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In reply to the discussion: Right wing racists and their dirty tricks trying to take Shawn King down... [View all]Stellar
(5,644 posts)61. Breitbart is dead
Andrew Breitbart: Death of a Douche
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BLM does not discriminate and neither did anyone involved in civil rights and/or NAACP.
Rollingstone Magazine
But why should it matter? Haven't we heard that Black Lives Matter doesn't discriminate, that white members are welcome too?
BLM does not discriminate and neither did anyone involved in civil rights and/or NAACP.
Founding group
The NAACP was formed partly in response to the continuing horrific practice of lynching and the 1908 race riot in Springfield, the capital of Illinois and resting place of President Abraham Lincoln. Appalled at the violence that was committed against blacks, a group of white liberals that included Mary White Ovington and Oswald Garrison Villard, both the descendants of abolitionists, William English Walling and Dr. Henry Moscowitz issued a call for a meeting to discuss racial justice.
http://www.naacp.org/pages/naacp-history
The NAACP was formed partly in response to the continuing horrific practice of lynching and the 1908 race riot in Springfield, the capital of Illinois and resting place of President Abraham Lincoln. Appalled at the violence that was committed against blacks, a group of white liberals that included Mary White Ovington and Oswald Garrison Villard, both the descendants of abolitionists, William English Walling and Dr. Henry Moscowitz issued a call for a meeting to discuss racial justice.
http://www.naacp.org/pages/naacp-history
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Right wing racists and their dirty tricks trying to take Shawn King down... [View all]
MrScorpio
Aug 2015
OP
Hispanics come in all colors--all that means is they were raised in a Spanish language culture
MADem
Aug 2015
#65
The people he leads are the ones who count. Do they recognize a right-wing racist attack--on them?!
Hortensis
Aug 2015
#77
The former head of the NAACP, Ben Jealous, doesn't look particularly dusky either-but who cares?
MADem
Aug 2015
#67
Family Member Confirms to CNN That #BlackLivesMatter Activist Shaun King Is White
oberliner
Aug 2015
#51
No, her story literally began in the media with her parents saying she wasn't Black and that they
Starry Messenger
Aug 2015
#26
It's not a big deal at all. And to be honest, any friend of Scorpio's is more than welcome here
Number23
Aug 2015
#66
There are two little boys living a few doors down from me who are biracial and look very much like that
gollygee
Aug 2015
#72
Rachel Dolezal is not black. She was never called "nigger" or tormented for being black because she
Number23
Aug 2015
#37
BLM is a real movement, real people, very serious people. This scares the chickenshits and
randys1
Aug 2015
#18