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18. Just about every single social and economic movement in this country had a separate (black)

Reply to Liberal_Stalwart71 (Reply #7)

Sat Jun 13, 2015, 06:54 PM

Jun 2015

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The (black) women's movement. The (black) gay rights movement. I just learned that there is even a Black Disabled Veterans movement. And all of these have been broken down by other racial and religious minorities as well.

Because we've all seen that when it comes to the majority, the individual concerns and unique challenges of minorities will often be overlooked, ignored or dismissed flat out. We got to look after ourselves.

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I cant believe the crap I get anytime I start a thread about race. [View all] randys1 Jun 2015 OP

I don't know if LGBT folks get the same thing, but I am guessing they do. Kalidurga Jun 2015 #1

Not worth your mental health to fight with them... BronxBoy Jun 2015 #2

I have no delusion about changing minds. What I have is a great deal of anger randys1 Jun 2015 #3

Some of us are tired of being upset. qwlauren35 Jun 2015 #20

I think you answered your own conundrum Jester Messiah Jun 2015 #4

Show ONE instance ANYWHERE where I pretend to be an expert on ANYTHING randys1 Jun 2015 #5

You first. Jester Messiah Jun 2015 #6

So you got nothing, why not just apologize? randys1 Jun 2015 #9

Sure. Jester Messiah Jun 2015 #10

Please stop - asking as a group host JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #11

you are intentionally misrepresenting what he wrote noiretextatique Jun 2015 #12

I don't think ANY disenfranchised or mistreated group of people get it as badly as black people... Liberal_Stalwart71 Jun 2015 #7

says a hell of a lot!!!! heaven05 Jun 2015 #8

oh hell yes. there was a club in the castro that required two or three ids noiretextatique Jun 2015 #13

I can believe that heaven05 Jun 2015 #14

GIRRRRRRLLLLL.... Number23 Jun 2015 #15

i calls um as i sees um noiretextatique Jun 2015 #17

Just about every single social and economic movement in this country had a separate (black) Number23 Jun 2015 #18

I've found time and again heaven05 Jun 2015 #16

white guy here. The older I get, the more I realize how little I know about African Americans yurbud Jun 2015 #19