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Showing Original Post only (View all)I'm over 60 and I have never seen such racism [View all]
since the sixties. it is just mind blowing how Obama just blew the roof of of the house with his election. It is absolutely crazy and beyond all belief.
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I am over 60 and I saw people passing for white to get into apartments and to get jobs n NYC.
hollysmom
Jul 2014
#7
Trust me: the darker you are, the more they hate. And they'll pit the brown people
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jul 2014
#60
The only thing different is the scab is off and the infection of racism is able to be be seen.
appleannie1
Jul 2014
#11
Likewise with me, but I did see some deplorable racism when I was younger. The difference
world wide wally
Jul 2014
#14
Scratch the surface of the GOP, and all matter of evilness oozes out. Against blacks. Against women.
blkmusclmachine
Jul 2014
#17
Against, against--so true! So many sensible conservatives have left what the GOP has become.
Hortensis
Jul 2014
#24
Over racism by one of the two most powerful political parties that run our country.
ieoeja
Jul 2014
#47
Plus a million. Hard to do with the media as it is, though. Life was better when it *was* liberal.
freshwest
Jul 2014
#53
Same there, wilt. I am just amazed at the amount of racism the President is subjected to
japple
Jul 2014
#37
Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. I had thought we as a country had gotten past the sixties. I've
RKP5637
Jul 2014
#55
All of those racist cockroaches were running around freely in the dark, until Obama's election.....
DrewFlorida
Jul 2014
#61