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WhiskeyGrinder

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14. Dick Gregory: "Personally, I've never seen much difference between the South and the North. Down

Reply to cwydro (Reply #12)

Wed May 27, 2020, 01:24 PM

May 2020

South, white folks don’t care how close I get as long as I don’t get too big. Up North, white folks don’t care how big I get, as long as I don’t get too close.”

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Minneapolis isn't looking too good these days. [View all] catbyte May 2020 OP

They own an office building or they have an office in the building? SharonClark May 2020 #1

Well, here's another racist white guy in Minneapolis who just got his whole life turned upside down. sop May 2020 #2

Asshole Blecht May 2020 #3

Another face badly in need of a fist. smirkymonkey May 2020 #11

Do they own the building with the gym in it? roamer65 May 2020 #4

But they THREATENED him! dalton99a May 2020 #5

It appears he has a problem with non-white people catbyte May 2020 #8

+1 dalton99a May 2020 #10

'Twas ever thus. WhiskeyGrinder May 2020 #6

This guy also led the "resistance" against removing the name of a slave-owning South Carolinian WhiskeyGrinder May 2020 #7

Yeah. Here's his awful OP-Ed about it. catbyte May 2020 #9

Tom Austin, CEO and managing partner of the F2 Group sop May 2020 #13

sad as this is, and it IS sad. cwydro May 2020 #12

Dick Gregory: "Personally, I've never seen much difference between the South and the North. Down WhiskeyGrinder May 2020 #14

Good quote. A lot of truth in that, I'm sure. cwydro May 2020 #15

Racism doesn't belong in the USA rockfordfile May 2020 #16

The USA was built on racism. WhiskeyGrinder May 2020 #17

"a tenant"? - a.k.a., a self-appointed vigilante on a rampage thinking he speaks for *everybody* UTUSN May 2020 #18

Minnesota nice!! Celerity May 2020 #19