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BumRushDaShow

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36. Yes

Tue Apr 24, 2018, 09:24 AM

Apr 2018

and the ass got a lot of high fives for having it there too. The issue was taken to our local Human Relations Commission but oddly was turned down IIRC as it may have been considered a "first amendment" issue.

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HuffPo: White Americans Say The Starbucks Arrests Were An Isolated Incident. [View all] BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 OP

HuffPo: Equal percentages of Whites and Blacks report having been asked to leave a store oberliner Apr 2018 #1

Did you ever consider why that might be? BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #5

The fact the the percentage of Hispanics that reported being kicked out was 20% seemed significant oberliner Apr 2018 #7

Remember that "Hispanic" is not a "race" BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #10

i can see people being asked to leave if they were speaking another language JI7 Apr 2018 #13

Yup - I posted the infamous example of that right here in Philly in post #12. nt BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #14

The majority of Hispanics in the U.S. are proficient in English. They are still called Hispanic. thesquanderer Apr 2018 #30

It depends on which ethnic group you are talking about BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #35

That is the what the survey used in the OP you posted oberliner Apr 2018 #44

Yes BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #45

Understood oberliner Apr 2018 #48

I agree BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #49

This White American Doesn't say that at all. Cha Apr 2018 #2

Hey Cha! BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #8

Isolated? ashredux Apr 2018 #3

And to underscore that BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #17

Actually, a slight majority of white Americans said the opposite. yardwork Apr 2018 #4

Other than the last question, the answers were fairly equal among races. 7962 Apr 2018 #6

Note they left out that "dirty" term that may be impacting the answers BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #16

Also the percentage who reported being kicked out of stores was the same for Whites and Blacks oberliner Apr 2018 #9

Hispanic is a "language group" as noted in my earlier post to you. BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #12

So the fact theres a please on the mountain grammy Apr 2018 #20

That's the problem BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #22

So it was up all during the Obama presidency? mountain grammy Apr 2018 #33

Yes BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #36

Still won't go there. And their sandwiches - meh. GoneOffShore Apr 2018 #21

LOL BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #24

And much better sandwiches. GoneOffShore Apr 2018 #26

My BIL is a Dalessandros fan (which is in Roxborough). nt BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #27

I'm responding to the info contained in your OP oberliner Apr 2018 #43

Hopefully my post #45 clarifies BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #46

Perception of being illegally here? treestar Apr 2018 #40

That pretty much sums it up. BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #42

Even if it was isolated Sherman A1 Apr 2018 #11

As food for thought (as I posted in #5) BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #15

of course heaven05 Apr 2018 #18

See this BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #19

Surprised that your link isn't higher up the charts. GoneOffShore Apr 2018 #25

as long as this is ameriKKKa heaven05 Apr 2018 #32

You got that right BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #41

Most White Americans Have No Actual Frame of Reference for Institutionalized Racism dlk Apr 2018 #23

I totally agree. UncleTomsEvilBrother Apr 2018 #29

Not this white American DownriverDem Apr 2018 #28

My town is 0% black erlewyne Apr 2018 #31

How ironic. BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #37

As if that makes it ok Fullduplexxx Apr 2018 #34

People with an interest in believing the Starbucks incident to have happened in isolation... Orsino Apr 2018 #38

48% means the headline should not be stated that way treestar Apr 2018 #39

It is BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #47