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JI7

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2. i think in many cases they know it wont result in equality for all

Reply to Starry Messenger (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 24, 2017, 06:15 AM

Feb 2017

and they are just fine with that.

to them the good ole days are usually when some republican like reagan was in office or before civil rights.

and they keep going to the clinton or obama administration as when things got bad even though those were the years when ALL people made gains and things were moving towards more equality.

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How many times must the intersection of class and racial discrimination be explained? [View all] JHan Feb 2017 OP

It's pernicious. Starry Messenger Feb 2017 #1

i think in many cases they know it wont result in equality for all JI7 Feb 2017 #2

I've been trying to assume good faith, but what you say conforms to the way they behave. Starry Messenger Feb 2017 #3

I'm sure if we "fixed" the class struggle, this never would have happened: JHan Feb 2017 #5

Tragically true. :( Starry Messenger Feb 2017 #8

"If racism is an oppression from the ruling classes" forjusticethunders Feb 2017 #6

Good write up! Starry Messenger Feb 2017 #9

I need to add more meat and sources forjusticethunders Feb 2017 #10

Have you read Toni Morrison's essay "Making America White Again"? JHan Feb 2017 #11

In biblical terms, Whiteness is an aspect of what Jesus referred to in this verse in Mark 8:36 forjusticethunders Feb 2017 #12

++++++++ I can't rise to it either, I can't muster handing out redemption cheaply.. JHan Feb 2017 #13

It's not your burden Quayblue Feb 2017 #4

Yes, because it's not hard to understand..I can handle ignorance.. JHan Feb 2017 #7

Mothers be having that wisdom. Quayblue Feb 2017 #16

"business as usual" JHan Feb 2017 #17

Dear God I don't even know anymore ismnotwasm Feb 2017 #14

it's not your burden either.. in all fairness.. JHan Feb 2017 #15