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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 07:38 PM Original message |
Judge: Ford Affiliate Charged Blacks More |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. And yet Libertarian fools claim we no longer need laws protecing AA's |
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Tomee450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 08:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Why am I not surprised. |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. Not too surprising, given who founded the company |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. Can you even begin to imagine the uproar if they had charged whites more? |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 08:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Car dealers do the same thing to single women too |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 09:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. The "female tax" and the "non-Caucasian fee" |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. i found a better idea |
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harpboy_ak (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 03:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. and sometimes you don't need the dealer |
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Mist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 10:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Yep-both sales and rentals |
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candy331 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. I can believe it, I know a Black man who went on the Ford lot and |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 11:53 AM Response to Reply #4 |
23. So was he charged a high rate because black, or lack of savvy? |
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candy331 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 10:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. I say he was not business savvy but that was certainly no reason |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. Wasn't Ford Motor Credit a major force behind the 'Bankruptcy Reform'? |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 11:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
24. No, they have no horse in that race. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
8. There's no racism in America |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:57 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. I've got problems with racism. Help me out. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:57 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Depends on the issue |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 03:11 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I'm not afraid to call people on their crap. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 03:43 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I've heard it |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-05 12:07 AM Response to Reply #16 |
31. I want minorities to have an equal share of the pie. |
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Mairead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. "Educational inequity? Class warfare or racial issue?" |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-05 12:24 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. US vs Them is classism whether it's being racist or elitest. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-05 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
10. I will never understand this kind of thing. NEVER. |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:21 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Its called racism |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
19. it's been going on for years |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
20. Its called making a profit. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 11:36 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. The judge disagrees with you |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 11:51 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I'm not anonymous, unlike you. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:41 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Fords multi-million dollar legal team couldn't prove... |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
25. One of my friends calls it "The B Plan" |
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ucmike (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
28. car business is full of thieves. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
29. kick |
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