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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCandidate for Charlotte mayor puts 'white' among qualifications
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/candidate-for-charlotte-mayor-puts-white-among-qualifications/ar-AArowrKA candidate for mayor in Charlotte, N.C., listed "white" among her qualifications in Facebook comments that have since been deleted.
The chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party rebuked Kimberley Paige Barnette, who has since apologized for her remarks.
"VOTE FOR ME!" Barnette, 53, wrote on her Facebook page, the Charlotte Observer reported.
"REPUBLICAN & SMART, WHITE, TRADITIONAL."
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Candidate for Charlotte mayor puts 'white' among qualifications (Original Post)
JimGinPA
Sep 2017
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octoberlib
(14,971 posts)1. Must be a Trumper. She doesn't have a chance anyway.
procon
(15,805 posts)2. "Smart" must mean something different in Charlotte. nt
Freethinker65
(10,048 posts)3. Thanks for the laugh
RestoreAmerica2020
(3,438 posts)4. It reads like an online dating profile.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)5. Smart? Really? eom
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)6. Being born white must be one of her finest accomplishments
Congrats. We all knew that she had it in her.
Imagine what one can achieve it they can try.
Initech
(100,102 posts)7. WTF is going on in this country?
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)8. Probably stands a good chance with that attitude
The sickness has taken hold quickly, and its symptoms have manifested themselves in multitude and sundry ways.
tanyev
(42,610 posts)9. She is so smart! S-M-R-T!