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XemaSab

(60,212 posts)
58. How many white liberals have black friends and spend time around black people?
Wed Mar 25, 2015, 07:06 PM
Mar 2015

It's a racist, segregated society, and white liberals live in it, too.

K&R And not to threadjack but this is another good read along the same lines Number23 Mar 2015 #1
It will likely never end. Behind the Aegis Mar 2015 #2
I disagree. F4lconF16 Mar 2015 #3
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You touched a nerve JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #8
And he posted as stupidly as you can imagine. marble falls Mar 2015 #10
He seems to be showing up a lot under my posts. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #23
Yes, yes and yes again Number23 Mar 2015 #39
Nothing pessimistic about it heaven05 Mar 2015 #43
No, feel free to post away! Jamaal510 Mar 2015 #34
vegan, environmentalist, an intellectual and shouting WHITE POWER Skittles Mar 2015 #4
The author of the article never wrote that JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #7
Surely by now Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #11
Where have you been all of my life? JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #13
Where have I been most of your life? On the sidelines with all the other racially ignorant folks. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #17
I love MPH JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #19
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thanks for the candor heaven05 Mar 2015 #44
I think it's often ignored by everyone. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #47
The Social Sciences refer to this as ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #51
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This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Mar 2015 #36
K& R, this goes right along with the nasty thread giftedgirl77 Mar 2015 #9
As a country, we pussyfoot around race issues. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #12
Another excellent point JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #15
Didn't get a lot of attention Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #18
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I agree. lovemydog Mar 2015 #25
Because they are in your general age group . . . JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #14
thank you for writing this salin Mar 2015 #31
Click on the link in my post JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #32
lol... Now I see it Beyond The Aegis! salin Mar 2015 #35
The young uns? JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #37
Hey! I saw that thread! Behind the Aegis Mar 2015 #33
Good comments here JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #38
I went to a public university in South Carolina about 20 years ago. Behind the Aegis Mar 2015 #50
"While education is the key, one has to have a willing audience." Number23 Mar 2015 #40
Yup, I've noticed the people telling me to learn my place and not be too uppity IronLionZion Mar 2015 #16
K&R! marym625 Mar 2015 #24
Somehow I think Jamaal510 Mar 2015 #42
I don't know marym625 Mar 2015 #55
you did stand up heaven05 Mar 2015 #46
Thanks marym625 Mar 2015 #54
I question the term nevergiveup Mar 2015 #26
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Maybe it's an age difference thing? JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #30
There is no formal checklist you have to complete before declaring yourself "liberal" jeff47 Mar 2015 #52
The article itself is racist. WDIM Mar 2015 #28
The author of the article - is a white man JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #29
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excellent thread heaven05 Mar 2015 #45
He got a hide for standing in his truth JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #49
well as Orwell said heaven05 Mar 2015 #53
There are two types of progressives Matrosov Mar 2015 #48
+1000 heaven05 Mar 2015 #56
Defenders of the murdering racist officer in Ferguson are everywhere, here at DU and in life NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #57
How many white liberals have black friends and spend time around black people? XemaSab Mar 2015 #58
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