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1. But it's not race, it's CLASS!!1one!

Reply to Jamaal510 (Original post)

Mon Mar 9, 2015, 07:02 PM

Mar 2015

50 years since the march from Selma to Montgomery, we are reminded that institutional racism, racial disparities in wages and wealth, and discrimination based on color are still a harsh reality of American life.

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"The latest unemployment numbers are great if you’re not black" [View all] Jamaal510 Mar 2015 OP

But it's not race, it's CLASS!!1one! Number23 Mar 2015 #1

I might've been Jamaal510 Mar 2015 #2

Yep, it is most definitely a shame. Number23 Mar 2015 #7

I live in a 98% white town that still has 10% unemployment, 8 years after the recession ND-Dem Mar 2015 #6

"It's that Negro in the White House's Fault!" Liberal_Stalwart71 Mar 2015 #3

And he is responsible for all the race problems in America. randys1 Mar 2015 #4

+1000 heaven05 Mar 2015 #5