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DetlefK

(16,670 posts) Mon Aug 6, 2018, 11:30 AM Aug 2018

Man unfairly labeled racist for screaming "n****r" and "monkey" during road-rage incident.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/enraged-white-driver-screams-run-monkey-black-woman-insists-hes-not-racist-video-goes-viral/

A cell phone video shows John Paul Rodgers yelling “Go to Africa. Hurry up, go to Africa! Run n**ger run, monkey, monkey, monkey” at 20-year-old Zhaqweyza Armstrong as he drives past her car.

“I am not racial,” Rodgers told Daily Local News. “I have a mixed-race grandchild. Bi-racial grandkids. I wouldn’t normally say that word. I am not a racial person. I don’t see color. I see ignorance.”

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Man unfairly labeled racist for screaming "n****r" and "monkey" during road-rage incident. (Original Post) DetlefK Aug 2018 OP

He must spend a great deal of time around mirrors dsc Aug 2018 #1

The old "I can't be racist cuz.." card. IluvPitties Aug 2018 #2

+1. "Hey I'm not a racist - I work with a black guy and I eat Mexican food!" dalton99a Aug 2018 #8

He should see ignorance in his mirror malaise Aug 2018 #3

The "Some of my best friends are..." argument Aristus Aug 2018 #4

Here's video without ignorant white winger distorted. trump will be offering him a freedom medal. Hoyt Aug 2018 #5

Perhaps he should follow the Colbert model... Wounded Bear Aug 2018 #6

"I'm not racist but..." Initech Aug 2018 #7

dsc

(53,441 posts)

1. He must spend a great deal of time around mirrors

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Mon Aug 6, 2018, 11:34 AM

Aug 2018

that would explain all the ignorance he is seeing.

IluvPitties

(3,185 posts)

2. The old "I can't be racist cuz.." card.

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Mon Aug 6, 2018, 11:34 AM

Aug 2018

Sad times indeed.

dalton99a

(95,243 posts)

8. +1. "Hey I'm not a racist - I work with a black guy and I eat Mexican food!"

Reply to IluvPitties (Reply #2)

Mon Aug 6, 2018, 11:46 AM

Aug 2018

malaise

(297,921 posts)

3. He should see ignorance in his mirror

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Mon Aug 6, 2018, 11:38 AM

Aug 2018

Aristus

(72,515 posts)

4. The "Some of my best friends are..." argument

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Mon Aug 6, 2018, 11:40 AM

Aug 2018

was old, hackneyed, and pathetic decades ago.

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

5. Here's video without ignorant white winger distorted. trump will be offering him a freedom medal.

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Mon Aug 6, 2018, 11:42 AM

Aug 2018

Wounded Bear

(64,628 posts)

6. Perhaps he should follow the Colbert model...

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Mon Aug 6, 2018, 11:43 AM

Aug 2018

http://www.cc.com/video-clips/53mwdm/the-colbert-report-search-for-a-new-black-friend

Initech

(109,261 posts)

7. "I'm not racist but..."

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Mon Aug 6, 2018, 11:46 AM

Aug 2018

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