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JustAnotherGen

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4. You didn't

Reply to 1StrongBlackMan (Original post)

Thu Jul 4, 2013, 11:02 AM

Jul 2013

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3166706

And as another poster said on your thread . . . But with my own nuance.

"Some" people are only comfortable with the black American experience when the narrative includes shoe shine men and laundresses. Or in today's world - black youth on the South side of Chicago or black, single mothers in Camden NJ.

Now Obama wasn't "poor enough" and is being punished for his mother's and grandmother's accomplishments.

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Maybe, I'm just ... [View all] 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2013 OP

+1 Buzz Clik Jul 2013 #1

Ironically, we're also being told that Obama is a Nazi now too. JoePhilly Jul 2013 #2

+1 JustAnotherGen Jul 2013 #3

You didn't JustAnotherGen Jul 2013 #4

And this ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2013 #5

Oh, and you saw the response you got when you mentioned that some only like needy, downtrodden Number23 Jul 2013 #7

So true JustAnotherGen Jul 2013 #9

The lunatics that squat in GD have been saying this and much more about this president Number23 Jul 2013 #6

Point taken n/t 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2013 #8