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nc4bo

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25. My husband got stopped very recently for DWB. Scared the hell out of both of us.......

Thu Aug 13, 2015, 06:47 PM

Aug 2015

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=493964

Until we can just go about our daily lives in peace, racial injustice is on the top 3 list of just about every black person I know.

Not gonna shut up about this. Been pushed to the back burner too many times.

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PoC do not worry about attending a Bernie rally. [View all] retrowire Aug 2015 OP

Do you have a link? Because I can truly say that all the Bernie supporters I know do Cleita Aug 2015 #1

i updated the op with the link n/t retrowire Aug 2015 #3

I don't think that DUer is a Bernie supporter. eom Cleita Aug 2015 #6

either way retrowire Aug 2015 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author questionseverything Aug 2015 #9

Not based on the color of their skin JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #10

True ... I'm am not a Bernie supporter ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #15

Or agent provocateurs. You can't tell the difference. nt valerief Aug 2015 #16

... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #19

With Ferguson, for example, do you really doubt their existence? They're everywhere. valerief Aug 2015 #22

Okay ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #23

I don't know about that. I avoid those beating-up threads. There are too many real valerief Aug 2015 #31

Do you know where the term "outside agitator" comes from? joshcryer Aug 2015 #36

I'm talking about agents pretending to be protestors who incite valerief Aug 2015 #39

I'm saying they chose that name... joshcryer Aug 2015 #40

Sorry, I did not realize this was in the AA group. djean111 Aug 2015 #2

I've been told this before retrowire Aug 2015 #4

At risk of getting a hide (Group Host) JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #12

I don't understand the sudden interest in this, heretofore, obscure group where largely ignored..... Tarheel_Dem Aug 2015 #13

BLM has raised the profile of visible minority issues everywhere...what a good thing it has been. Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #18

We stand together in Solidarity. azmom Aug 2015 #5

Well, there's only been three 20,000+ rallies since then jeff47 Aug 2015 #8

This post (Group Host weighing in here) JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #11

Well, where was I? retrowire Aug 2015 #24

As a white person JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #27

You're right, I know what you're saying. retrowire Aug 2015 #30

I don't think it's the young people that are a problem giftedgirl77 Aug 2015 #28

Haha, thanks for the mercy. retrowire Aug 2015 #32

It's not a fear, more like a jolt of anxiety & self awareness. giftedgirl77 Aug 2015 #33

Imagine it being reinforced on a daily basis then for a lifetime if 1 post gives you a sad!! Person 2713 Aug 2015 #34

the newest "thing" to claim is that Sanders supporters are just waiting to go after Black blood MisterP Aug 2015 #14

Pramila Jayapal, WA State Senator, says the (mostly white) Westlake crowd turned ugly. pnwmom Aug 2015 #37

Can we focus on more than just race and racism ....please. V0ltairesGh0st Aug 2015 #17

Sorry, but that kind of is a focus in this group....your kind of post is what the Group Hosts are warning of. Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #20

This is the African-American group, a protected space. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #21

My husband got stopped very recently for DWB. Scared the hell out of both of us....... nc4bo Aug 2015 #25

No, we can not stop talking about race & racism. giftedgirl77 Aug 2015 #26

Please note JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #29

Stop focusing on "race & racism" in the "Race & Ethnicity" Group? Really? Did you get lost? Tarheel_Dem Aug 2015 #35

LOL ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #41

Ain't that some scary ass shit? I don't think "ally" means what they think it means. Does this mean Tarheel_Dem Aug 2015 #42

Did you forget and think you were posting in the Bernie group? This IS the place to discuss race pnwmom Aug 2015 #38

i get a feeling from some don't want certain types of people on Sanders side JI7 Aug 2015 #43