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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 03:10 PM
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Why aren't working BLACK men part of the political discourse??
Everyone in the MSM, and the pollsters, refers to working White men as an important voting block for Hillary. What about working Black men for Obama? Aren't they just as important? I see just as many Black men in the Union ranks as I do White men. I see just as many Black men as White men doing hard work and manual labor and manufacturing. Why is 'working' and 'White' mutually exclusive?

Inquiring (old fart) minds want to know.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 03:11 PM
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1. Self-answering.
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PoliticalAmazon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 03:15 PM
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2. Pay attention. Any demographic is only important if they vote for Hillary.
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 03:17 PM
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3. Cause they're all stinkin' rich.
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crankychatter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 03:17 PM
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4. I remember when Black men weren't allowed in the Carpenter's Union
They were forced to be "Laborers" only.

It wasn't that long ago.
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Crazy Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 03:17 PM
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5. Or black women voters
Hillary seems to think every woman in America will vote for McCain unless the nomination is given to her. I want to hear how the majority of black women voters feel about that.
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Jersey Devil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 03:19 PM
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6. Would this include hard working black men who drink latte?
Aye, there's the rub
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uponit7771 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 03:19 PM
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8. Nope, just the Birkenstock wearing ones :-)
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 03:19 PM
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7. Because working "white people" don't believe that they *really* work
Edited on Wed May-21-08 03:19 PM by alcibiades_mystery
...
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NorthernSpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 03:26 PM
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10. although at the same time, they do take all our jobs...
:sarcasm:


Quite a trick, no?
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 03:53 PM
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14. It's a remarkable trick, actually
:-)
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NatBurner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 03:56 PM
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16. lol
magical negroes, indeed
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NorthernSpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 03:23 PM
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9. black women don't count as women; neither black women nor black men count as workers...
I dunno. For some reason, it was decided that Pat Buchanan/Karl Rove get to categorize everyone.
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 03:55 PM
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15. Working Class = White Guys Who Make Stuff Out of Steel
50 year old African American motel maids need not apply...

:eyes:
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Fire_brand Donating Member (443 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 03:32 PM
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11. They rarely work, and even when they do, it's never "hard"
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NatBurner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 03:48 PM
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12. because we are a monolith that apparently shares one brain
we're not afforded any neat little qualifiers in this election cycle

just "the Blacks"
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knixphan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 03:49 PM
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13. ex-ACT-ly.
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George_Bonanza Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 05:11 PM
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17. No such thing, they're all welfare kings and queens
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goletian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 05:12 PM
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18. cuz theyre black. obviously. this is the kinda thing that wright was talking about.
Edited on Wed May-21-08 05:19 PM by goletian
remember when wright was ranting about how hillary hadnt been called a n***er and how obama knows what its like to live in a country controlled by white people? this is the type of shit he was talking about.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 05:13 PM
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19. They're "supposed" to be in jail.
Don't you get the memo?
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last_texas_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 05:19 PM
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20. There are working black men?
I thought all black men just drove around all day in the Cadillacs that they bought with their welfare checks.

I mean, that's what the Repugs told me. Who am I supposed to believe now?
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anigbrowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 05:36 PM
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21. Black supporters of Obama deserve a collective medal right now
With all this talk in the media which denigrates their commitment and service to the country, black voters who've chosen a Democrat they identify with and who has run an outstanding campaign from the beginning must be furious. I feel like punching the wall over the BS emanating from Obama haters and from the media in recent months, and I just can't imagine how black supporters must feel. They have shown an amazing example of dignity and forbearance in response to gutter politics, and I bow my head to them..
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NatBurner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 06:59 PM
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23. pretty much-
and to make it worse? we aren't even allowed any sort of culture-
the same type of culture allowed the white, working-class, blur collar, scot-irish with a long, proud appalachian history the apologists grant the people of the great state of west virginia-

no layers, no nuances, just "the Blacks"

even here on DU, to some

u ~get~ it tho

the dynamics of this whole election cycle is just as new to us, as it is to u
and i try to show a degree of restraint, as not to rile the "unenlightened"
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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 11:35 AM
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24. You bet, racism has reared it's ugly head in this campaign
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 06:58 PM
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22. Because the m$$$fm is in the business of dividing our
country like bilary.
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