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Docreed2003

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Wed Dec 13, 2017, 01:03 AM Dec 2017

Brian Williams interpretation of the Black Belt

Brian Williams’ just said...it’s ‘remarkable’ that the map shows that Doug Jones took the ‘Black Belt’, which he said referred to the ‘topsoil’. Jesus Christ Brian!! Wtf man!!?? Yeah, maybe people in the 19thC referred to that area for the “topsoil” but here’s a NEWSFLASH bro, that area in modern times is known as “the Black Belt” because of the large population of African Americans, largely as a result of the history of slavery in that area...you know, because of that fertile topsoil you referred to. A representative of the UN has recently remarked about how shocked they were at the level of poverty in the “Black Belt” of Alabama. So, fuck you, Brian, for your ignorant comment...(Sorry, that comment by Williams just pissed me right off)

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Brian Williams interpretation of the Black Belt (Original Post) Docreed2003 Dec 2017 OP
No apology necessary - Williams oftens says the stupidist things SharonClark Dec 2017 #1
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