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In reply to the discussion: Nancy Lee Grahn Pulls an #AllLivesMatter in Wake of Viola Davis’ Historic Emmy Win [View all]gollygee
(22,336 posts)16. I would have marched for those people
was a horrible thing for her to say. "Those People" is something that should not be part of one's vocabulary. And if she would have marched, at some point it would have happened. If she hasn't gotten up on her feet and shown up, then it's reasonable to think she wouldn't. There have been plenty of opportunities, and lord knows there's lots of need. All the racial injustice that's been widely reported on, and she just thinks she "would have?" Would have if what? If things got bad enough? If things haven't been bad enough yet, how bad does it have to get?
I would point her and anyone else wondering how to show up to this: http://www.showingupforracialjustice.org
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Nancy Lee Grahn Pulls an #AllLivesMatter in Wake of Viola Davis’ Historic Emmy Win [View all]
onpatrol98
Sep 2015
OP
That alert proves why the jury system is a complete failure. If I was a mod and someone
randys1
Sep 2015
#24
It's funny, because that line about "what is his/her DU name?" has been a running joke for years.
Starry Messenger
Sep 2015
#38
What did Lena Dunham say?? I haven't watched a second of her shitty looking little show
Number23
Sep 2015
#29