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BlueMTexpat

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1. This is VERY disturbing.
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 02:40 AM
Jun 2016

And unacceptable. Even more disturbing is that it is not the only incident of its kind.

This from the link:

It’s not hard to trace the inspiration for the hateful ideas expressed by these students.

When Donald Trump is the republican party’s current frontrunner in the presidential primary, it shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone to hear young people talking about the vile things they would do if they became president.

Grosse Pointe, a suburb of Detroit, has never been lacking in racist role models for students to emulate, either. In 2013, more than a dozen videos were released showing Grosse Pointe police officers telling Black men to sing, dance and ‘walk like a chimp,’ for the camera.

These students have been influenced by republican politicians like L Brooks Patterson.


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This is VERY disturbing. BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #1
this article points to politicians KT2000 Jun 2016 #2
Racism, conservatism, privilege and religion... dchill Jun 2016 #3
Bet their parents feign shock at their little darlings. Solly Mack Jun 2016 #4
Grosse Pointe, huh? Chitown Kev Jun 2016 #5
The article blames politicians JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #6
I blame the parents also. brer cat Jun 2016 #8
When I hear things like this... ReRe Jun 2016 #7
and Patterson wants to build a wall around Detroit ..... kwassa Jun 2016 #9
trumpchumps heaven05 Jun 2016 #10
Grosse Pointe. sheshe2 Jun 2016 #11
Well, considering what's going on in GD right now, it's just not Grossey Pointey nt MrScorpio Jun 2016 #12
God - really? JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #13
Actually, it's in a thread about Orlando MrScorpio Jun 2016 #14
Grosse Pointe... Basement Beat Jun 2016 #15
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