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African American

Coolest Ranger

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2. When the victims are white

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Thu Mar 24, 2016, 07:35 AM

Mar 2016

we all rally to them. When it's us, we get a mixed reaction if none at all.

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Who are we, really? [View all] MrScorpio Mar 2016 OP

Excellent point. xfundy Mar 2016 #1

When the victims are white Coolest Ranger Mar 2016 #2

+1 YoungDemCA Mar 2016 #11

K&R Scuba Mar 2016 #3

K&R ismnotwasm Mar 2016 #4

Yup. Digital Puppy Mar 2016 #5

Millions have died in the eastern Congo .... kwassa Mar 2016 #6

You tell no lies JustAnotherGen Mar 2016 #8

K&R brer cat Mar 2016 #7

Word. n/t Kind of Blue Mar 2016 #9

The direct consequence of seeing black and brown people as less than human YoungDemCA Mar 2016 #10

Human Hierarchy of Value... OneGrassRoot Mar 2016 #17

K&R Quayblue Mar 2016 #12

I can do one better. A woman, white, late 40s, in my office was laughing at the "joke" her 13-year Number23 Mar 2016 #14

unfortunately, you did me one better smh Quayblue Mar 2016 #15

Our language reinforces this absurd indifference toward the lives of non whites. Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #16

What a horrible thing to say. wildeyed Mar 2016 #18

TELL IT. I have been saying the same thing for as long as I can remember Number23 Mar 2016 #13

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