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Kind of Blue

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15. Awww...Thanks, spicysista!
Mon Jul 1, 2019, 07:51 PM
Jul 2019

It's nice to feel that this life wasn't lived for nothing

We've all brought so much richness to this world of anti-blackness and nobody is going to define what is and not black to us any more.

I think she has the same problem Barack had. mainstreetonce Jul 2019 #1
Barack Obama had one big thing going for him customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #6
Indian/African backgrounds are more common in Jamaica due to the British colonial influence htuttle Jul 2019 #2
The "you aren't really black" attack is a divisive tactic MaryMagdaline Jul 2019 #3
If you don't "talk black ..." EffieBlack Jul 2019 #18
Something of nothing JustAnotherGen Jul 2019 #4
This Recursion Jul 2019 #5
Is it possible customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #9
Nope JustAnotherGen Jul 2019 #10
Let's look at the experiences customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #11
Exhausting JustAnotherGen Jul 2019 #16
I have no doubt customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #22
This assumes that the "black experience" is limited to a very narrow stereotype assumed by some EffieBlack Jul 2019 #21
I'm sure there's a very wide variation customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #23
No. EffieBlack Jul 2019 #19
Guess you never lived in the northeast. AAs and West Indians get along well mostly. brush Jul 2019 #7
I will eat jerk all day. The first time I saw animosity was when I heard an agitated West Indian... TreasonousBastard Jul 2019 #14
The Tutsis and Hutus JustAnotherGen Jul 2019 #20
Great question. Back in the '80s, I worked for a company with headquarters Kind of Blue Jul 2019 #8
Beautiful! spicysista Jul 2019 #12
Awww...Thanks, spicysista! Kind of Blue Jul 2019 #15
It is most curious to me customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #24
It's most curious to me his numbers are falling Kind of Blue Jul 2019 #25
I know very little about the answer, but I like this question a lot. nt Susan Calvin Jul 2019 #13
I don't think it's innocent JustAnotherGen Jul 2019 #17
Yeah, I realized that when I started hearing it other places. nt Susan Calvin Jul 2019 #29
When you see her what is it you see? tirebiter Jul 2019 #26
I grew up with a completely racist white grandmother lapfog_1 Jul 2019 #27
Kamala is being attacked, watoos Jul 2019 #28
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