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Soph0571

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19. Not buying the cheese n/t

Reply to IndyOp (Reply #17)

Sat Apr 11, 2020, 05:11 PM

Apr 2020

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Surgeon general under fire for telling African Americans not to smoke, drink or take drugs... [View all] Soph0571 Apr 2020 OP

Saw it - wasn't actually that bad. Trying to be personable via his own experience. jmg257 Apr 2020 #1

Have to disagree.. HipChick Apr 2020 #13

Adams is black Skittles Apr 2020 #2

My jaw dropped when I heard him say that. greatauntoftriplets Apr 2020 #3

He is African American. I think I'll let the community speak to it jimfields33 Apr 2020 #7

And they are nt Soph0571 Apr 2020 #15

Do you think the twitter mob speaks for the AA community? former9thward Apr 2020 #31

Do you think they are not part of their own community? n/t Soph0571 Apr 2020 #32

I don't think anyone on twitter speaks for anybody. former9thward Apr 2020 #33

Not the same but brought back in my head the Pound Cake speech by Bill Cosby for some reason lunasun Apr 2020 #4

Exactly... HipChick Apr 2020 #14

This n/t Soph0571 Apr 2020 #16

People are overreacting to this Loki Liesmith Apr 2020 #5

I don't like this guy, but this feels like a stretch JDC Apr 2020 #6

Is this from a deleted scene from Hollywood Shuffle? CaptYossarian Apr 2020 #8

++Robert Townsend classic As one of his characters from black acting school would say about lunasun Apr 2020 #20

Yeah, me too. CaptYossarian Apr 2020 #27

Sounds like good advice to me yellowwoodII Apr 2020 #9

The point is he made it about race using easy stereotypes n/t Soph0571 Apr 2020 #21

So many people fail to realize how deeply.... spicysista Apr 2020 #10

Thanks! Soph0571 Apr 2020 #18

Thanks for posting this thread. 😉 spicysista Apr 2020 #25

'abuela' means grandfather in Spanish milestogo Apr 2020 #11

Actually it means "Grandmother." cwydro Apr 2020 #12

Because plenty of Hispanics call their grandmother lunasun Apr 2020 #28

He used the names he used in his family - Yamiche asked and he IndyOp Apr 2020 #17

Not buying the cheese n/t Soph0571 Apr 2020 #19

I saw the presser. I don't like the guy. He looked guileless when answering. (nt) IndyOp Apr 2020 #22

I saw the presser. I don't like the guy. He looked guileless when answering. (nt) IndyOp Apr 2020 #23

What ? You don't believe he calls his grandmother abuela ?? lunasun Apr 2020 #29

What ? You don't believe he calls his grandmother abuela ?? lunasun Apr 2020 #30

Hey, at least he didn't plead with them to talk to their children Hortensis Apr 2020 #24

Heh. Well there is that Soph0571 Apr 2020 #26

Meanwhile many people have increased... lame54 Apr 2020 #34

shit. even bill maher gave us SMOKING pot. makes sense to me. pansypoo53219 Apr 2020 #35

White people have a higher rate of smoking and alcohol use than black people, but okay. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2020 #36

If he had said qwlauren35 Apr 2020 #37