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Civic Justice

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11. LBJ said it perfectly and clearly.

Reply to renegade000 (Reply #8)

Mon May 28, 2018, 02:05 PM

May 2018

President Lyndon B. Johnson once said, "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."

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I hear people saying we shouldn't talk about racism because the GOP is using racism as a tool [View all] gollygee May 2018 OP

Exactly: we SHOULD talk about racism. But we should affirm that Republicans AMPLIFY racism. sharedvalues May 2018 #1

We can't ignore racism if it's from Democrats gollygee May 2018 #2

True. But 19 times out of 20 racism is from republicans sharedvalues May 2018 #13

Racism will always be with us..... ProudMNDemocrat May 2018 #3

Some don't want to discuss it, because to do so, means to acknowledge "White Privilege" Civic Justice May 2018 #4

Thank you, Civic Justice. This is so well done. I hope you'll consider posting it as an OP. hedda_foil May 2018 #6

done Civic Justice May 2018 #10

Thank you! hedda_foil May 2018 #12

Thank you for such a well thought-out reply! nt gollygee May 2018 #7

Those are al people who want to talk about classism and oligarchs of the American persuasion bettyellen May 2018 #5

We have to call out the con... renegade000 May 2018 #8

Dismantling racism would make the tool completely ineffective. nt gollygee May 2018 #9

LBJ said it perfectly and clearly. Civic Justice May 2018 #11