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JustAnotherGen

(38,037 posts)
7. No you don't
Fri May 29, 2015, 05:09 PM
May 2015

And you aren't arrogant - and you listen.

And in GD - I'm not responding to it - but I see a quote from Lewis and admonishment about basically being an idiot for believing the number one priority for MLK was black folks.

It's woefully ignorant to believe the money he got from black donors - many of them Republicans who had the money to get someone to steal the literacy test -

Was because those folks cared about working class white people in places like San Jose and Seattle!

They cared about the gobs of money they paid in local taxes - yet their children were in physically and mentally sub standard schools. And their concern for the poor began and ended with share croppers, porters, maids, wash women, gardeners, shoe shine boys etc etc who were black. Those people helped build this damn country and they had the right to vote - but didn't have the money to cast it.

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When someone tells the Truth [View all] JustAnotherGen May 2015 OP
NC broke the cardinal rule: Make a fist and point the bird finger at those you don't talk to. freshwest May 2015 #1
Girl.. The Truth is absolutely right. I was practically screaming the same thing in BtA's thread Number23 May 2015 #2
I was just told I claim to speak for "minorities" BainsBane May 2015 #3
Heck no! ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2015 #6
Okay, TY BainsBane May 2015 #8
I think the clear message is I should stick with my own kind BainsBane May 2015 #12
No you don't JustAnotherGen May 2015 #7
Oh?!? You saw that one too? ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2015 #9
I think you attempt to speak WITH us. Which is probably why you piss off so many here Number23 May 2015 #10
Yep, and their are currently rallying in support of the comment BainsBane May 2015 #11
I decided to do an experiment BainsBane May 2015 #19
Please link to it ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2015 #20
I deleted it BainsBane May 2015 #21
"Fighting OVER us ... instead of fighting FOR us" ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2015 #5
Well, it's hard to get people to be your allies when you've just gotten through insulting them in Number23 May 2015 #13
They are still at it DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #14
But it's only because they love us so much!!!1one1 Number23 May 2015 #15
so fucking clueless and i say this as someone who at this time would probably vote JI7 May 2015 #16
Watch out BainsBane May 2015 #18
i'm not african american but still a minority and female JI7 May 2015 #22
That's an interesting perspective gollygee May 2015 #23
Check out this chestnut from our friends DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #4
only some people are allowed to make money JI7 May 2015 #17
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