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Jenoch

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20. Ok Forrest

Reply to El_Johns (Reply #19)

Sat Feb 22, 2014, 08:31 PM

Feb 2014

I would say the U.S. was the dominent world power for all of 1945.

The were many blacks that were free in the U.S. in 1861, but the Civil War was several years, not a particular year. You are right that this has gone on long enough.

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Since 1988, every US president has been a Harvard or Yale grad. [View all] El_Johns Feb 2014 OP

And some people here say white privilege doesn't exist seattledo Feb 2014 #1

? "Every President" includes Barack Obama, Harvard Law. El_Johns Feb 2014 #3

Maybe therein lies the problem. hobbit709 Feb 2014 #2

All Skull & Bones members, too, I bet! blkmusclmachine Feb 2014 #4

Esp. the Harvard grads. Igel Feb 2014 #12

Down. MannyGoldstein Feb 2014 #29

And half of all presidents since 1900 have been Ivy League graduates. Spider Jerusalem Feb 2014 #5

and Columbia... XRubicon Feb 2014 #6

Barack Obama, Harvard Law. Just sayin'. El_Johns Feb 2014 #7

Barack Obama Columbia undergraduate XRubicon Feb 2014 #8

Stand Columbia. El_Johns Feb 2014 #9

I did not know that Reagan went to either Harvard or Yale Jenoch Feb 2014 #10

That's why it says "since 1988". El_Johns Feb 2014 #11

I suppose the OP meant 'after' 1988 because Reagan was president for all of 1988. Jenoch Feb 2014 #13

'since' includes the meaning 'after,' so pointless comment. El_Johns Feb 2014 #14

When read since such and such date, Jenoch Feb 2014 #15

I think it has more to do with you conceiving of the year 1988 as a period beginning at the start of El_Johns Feb 2014 #16

If you tell someone you have worked for a particular business Jenoch Feb 2014 #17

Pointless argument. If I say "Blacks have been free since the Civil War" does that mean they were El_Johns Feb 2014 #19

Ok Forrest Jenoch Feb 2014 #20

This is an interesting fact fujiyama Feb 2014 #18

Exclusion is how our ruling class perpetuates itself. jsr Feb 2014 #23

Doesn't seem that interesting when you realize you're talking about three people onenote Feb 2014 #21

Yes, I noticed that too. And also their opponents, save McCain. The next election should be El_Johns Feb 2014 #22

It probably won't end until I become President. Throd Feb 2014 #24

lol El_Johns Feb 2014 #25

I can't wait! Iris Feb 2014 #35

Hillary can continue the streak madville Feb 2014 #26

Maybe voters see that as being "qualified" Malone Feb 2014 #27

As were Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, JFK, probably some others... MannyGoldstein Feb 2014 #28

Before JFK = DDE, West Point. After JFK = Johnson, Texas State Teachers College. El_Johns Feb 2014 #30

True... but still a huge percentage, if not 100% nt MannyGoldstein Feb 2014 #31

Yes, a large proportion of Presidents have come from Harvard & Yale. But I think it would be El_Johns Feb 2014 #32

John Adams and John Quincy Adams, for two Retrograde Feb 2014 #33

BO is the 44th president. 8/44 went to Harvard, 5/44 went to Yale. GW Bush is on both lists. El_Johns Feb 2014 #34