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Mariana

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24. Except no one really believes that.

Reply to CakeGrrl (Reply #18)

Sun Jun 30, 2013, 12:56 PM

Jun 2013

Of course it happens everywhere, all the time, to black people and other minorities, and also to some particular white people (like the poster above). No one believes it only ever happens in the south.

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And you thought 'Travon' incidents could only happen in the South; [View all] greiner3 Jun 2013 OP

Post needs a link. LuvNewcastle Jun 2013 #1

Yup Cirque du So-What Jun 2013 #5

found it. mercuryblues Jun 2013 #6

Thank you. LuvNewcastle Jun 2013 #8

THANK YOU FOR THE LINK uppityperson Jun 2013 #22

Please quit defending the south, thou doth protest too much coldmountain Jun 2013 #13

It isn't a Southern problem, it's an American problem. Spider Jerusalem Jun 2013 #14

Very few defend NYC but there's a cult of "defend the south". Why? coldmountain Jun 2013 #17

If you attacked NYC like many do the "South", then NYC would be defended. As a southerner, I know txwhitedove Jun 2013 #19

Why identify as a southerner? coldmountain Jun 2013 #20

Oh FFS! Why do you identify yourself as "coldmountain" as in the south as in the book and movie? txwhitedove Jun 2013 #21

I liked the movie,it was a rebuke to Confederate fascism and revisionist history about the Civil War coldmountain Jun 2013 #23

Good for you. I loved the movie too. txwhitedove Jun 2013 #25

How is this a "defense" of the south? enlightenment Jun 2013 #26

ummm...we aren't the confederacy backwoodsbob Jun 2013 #27

who thought that? DrDan Jun 2013 #2

Link, baby! nt MrScorpio Jun 2013 #3

Walking while black....it can happen anywhere. ileus Jun 2013 #4

Yep. NutmegYankee Jun 2013 #10

In the current geist of this particular police state ... ananda Jun 2013 #7

This is nothing like the murder of Travon Martin. SecularMotion Jun 2013 #9

This is typical police profiling. LuvNewcastle Jun 2013 #11

Nope. Never thought that all. cordelia Jun 2013 #12

I did? Recursion Jun 2013 #15

In any lily-white suburb or exburb anywhere, "suspicious person" is equivalent to "black". baldguy Jun 2013 #16

This happens EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME CakeGrrl Jun 2013 #18

Except no one really believes that. Mariana Jun 2013 #24

wow!! uponit7771 Jun 2013 #28

ain't heaven05 Jun 2013 #29