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JI7

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4. Racism. This type of thing was common back then
Reply to Nexus2 (Original post)
Thu May 27, 2021, 07:42 AM
May 2021

I Mean, even now it would still happen and we see how bad things are when it comes to racism but it would have been much worse back then.

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Emmet Till's accuser [View all] Nexus2 May 2021 OP
We can never know her motivation with certainty EYESORE 9001 May 2021 #1
"Near the end of her life" Not quite. Carolyn Bryant Donham, that's her, is still very much alive ck4829 May 2021 #2
My apology. it was quick and clumsy choice of phrase. Blame it on hasty typing? [nt] Nexus2 May 2021 #7
Oh no you're fine. You'd think she'd be dead, I thought so too for a long time, but no. ck4829 May 2021 #11
THIS malaise May 2021 #12
Hell is waiting for her SallyHemmings May 2021 #3
Racism. This type of thing was common back then JI7 May 2021 #4
I was more wondering what the specific tripper incident may have been. Nexus2 May 2021 #8
According to Wikipedia, she was not the original source of the "complaint" LeftInTX May 2021 #9
Ah, ok, that was what I was wondering, thanks. Nexus2 May 2021 #13
I am not sure why you are trying to come up with some excuse for her like it was an SweetieD May 2021 #16
Her husband was recognized as a terrible bully and was abusive towards her. He was the "ring" leader marble falls May 2021 #5
Her Husband Caught Her Doing Something He Thought She Should Not Be Doing? erpowers May 2021 #6
OG Karen /nt tonedevil May 2021 #10
She probably didn't want a black kid in her store Polybius May 2021 #14
It doesn't matter why. and she should have been charged with being an accomplice. SweetieD May 2021 #15
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