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deurbano

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20. I think he/she means poor white people have the need to feel "better" than someone

Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #11)

Sun Nov 30, 2014, 12:54 PM

Nov 2014

since they are not doing well economically, and since race is being used for that purpose, they can even feel "better" than the President. You know, the guy with the Columbia BA... the magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law school, who served as president of the Law Review... the guy twice elected president of the country. (If only THEY had the HUGE advantage of affirmative action, THEY could be president, too.... though there is never any concern about how W got into Harvard Business School as a self-described "C student.&quot

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Something deep persists [View all] sheshe2 Nov 2014 OP

Thank you for this, she.. And, thanks to all those who are getting out and standing up for Cha Nov 2014 #1

That's just America, sorry Americans.... mountain grammy Nov 2014 #3

And just damn frustrating! calimary Nov 2014 #15

tears~ sheshe2 Nov 2014 #10

Changing laws does not change the hearts of people nor the old institutions built on rot. TheKentuckian Nov 2014 #2

I hate to agree with you, but I must. mountain grammy Nov 2014 #4

+2 brer cat Nov 2014 #5

Sorry - off topic, but... calimary Nov 2014 #16

I am currently cat-less brer cat Nov 2014 #19

My first cat liked to sit or lie down upon my textbooks when I was in elementary school calimary Nov 2014 #21

This is true. But... malthaussen Nov 2014 #7

K&R she. brer cat Nov 2014 #6

And it gets worse in hard times, when poor people need someone they can feel superior to..... Mustellus Nov 2014 #8

What is that suppose to mean? sheshe2 Nov 2014 #11

I think he/she means poor white people have the need to feel "better" than someone deurbano Nov 2014 #20

Yep. Remember when Az State declined to give him an honorary degree because he hadn't Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2014 #24

Thanks for reminding me of that. Pathetic. deurbano Dec 2014 #29

Poor people, wherever they are, learn to ridicule as a way Tsiyu Nov 2014 #23

There is no such thing as "poor people" - that is a condescending term used by people who want to jtuck004 Nov 2014 #27

Thank you, sheshe2! Kath1 Nov 2014 #9

The reptilian side of our brain won't let go of violence for profit. Rex Nov 2014 #12

Black man stopped by cop for walking with his hands in his pockets! chazndav Nov 2014 #13

I learned on DU that the cops HAD to stop, harass, and commit a search because supposedly some crank TheKentuckian Nov 2014 #22

thank you she treestar Nov 2014 #14

Another image to add: grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #17

Beautiful and powerful OP.... Spazito Nov 2014 #18

The National Guard saintsebastian Nov 2014 #25

Is it my imagination or .... BobbyBoring Nov 2014 #26

It's just being captured on cell phone videos now. brush Nov 2014 #28