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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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In reply to the discussion: I find it fascinating that black leaders are siding with Biden over Harris and Booker concerning the [View all]quickesst
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I find it fascinating that black leaders are siding with Biden over Harris and Booker concerning the [View all]
redgreenandblue
Jun 2019
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It appears to me to be a divide between those who actually lived through segregation and those
hlthe2b
Jun 2019
#2
Civil rights icon John Lewis backs Biden, says segregationist comments were not offensive
Gothmog
Jun 2019
#3
Let's remember that Biden did not make segregationist comments. He referenced a segregationist.
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#54
There are two types of people who are (acting) offended: Other candidates and white progressives
wyldwolf
Jun 2019
#4
He was once considered a liberal, in the context of the civil rights and Vietnam war era.
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#30
Nothing makes me laugh more than the racial outrage of the white, liberal progressive.
Drunken Irishman
Jun 2019
#52
A real peeve of mine, white privileged whites carrying on about white privilege as if they
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#56
Yesterday Zerlina Maxwell compared Biden's comments to trump and caged children.
Kahuna7
Jun 2019
#26
I am so sad that race plays a part in this election at all. It's very divisive and
Kahuna7
Jun 2019
#43
As many times as people want to use his minor offenses to serve their own agendas.
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#35
If you went to public school, served in the military, had a job, you've had to deal with assholes.
Midnight Writer
Jun 2019
#16
Yes, it's fascinating but not surprising. Most of them were deeply involved in the Civil Rights...
George II
Jun 2019
#20
Nitpicking to win political points on one side. Siding with an honorable candidate on the other.
Doodley
Jun 2019
#33
I don't know if I'd call it "siding with." They are reporting the facts, as they saw it back then.
Honeycombe8
Jun 2019
#42
I strongly believe tht white people - progressive or not need to STFU on this one
robbedvoter
Jun 2019
#45
"as the old man is allowed in public." Really? Can you not be respectful at all even if you
hlthe2b
Jun 2019
#49
By that token, white people should shut up when they perceive talk or behavior as racist.
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#58
Maybe they lived through enough real racism to easily spot a contrived controversy...
LincolnRossiter
Jun 2019
#48
Yep. We know and for the record many white people are racist it's just a matter of degree
Dream Girl
Jun 2019
#60
It's almost as though they care more about actual governing than identity posturing
LongtimeAZDem
Jun 2019
#66