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Wed May 30, 2018, 05:35 PM May 2018

Jesse Lee Peterson says there's never been racism in the US.

The worst part about this guy?
He *IS* black.

I'm serious!

Jesse Lee Peterson: Racism Was Never Real And Picking Cotton ‘Makes A Man Out Of You’
By Jared Holt | May 30, 2018 4:42 pm

Right-wing radio host Jesse Lee Peterson appeared on CRTV last weekend to declare that racism has never existed and that picking cotton, as many enslaved African Americans were forced to do before the Civil War, “makes a man out of you.”

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/jesse-lee-peterson-racism-was-never-real-and-picking-cotton-makes-a-man-out-of-you/

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Jesse Lee Peterson says there's never been racism in the US. (Original Post) Archae May 2018 OP
I'm sure that the women and children who were also forced to pick cotton will be glad to hear that. dameatball May 2018 #1
Do his listeners know he's black? lame54 May 2018 #2
Idiocy is not restricted to any one color. guillaumeb May 2018 #3
There has never been water in Lake Michigan, either DFW May 2018 #4
He sounds crazy rusty quoin May 2018 #5
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