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137. I linked to this OP yesterday and now I'm just going through it with my mouth hanging open

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 07:33 PM

Jun 2015

There were not many of us on this list to begin with but just LOOK at the folks that have peeled away since this thread was started.

I am counting at least eight posters in this thread that don't post here anymore. AT ALL. Not all of them were black (grantcart and nofurylike were both white) but most were. Wndycty!!! Vaberella! Nat Burner!! Cakegrrl!! And my heart is just broken that Kind of Blue no longer posts here. 2014 seems to be the year that alot of folks here just threw up their hands and left.

This is really a fucking shame. And alot of folks on this board may not care about this really significant reduction in the number of black posters and our allies on DU but I do. I hope that these guys just left because they got sick of this place and not for more serious reasons. And maybe they'll decide to come back one day.

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Number23 is here. Number23 Mar 2012 #1

The Prof is here ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #2

Hey Professor! Number23 Mar 2012 #3

Hello. I've been poking around hear for the last 6yrs. FreedRadical Mar 2012 #4

Hey FreeRadical! Number23 Mar 2012 #5

you know bigtree Mar 2012 #6

Yes, we do know you! Number23 Mar 2012 #9

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Hey Lady! And you'd better stay HERE too! Number23 Mar 2012 #10

Hellooooooooo! JustAnotherGen Mar 2012 #8

"Technically" nothing. Number23 Mar 2012 #11

devotee here! nofurylike Mar 2012 #12

"Baby Sister of Soul!" I love it! Number23 Mar 2012 #15

o! kind! nofurylike Mar 2012 #18

I'm Right here! FrenchieCat Mar 2012 #13

Frenchie! Number23 Mar 2012 #16

raises hand proudly SemperEadem Mar 2012 #14

I love the strength and passion in your posts Number23 Mar 2012 #17

LOL! I see you bobbin' your head! SemperEadem Mar 2012 #19

I am a person of color grantcart Mar 2012 #20

Heh Number23 Mar 2012 #21

Grantcart you may be the brother from another mother...But I've always considered Kahuna Mar 2012 #66

thank you for your kind words. grantcart Mar 2012 #69

lol Solomon Mar 2012 #73

I had a mind blowing experience when I was 14 by reading Dick Gregory and after that grantcart Mar 2012 #75

(raises hand, uh, wing) BowlLikeAChicken Mar 2012 #22

Howdy, Chicken! Number23 Mar 2012 #23

Can I get a beep-beep, can I get a toot-toot?! vaberella Mar 2012 #24

Vab!! Number23 Mar 2012 #25

I didn't know I could post here. ContraBass Black Mar 2012 #26

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Howdy, Prosense! Number23 Mar 2012 #37

Pro!!! Et tu?? Well... Kahuna Mar 2012 #67

Present! CakeGrrl Mar 2012 #35

CakeGrrl! Number23 Mar 2012 #38

Proud black American woman chiming in! OBAMA-BIDEN 2012!!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Mar 2012 #39

Right there with ya! Number23 Mar 2012 #40

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Here I be ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2012 #42

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I think there are far more than 17 ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2012 #45

Ha! Number23 Mar 2012 #46

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M0rpheus!! Number23 Jun 2014 #123

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