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41. Where are you from? Where are you really from?

Reply to guillaumeb (Original post)

Thu Jul 18, 2019, 11:32 AM

Jul 2019

Racist playbook 101..

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The racism behind Kellyanne Conway's "where are you from originally?" question. [View all] guillaumeb Jul 2019 OP

And as much as she tries to hide it with her hair bleach, she's Italian too sandensea Jul 2019 #1

And Italians, like Greeks and French and Spanish people, guillaumeb Jul 2019 #5

+1 sandensea Jul 2019 #13

I was once told by an American, of English descent, that French people are not white. guillaumeb Jul 2019 #18

I'm sorry to hear that - but I'm not suprised. They're insane. sandensea Jul 2019 #22

Yes, they are so ready to hate. guillaumeb Jul 2019 #24

It is not unusual for nothern Italians to be blonde dflprincess Jul 2019 #37

I think she has awareness, but lacks integrity. guillaumeb Jul 2019 #38

Sam Greenfield responds to Kellyanne: no_hypocrisy Jul 2019 #2

She sold her soul. guillaumeb Jul 2019 #7

Does her remark make Conway a racist?She is a racist from the start.It confirms that she is a racist stonecutter357 Jul 2019 #3

She sounds like a racist. guillaumeb Jul 2019 #6

Screw that, guillaumeb. She is racist ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #4

I agree. guillaumeb Jul 2019 #8

Then why did you put in that last line about her not necessarily being racist? ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #9

Poor Kellyanne doesn't know her own history malaise Jul 2019 #10

She is that. guillaumeb Jul 2019 #14

Doesn't she realize that these people hate Catholics almost as much as smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #40

Anyone who works for a racist in her capacity, is a racist. Supporting racial hatred Hoyt Jul 2019 #11

Italian & Irish. Her grandfather was actually a Mafia associate, Jimmy "the Brute" DiNatale. nt tblue37 Jul 2019 #12

Trump does like criminals. guillaumeb Jul 2019 #15

Dunno. Igel Jul 2019 #16

But in the context of Trump's comments, guillaumeb Jul 2019 #19

Just say you're a distant cousin to Queen Elizabeth's grandniece FakeNoose Jul 2019 #21

She said Irish and Italian. Whatever. n/t pnwmom Jul 2019 #17

First of all, Conway lies constantly. guillaumeb Jul 2019 #20

Ibram X Kendi (among others) makes a compelling argument around a particular idea. PETRUS Jul 2019 #23

True, and some lie about it. eom guillaumeb Jul 2019 #25

That too. nt PETRUS Jul 2019 #27

The only way to know if a person is a racist is if s/he says or does racist things. TomSlick Jul 2019 #26

The "walks like a duck" test? guillaumeb Jul 2019 #30

Sorta. It's a little more than "walks like a duck." TomSlick Jul 2019 #33

in any real administration she would be in an employment line today spanone Jul 2019 #28

And in a sane country, Trump would be a failed, unknown criminal. guillaumeb Jul 2019 #31

Amen. spanone Jul 2019 #36

She said she's Irish and Italian - both nationalities were despised The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #29

Well said. guillaumeb Jul 2019 #32

She is a strange one... Mike Nelson Jul 2019 #34

She has no apparent ethics, no apparent sense of decency, guillaumeb Jul 2019 #35

"From which circle of hell did you originally come, Kelly dear?" struggle4progress Jul 2019 #39

The same circle as Trump himself. guillaumeb Jul 2019 #43

Where are you from? Where are you really from? HipChick Jul 2019 #41

And both sides know that. guillaumeb Jul 2019 #44

Exactly... HipChick Jul 2019 #46

That was a forbidden question when I was a hiring manager Retrograde Jul 2019 #42

Nothing is forbidden to the Trump Administration. guillaumeb Jul 2019 #45