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sheshe2

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3. If you are saying..
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 09:46 PM
Apr 2014

that people of Color and women diverge after the income inequality issue, to an extent you are right.

The trial of People of Color is far greater than any in our history. That history will forever haunt us. That is a fact. Yet women too are treated as second class citizens. We also have been beaten into submission and yes it continues as does yours. A fight for women is for all women no matter their skin color. I believe that we will fight this together.

I don't want to believe that in the end any one group would abandon another after one succeeds. I don't believe the fight will ever really end, not for any of us. Yet together we are stronger and together we can change.

I don't want to believe that you would be jettisoned once it is a fait accompli. Together we are better and stronger. That is what this President has been trying to tell us. We need to do this together.

I know I bungled what I was trying to say....yet I feel that if one person or one group of people are shamed, humiliated or treated with bigotry and hate, then we all are.

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I found a quote online today ... [View all] 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2014 OP
I found an article on Salon today that touches on this same issue: Maedhros Apr 2014 #1
I don't know your demographic grouping ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2014 #2
I'm Irish/German. Maedhros Apr 2014 #4
Thank you ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2014 #6
You're welcome, and I understand. [n/t] Maedhros Apr 2014 #7
Great post ! jaysunb Apr 2014 #8
If you are saying.. sheshe2 Apr 2014 #3
No ... well, yes; but no ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2014 #5
Well I say that we do it together, 1SBM! sheshe2 Apr 2014 #9
Absolutely ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2014 #10
OMG! sheshe2 Apr 2014 #11
One day ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2014 #12
I can't wait for that story~ sheshe2 Apr 2014 #13
Hey ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2014 #14
Well~ sheshe2 Apr 2014 #15
+1000 heaven05 Apr 2014 #16
Interesting stuff, for sure. randys1 May 2014 #17
Absolutely ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #18
so true: "once we help you accomplish your ends, you will jettison us" post after post here bettyellen May 2014 #19
"Trickle-down Equality" ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #20
it's the kinder gentler way to frame the "me first" crap our "allies" peddle here.... bettyellen May 2014 #21
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