think about your post while I think about whether I have to wash rzemanfl Dec 2019 #2

It's one thing to mention several people as being articulate/well-spoken Maeve Dec 2019 #3

It implies that the 'default' is unintelligible patois Cirque du So-What Dec 2019 #4

Maybe it implies that to you, but that interpretation never for a split-second Doodley Dec 2019 #11

Maybe it doesn't imply that to you Cirque du So-What Dec 2019 #16

Cory Booker is well-spoken, in that he has an eloquence and succinctness that Doodley Dec 2019 #19

That is exactly the unspoken racial slur implicet. Thanks for saying that so clearly. marble falls Dec 2019 #15

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Insults are usually not helpful😡 GeorgeGist Dec 2019 #10

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.. Ptah Dec 2019 #8

And if he had said a white candidate was well-spoken, he could also be accused of being racist, Doodley Dec 2019 #9

NOT at all. We whites represent more than 80% of the population, we speak from a position of power.. marble falls Dec 2019 #13

I will never accept that I cannot pay a black man a compliment. Doodley Dec 2019 #18

Its a matter of being 'surprised' that Booker is literate and "well-spoken" by a white person ... marble falls Dec 2019 #12

I agree with the point you make, but I don't see how Bloomberg saying Doodley Dec 2019 #21

In 08 primary Biden expressed surprise that Obama was articulate bobbieinok Dec 2019 #17

Locking - wrong forum OKNancy Dec 2019 #20