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malaise

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7. You would think we were the ones who captured them

Reply to napkinz (Original post)

Thu Jun 11, 2015, 07:25 PM

Jun 2015

dragged them across the Atlantic enslaved them, destroyed their families and raped and tortured them at will.

Funny how the reverse is true. It's way more than hate - it's also fear.

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Keeping Black People Away From White Swimming Pools Is An American Tradition [View all] napkinz Jun 2015 OP

Strom Thurmond's Swimming Pool napkinz Jun 2015 #1

A great reminder that the Civil War and the fight over Segregation were not just about states rights StevieM Jun 2015 #4

I thought swimming pools were blue. KamaAina Jun 2015 #2

sometimes yellow napkinz Jun 2015 #5

Yes it is...I remember this being true back in the 1980s...geez Rex Jun 2015 #3

Nearly naked white women is the main reason. n/t jaysunb Jun 2015 #6

not the only one as it's an issue even among pools with only kids JI7 Jun 2015 #8

You would think we were the ones who captured them malaise Jun 2015 #7

And instead of facing this we make jokes about black people not being able to swim JI7 Jun 2015 #9

yep, they're at it again ... napkinz Jun 2015 #10

Exactly! gollygee Jun 2015 #11

and it's become something of a cultural thing where even black people themselves make fun of it JI7 Jun 2015 #16

Here's the story behind that first photo oberliner Jun 2015 #12

Ugly! sheshe2 Jun 2015 #13

Weren't the Chicago race riots in 1919 set off by white people throwing rocks Ed Suspicious Jun 2015 #14

kick ThoughtCriminal Jun 2015 #15

anyone remember this from 2009 where black and hispanic kids were told not to use a pool ? JI7 Jun 2015 #17

kick napkinz Jun 2015 #18