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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Dec 29, 2016, 06:49 PM Dec 2016

Youre fired!: NY school board chair opens a massive can of whoopass on Trump racist Carl Paladino [View all]

Carl Paladino was ousted Thursday by the Buffalo, New York School Board following a racist tirade on Michelle Obama. But during the hearing, School Board President Barbara Seals Nevergold didn’t hold back in her criticism of the Donald Trump campaign co-chair.

“Words matter, Mr. Paladino,” she said during the meeting, which Paladino did not attend. “Our president, the Commander in Chief of this nation for the last eight years, Mrs. Obama, our First Lady, and Mrs. Valerie Jarrett, special presidential council are all African-Americans. Among other things, they are accomplished, intelligent, beautiful people and that’s not just my opinion.”

But under Paladino, Nevergold said that they were reduced to criminals, frauds or gorillas.

“The impact on children of color, especially African-American children is incalculable,” she continued. “How do we encourage them to use their God-given talents to soar, to reach for the stars, when a sitting board member responsible for their education demonstrates such contempt of their role models?”

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/youre-fired-ny-school-board-chair-opens-a-massive-can-of-whoopass-on-trump-racist-carl-paladino/

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Courage is the word of the day, we have to all have it and quick. Eliot Rosewater Dec 2016 #1
Yes shenmue Dec 2016 #2
Stand up to them malaise Dec 2016 #3
Not just stand up to them but shout their hatred and bigotry to the rooftops and the world. OregonBlue Dec 2016 #4
+1,000 malaise Dec 2016 #5
+1 uponit7771 Dec 2016 #28
The impact on children of color, especially African-American children is incalculable" BumRushDaShow Dec 2016 #6
Trumps effect on every American child is disturbing LiberalLovinLug Dec 2016 #42
Exactly BumRushDaShow Dec 2016 #45
These freaks are coming out the closet with their racist views thinking it's okay to go public now. C Moon Dec 2016 #7
Even kids, Trump gave permission to unleash this vile racist streak BREMPRO Dec 2016 #13
Wow. That is sick! C Moon Dec 2016 #15
Coming out of the closet bdamomma Dec 2016 #19
He should have bought Ha Ha insurance! Initech Dec 2016 #8
"I am certainly not a racist" elias7 Dec 2016 #9
He's an asshole. Western NY's proudest achievement, and I'm from Niagara Falls originally. Feeling the Bern Dec 2016 #12
Wow. TexasMommaWithAHat Dec 2016 #10
fan-TAS-tic!1 UTUSN Dec 2016 #11
"I am certainly not a racist." Like hell he's not. 3catwoman3 Dec 2016 #14
Amen to that onetexan Dec 2016 #16
He is not the only racist who has recently TNNurse Dec 2016 #40
Ego reduction is good for the soul vlyons Dec 2016 #17
Paladino is a fucking piece of shit. baldguy Dec 2016 #18
Hey, c'mon; that's unfair...to fucking pieces of shit. malchickiwick Dec 2016 #20
Glad to hear it. johnp3907 Dec 2016 #21
K & R Scurrilous Dec 2016 #22
Except that he is not actually fired. Ms. Toad Dec 2016 #23
Wow.. this is so righteously Wonderful! Words do mean Cha Dec 2016 #24
Damn right words matter!! ailsagirl Dec 2016 #37
Kudos to the NY school board for speaking up about racism AgadorSparticus Dec 2016 #25
+1000 Lady_Chat Dec 2016 #27
Why wait when we can arrest them now for crimes against human dignity? Ford_Prefect Dec 2016 #26
Arresting him would be a violation of the 1st amendment mythology Dec 2016 #43
AFAIK he crossed the line into hate speech some time ago. Ford_Prefect Dec 2016 #44
Heard this morning (local news) that he will be fighting this dhol82 Dec 2016 #29
Cash Cow La Coliniere Dec 2016 #34
Thanks! dhol82 Dec 2016 #35
that's unsettling. These republicans are just awful Chimichurri Dec 2016 #36
I just got up Coolest Ranger Dec 2016 #30
Excellent! cwydro Dec 2016 #31
Good. I am glad that racists like this get what is coming to them. smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #32
I read somewhere this morning that Paladino is begging for forgiveness by citing the actions of the Vinca Dec 2016 #33
Forgiving him doesn't mean allowing him to serve on the school board MrPurple Jan 2017 #46
About time. orangecrush Dec 2016 #38
School board members are like preacher's wives Generic Other Dec 2016 #39
So now, when does Jeff Sessions appoint him to the Justice Dept. Civil Rights Division? MrPurple Dec 2016 #41
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