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kpete

(72,904 posts) Wed Aug 16, 2017, 08:43 AM Aug 2017

A statue of a white man is literally more valued than the living body of a person of color.

A woman who helped take down the statue in Durham was just arrested.

But NONE of these men have been arrested. NONE.

America. 2017.

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A statue of a white man is literally more valued than the living body of a person of color. (Original Post) kpete Aug 2017 OP

For anyone wondering - White Privilege 101, Exhibit A CincyDem Aug 2017 #1

If they held a public press conference the police would arrest them mythology Aug 2017 #2

CincyDem

(7,410 posts)

1. For anyone wondering - White Privilege 101, Exhibit A

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Wed Aug 16, 2017, 08:50 AM

Aug 2017

When people ask what white supremacists are fighting for, here's today's version...and the sickening part is that we get another lesson every day.

mythology

(9,527 posts)

2. If they held a public press conference the police would arrest them

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Aug 16, 2017, 08:58 AM

Aug 2017

It's a really bad comparison. Dan Borden and company have gone underground. The police are looking for them.

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